Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149282.015 - Employee is killed after slipping into pond and drowning

Accident Summary Nr: 149282.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 08/29/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1618243.015	08/29/2022		237110	Texas Kb Utilities, Llc

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.

Keywords: Cleaning, Construction, Drown, Drowning, Insufficient Supervision, Life Jacket, Lung, Mud Pit, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Residential Construction, Slip, Slippery Surface, Water, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1618243.015	19	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause:

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