Occupational
& Environmental
Medicine
College of Human Medicine

Drowning

CASE MIFACE Summaries of MIOSHA Inspections
Case 297 27-year-old construction worker died when the cantenary suspended scaffold platform sheet he was working on collapsed and he fell 140 feet to the water.
Case 453 33-year-old water line construction laborer drowned in a 10-foot by 12-foot long, approximately 7-foot deep excavation.