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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470603

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY

Event
CANAL, SLIP, FALL, DROWN, WATER
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#2142156
Employer profile
PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY
Summary number
14470603
Report ID
316700

Event description

FELL INTO CANAL AND DROWNED

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 walked to the edge of a canal to take a water sample. He slipped and fell into the water. The employee could swim and had no injuries that were know n. He still drowned.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 34 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    12
    Source
    41
    Occupation code
    224
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    2

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