Accident Report Detail – Pool Drownings

Employee Drowns And Is Killed In Pool

Accident: 139655.015 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 08/26/2021
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1555272.015 09/29/2021 Smart Insulation & Supply
At 5:00 p.m. on August 26, 2021, an employee completed cleaning tasks and left the job site. A coworker
went to find the employee and discovered the employee in a pool nearby. The employee was killed by
drowning.
Keywords: cleaning, drown, drowning, pool
End Use Proj Type Proj Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Cost
Single family or duplex dwelling Maintenance   2 X
or repair
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1555272.015 21 M Fatality Construction Cause: Interior
laborers carpentry

Employee Is Killed After Drowning While Cleaning Pool

Accident: 137392.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 07/19/2021
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1543392.015 07/20/2021 Texas Pool Group, Llc
At 1:35 p.m. on July 19, 2021, an employee and a coworker were cleaning a residential swimming pool. The
employee was cleaning the walls and his coworker was cleaning the filters and machines near the house.
When the coworker returned to poolside, he found the employee unresponsive in the shallow end of the pool.
The employee was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead of drowning with drug use
being a possible contributing factor.
Keywords: asphyxiated, cleaning, drown, drowning, drug overdose, engulfed, intoxicated, lack of oxygen,
lung, oxygen deficiency, pool, unresponsive, water
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 1543392.015 32 M Fatality

Landscaper Falls Into Pool And Drowns

Accident: 132198.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/08/2020
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1482971.015 07/08/2020 Jose Leyva - Gardner
At 2:30 p.m. on July 8, 2020, a 64-year-old employee was working for a landscaping service. He was
cleaning up tree branches and taking them to a trash can. He was carrying a bundle of sumac tree branches
over his back. As he walked past a swimming pool, he fell into the pool. He drowned.
Keywords: drown, drowning, fall, heat, heat index, heat-related illness, landscaper, pool, training, tree
trimming, unstable load, water

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Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 1482971.015 65 M Fatality

Employee Falls Into Pool And Drowns

Accident: 121975.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 11/22/2019
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1447211.015 11/25/2019 Thomas K. Steinbacher, Inc.
At 3:32 p.m. on November 22, 2019, an employee was cleaning a pool and fell in, drowning himself.
Keywords: cleaning, drown, drowning, pool
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1447211.015 26 M Fatality Janitors and cleaners

Employee Drowns While Cleaning Pool

Accident: 120579.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 10/04/2019
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1436779.015 10/09/2019 The Cepcot Corporation
At 5:00 p.m. on October 4, 2019, an employee was servicing a residential swimming pool and was found
drowned.
Keywords: cleaning, drown, drowning, pool
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1436779.015 30 M Fatality Laborers, except construction

Employee Is Found Dead In Residential Pool

Accident: 120432.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 10/03/2019
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1435618.015 10/03/2019 Keith Zars Pools Ltd.
At 9:00 a.m. on October 3, 2019, Employee #1 was performing routine pool maintenance at a residential
home. The employee was found unconscious in the water and assumed to have drown. There were no
witnesses.
Keywords: drown, maintenance, pool, unconsciousness, water
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 1435618.015 45 M Fatality

Employee Falls Into A Residential Pool And Drowns

Accident: 110057.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/08/2018
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name

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1353220.015 10/09/2018 Luis Miguel Felipe
At 4:10 p.m. on October 8, 2018, an employee was picking up leaves and tree branches when he fell into a
residential pool and drowned.
Keywords: drown, drowning, pool
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1353220.015 28 M Fatality Laborers, except construction

Employee Drowns In Residential Pool

Accident: 107868.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/26/2018
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1334685.015 07/26/2018 Poolman 2000, Llc
At 2:30 p.m. on July 26, 2018, Employee #1 was cleaning a swimming pool, using the company pool
vacuum. The employee was working alone and there was no one at the residence while he was cleaning.
When the homeowner returned home, he found the employee floating in the deep end of the pool, which is
six feet at its deepest point. The employee was pulled to the shallow end by the homeowner, who did not try
to resuscitate him. Emergency services were called, and the employee was pronounced dead at the site.
Keywords: cleaning, drown, pool
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 1334685.015 40 M Fatality

Employee Drowns While Cleaning Pool

Accident: 100858.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/02/2017
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1252519.015 08/03/2017 Aaron & Douglas Pool Service Inc
At 4:30 p.m. on August 8, 2017, an employee was cleaning a swimming pool. The employee had a seizure,
fell into pool, and drowned.
Keywords: drowning, pool
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 1252519.015 24 M Fatality

Employee Drowns While Cleaning Customer'S Pool

Accident: 83105.015 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 12/28/2015
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1125487.015 12/28/2015 Benjamin Franklin Ashley
On December 28, 2015, an employee and business owner, was cleaning the pool and spa when he slipped
off the concrete ledge between the spa and the pool, hitting his head on the way down. The employee was
found unresponsive when removed from the pool and transported to a hospital where he was pronounced
dead by the coroner after an autopsy. The coroner added that the slip may have been caused by Myocardial
Infarction.

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Keywords: cardiovasc disease, drowning, heart attack, pool
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1125487.015 60 M Fatality Maids and housemen

Employee Drowns In Swimming Pool

Accident: 76371.015 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 04/27/2015
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1059310.015 04/28/2015 Enviroscape Services, Llc
At 8:30 p.m. at April 27, 2015 an employee was performing lawn maintenance. The employee fell into a
swimming located in his clients yard and drowned.
Keywords: drown, pool
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 1059310.015 37 M Fatality

Employee Is Found On The Bottom Of Pool

Accident: 75512.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 04/06/2015
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1052723.015 04/06/2015 Swim Con Pool Company Inc
At approximately 12:00 p.m. on April 6, 2015, Employee #1 was cleaning a pool by himself. After a while, a
coworker found him on the bottom of the pool and dead. It is unknown how he died or what causes his death.
Keywords: cleaning
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 1052723.015 48 M Fatality

Employee Drowns While Cleaning Swimming Pool

Accident: 68514.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/16/2014
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
1001683.015 10/17/2014 Minh Nguyen
At 4:23 p.m. on October 16, 2014, an employee was found unresponsive at the bottom of a swimming pool.
The employee was cleaning the pool and had drowned.
Keywords: cleaning, drowning, pool
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature
1 1001683.015 71 M Fatality

Employee Dies After Falling Into Pond

Accident: 201522554 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 11/02/2005

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Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
309077733 11/02/2005 7389 Shoreline Pools Service Inc.
On November 2, 2005, Employee #1 and a coworker were at a private residence to close down the owner's
in ground swimming pool. Employee #1 was running a hose from a suction and discharge pump to a natural
pond located behind the pool, where the pool water would be discharged into the pond. After verbally calling
Employee #1 for a period of time, the coworker went looking for him and found him lying at the edge of the
pond, face down in approximately 3 to 4 feet of water. The coworker pulled him from the pond and called
emergency services. Employee #1 was transported to Norwalk Hospital, where he died on November 6,
2005.
Keywords: maintenance, pool, drown, water
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 309077733 Fatality Other Helpers, mechanics and
repairers

Employee Drowns In Swimming Pool

Accident: 202479044 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 06/24/2013
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
316347228 06/27/2013 0782 Sam'S Gardening
At approximately 1:17 p.m. on June 24, 2013, Employee #1, with Sam's Gardening, was found unconscious
at the bottom of an 8 ft deep swimming pool, with a leaf blower backpack separated from his body. The leaf
blower was manufactured by Stihl (Model Number: BR500) and weighed 22.3 pounds. There were no
witnesses to the occurrence of Employee #1's apparent drowning. Two coworkers and the retired
homeowners did not know how to swim. The coworkers used a garden hose to pull Employee #1 out of the
swimming pool.
Keywords: asphyxiated, pool, drown
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 316347228 Fatality Asphyxia Occupation not
reported

Inmate Drowns While Cleaning Pool

Accident: 202467619 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 06/08/2009
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
312432321 06/09/2009 9223 County Of San Luis Obispo Dept Of General Services
At approximately 2:15 p.m. on June 8, 2009, Employee #1, an inmate under the control of San Luis Obispo
County Sheriffs Alternate Work Program, was cleaning a pool. Employee #1 drowned.
Keywords: cleaning, pool, drown
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 312432321 Fatality Other Occupation not reported

Employee Drowns From Fall Into Swimming Pool

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Accident: 170835037 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 03/03/2006
Inspection Open Date SIC Establishment Name
125534065 03/14/2006 0782 Elias Resendiz
On March 3, 2006, Employee #1, who had worked for the company eight days, was removing clippings from
a freshly cut lawn, and shrubs from a private residence. As he worked, he slipped and hit his head, falling
into a 10-ft swimming pool, and drowned.
Keywords: head, slip, struck against, pool, fall, slippery surface, drown, water
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 125534065 Fatality Other Supervisors; handlers,equip-
cleaners,laborers nec