OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542138
WALKER DIVING CONTRACTORS INC
ELBERTON, GA—
Event description
COMMERCIAL DIVER DROWNED IN LAKE
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 27, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1, A COMMERCIAL DIVER, WAS USING SURFACE- SUPPLIED A ORTS TO RESUSCITATE EMPLOYEE #1 FAILED. IR EQUIPMENT AT A DEPTH OF 136 FEET. THE SITE WAS A LAKE NEWLY CREATED BY THE CO NSTRUCTION OF A NEW DAM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING MEASUREMENTS OF AN OXYGEN DIFFU SER PIPE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE. HE VERBALLY INDICATED SOME PROBLEMS WITH W ATER IN HIS HELMET, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER SAID THAT HE WAS TERMINATING THE DIVE AND COMING UP TO THE SURFACE. A STANDBY DIVER ENTERED THE WATER, AND WAS DISPAT CHED TO HELP EMPLOYEE #1 WHEN A CALL FOR HELP WAS HEARD AND SOUNDS OF A DIVING H ELMET COMING OFF WERE DETECTED. THE DIVER WAS FOUND ON THE LAKE BOTTOM, HELMET O FF AND WEIGHT BELT PARTIALLY OFF. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE. EFF
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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