OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221492820

TEXAS KB UTILITIES, LLC

MAGNOLIA, TX— 2022-08-29T00:00:00

Event: Cleaning, Construction, Drown, Drowning, Insufficient Supervision, Life Jacket, Lung, Mud Pit, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Residential Construction, Slip, Slippery Surface, Water, Work Surface
NAICS: 237110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346182439
Employer profile: TEXAS KB UTILITIES, LLC
Summary number: 221492820
Report ID: 0626600
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed after slipping into pond and drowning

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on August 29, 2022, an employee who worked for a construction company was cleaning a 5-gallon work bucket in a retention pond. The employee slipped into the pond and got stuck in the mud below the surface. The employee did not know how to swim and drowned.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 19 M

Event type
14

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