OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670190
R N THOMPSON & ASSOCIATES INC
INDIANAPOLIS, IN—
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNED IN LAKE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN WORKING AS A PART OF A STREET PAVING CREW ON JUNE 26, 1985. AFTER WORK ENDED AT 4:30, EMPLOYEE #1 AND THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES DECIDED TO COOL OFF BY GOING FOR A SWIM IN A SMALL LAKE LOCATED ON THE WORK SITE. THE EMPLOYEES ENTERED THE LAKE ON ITS SOUTH SIDE. TWO EMPLOYEES SWAM ACROSS TO THE NORTH SIDE . A THIRD EMPLOYEE STARTED ACROSS, BUT SUFFERED CRAMPS AND RETURNED TO THE SOUTH SHORE. EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED ACROSS, BUT ALSO CAME DOWN WITH CRAMPS AND WAS UNABL E TO GET BACK TO SHORE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEES PULLED HIM FROM THE LAKE AND TRIED T O REVIVE HIM, BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT ABOUT 4:45 PM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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