Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 812651 - Employee drowns during dive to mark pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 812651 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 09/10/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
129445284	09/15/1997	9111	0	Two Harbors, City Of

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on September 10, 1997, Employee #1, a city employee who was a member of a county-wide volunteer search and rescue diving team, dove for the city to mark a water inlet pipe in a lake. He drowned. No other diver was in the water with him, nor was he line tended, as required by OSHA standards.

Keywords: LIFELINE, WORK RULES, DROWN, DIVER, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	129445284			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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