Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 571851 - Employee collapses and drowns in water holding tank

Accident Summary Nr: 571851 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 08/04/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122485048	08/04/1994	8221	0	Silver Lake College

Abstract: Employee #1 entered a cold-water holding tank to dredge the bottom and collapsed. Subsequent preliminary medical examination revealed that the employee drowned. A citation for confined space entry will be issued. Final autopsy results are pending. According to the fire chief's initial readings of the tank's oxygen content, there was only 9 to 10 percent oxygen in the tank.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, CONFINED SPACE, WORK RULES, DROWN, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122485048			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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