Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200750925 - Employee drowned in sluiceway

Accident Summary Nr: 200750925 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 09/25/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300537693	09/26/2000	4911	0	Ohio Power Company

Abstract: An electric utility employee was trying to clear a log and debris that had clogged a discharge sluiceway. The employee was standing in the sluiceway when the jam broke loose. The log, debris, and water washed the employee down the 30-meter-long horizontal sluiceway into the river. The employee drowned.

Keywords: CLEANING, CLOGGED, ELEC UTILITY WORK, DROWN, LIFE JACKET, HYDRO-ELECTRIC PLANT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300537693			Fatality	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction

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