OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221532427

DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP.

MIAMI, FL— 2023-01-26T00:00:00

Event: Commercial Diving, Diver, Diving, Drown, Drowning, Inexperience, Installing, Lost consciousness, Pipe, Training, Water
NAICS: 237110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346464126
Employer profile: DOWNRITE ENGINEERING CORP.
Summary number: 221532427
Report ID: 0418800
Project type: C
Construction end-use: L

Event description

Employee drowns while performing dredging work

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on January 26, 2023, an employee and coworkers were performing diving operations in a canal with about 8 feet of water to dredge for installation of an underwater pipe. None of the workers were dive-certified and some only had "in-house" or on-the-job training in the operations. The workers took turns rotating between diving or dive tending. The employee was on a dive rotation when he lost consciousness under the water and subsequently drowned.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 48 M

Event type
12

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