OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349369
GULF SOUTH PARTNERS NO 102 LTD DBA ECONO LODGE
JACKSON, MS—
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNED IN SWIMMING POOL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD COMPLETED HIS REGULAR WORKSHIFT FROM 5 PM TO 1 AM ON JULY 10, 19 POOL. THE FRIEND PULLED EMPLOYEE #1 FROM THE WATER AND CALLED FOR HELP. ALL ATT EMPTS AT RESUSCITATION FAILED. 87. HE WORKED AS A DRIVER FOR THE MOTEL AS WELL AS WORKING PART TIME AS A COOK I N THE MOTEL RESTAURANT. AFTER FINISHING HIS WORKSHIFT ON THIS PARTICULAR EVENING , EMPLOYEE #1 TOLD ANOTHER WORKER THAT HE WAS GOING TO GO FOR A SWIM IN THE MOTE L POOL WHILE HE WAITED FOR A FRIEND TO PICK HIM UP. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD NOT ASKED TH E MOTEL MANAGER FOR PERMISSION TO SWIM AND WAS THUS ACTING WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT. MOTEL REGULATIONS, POSTED ON TWO SIGNS ON THE FENCE AROUND THE POOL , STATED THAT THE MOTEL POOL CLOSED AT 10 PM. EMPLOYEE #1'S FRIEND ARRIVED SHORT LY AFTER 1:10 AM TO FIND EMPLOYEE #1, WHO COULD NOT SWIM, AT THE DEEP END OF THE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 9
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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