Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 743856 - Employee dies of asphyxia when foot catches in flume

Accident Summary Nr: 743856 -- Report ID: 0951510 -- Event Date: 04/01/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103887196	04/06/1992	4971	0	Doa-Waimanalo Irrigation System

Abstract: Between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. on April 1, 1992, Employee #1, a supervisor at the Waimanald irrigation system, was working near the Waimanald transmission ditch flume #26. Employee #1 caught his foot in an approximately 6 in. opening on top of flume #26. The flume was 12 in. wide by 9 in. deep (the length was not significant). There was a board approximately 6 in. wide and 1 in. thick secured to the side of the flume at the top. On one side of the flume was a mountain and the other side dropped approximately 10 ft to a stream. At 7:40 a.m. on April 2, coworkers found Employee #1 hanging upside down with his right foot caught in the flume. The autopsy report states that Employee #1 received bruises on his lower back and chest and died of positional asphyxia. Contributing causes were coronary atherosclerosis and old myocardial infarction.

Keywords: CHEST, ASPHYXIATED, DUCT, DITCH, CAUGHT BY, BACK, CARDIOVASC DISEASE, CONTUSION, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103887196			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors, related agricultural occupations

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