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Accident Summary Nr: 14461982 - Employee drowns after falling into flume

Accident Summary Nr: 14461982 -- Report ID: 0420100 -- Event Date: 05/26/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106963093	05/28/1992	1629	0	G-Ub-Mk Constructors
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106962996	05/28/1992	1751	0	Valley Waterway Maintenance & Construction

Abstract: Employee #1, a member of a five-man maintenance team, was employed to identify and repair leaks on an OCDEE flume, which provides power to the OCDEE #2 power station. The flume is approximately 11 ft high by 14 ft wide. Although some areas of the flume are completely enclosed with decking, other areas have only a 10 in. wide work platform. Additionally, only the mountain side of the flume is completely equipped with a guardrail or a wire rope guide line from which a safety line could be attached. Several areas on the flume's river side are not equipped with either a guardrail or a wire rope guide line. Employee #1 was working on the river side of the flume without a life jacket or safety line. Apparently Employee #1 lost his balance, fell into the flume, and drowned.

Keywords: WORK RULES, LIFE JACKET, GUARDRAIL, REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, DROWN, UNGUARDED, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106963093					Occupation Not Listed
2	106962996			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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