Bureau of Reclamation: Lower Colorado Region - Hoover Dam Fatalities: 1933

1933 Fatalities

The following information was taken from the Volume Three of the Hoover Dam Project History, pages 310-313. The information is presented here in the same format as it is printed in the history.

Industrial Fatalities

**Accidental Falls**
Date	Name	Place	Employed by
Jan. 1	Fred C. Palmer	Arizona Valve House	Six Cos. Inc.
Feb. 1	Vernon H. Blair	Near Low-Level Mixing Plant	ditto
Mar. 12	Tom Markey	Railroad Bench	ditto
May 22	Pete Savoff	Nevada Keyway near Inspection Tunnel	ditto
July 19	John M. Nelson	Concrete form	ditto
Dec. 6	L.E. Roach	Top of the jumbo form in #3 tunnel	ditto
Dec. 29	P.A. Malan	Form #J-10, into slot	ditto

**Explosions**
Date	Name	Place	Employed by
Jan. 10	Gus Enberg	Construction Adit	Six Cos. Inc.
Jan. 11	Howard Cornelius	ditto	ditto
July 1	F.B. Kassell	Nevada Powerhouse	ditto

**Electrocuted**
Date	Name	Place	Employed by
Sept. 15	John Owen Lee	Portal Tunnel No. 2, Nevada side	Six Cos. Inc.

**Struck by Falling Material**
Date	Name	Place	Employed by
Feb. 7	M.H. Kaighn	#7 Penstock Tunnel	Six Cos. Inc.
April 8	Dan Kalal	Arizona Side Dam Excavation	ditto
June 23	Mike Landers	Nevada Penstock Raise	ditto
July 13	George Faulkener	Railroad Trestle	ditto
Nov. 8	W.A. Jameson	Slide of concrete and debris in center of slot - Dam	ditto

**Struck by Motor Trucks and Other Heavy Equipment**
Date	Name	Place	Employed by
Feb. 7	J.H. Powers	Upper Tunnel No. 2	Six Cos. Inc.
Mar. 16	Wm. Koontz	No. 1 Tunnel	ditto
May 20	H.D. Bluhm	Foundation for dam	ditto
June 26	L.W. Steele	Near Hi-Mix Plant	ditto
Oct. 1	James Jackman (Alias James W. Brown)	On Form #0-6, Nevada side	ditto
Nov. 8	James Tocci	Arizona side of project	ditto

Non-Industrial Fatalities

**Automobile Accident**
Date	Name		Employee of
May 9	Donald H. Smith		Six Cos. Inc.

**Suicide**
Date	Name		Employee of
Feb. 12	Paul Rainwater		Six Cos. Inc.
July 5	J.W. Ferrin		ditto

Deaths from Natural Causes
Pneumonia
Date	Name	Employee of
Jan. 8	Jack Stacey	Six Cos. Inc.
Jan. 12	Jacob Ruterman	ditto
Jan. 16	G.C. Baker	ditto
Jan. 17	L.A. Katch	ditto
Feb. 17	G.D. Farnsworth	ditto
March 3	A.J. Winkler	ditto
March 3	Paul C. Sharitz	ditto
Aug. 31	William Garl	ditto

Deaths from Natural Causes
Miscellaneous
Date	Name	Cause of Death	Employed by
Feb. 16	Kahn Lindsay	Malignant Malaria	Six Cos. Inc.
Mar. 6	Dr. Wales A. Haas	Acute appendicitis and probable Mesenteric Thrombosis	ditto
April 1	Harry Gilbert	Streptococcic Meningitis	ditto
April 15	Welton Burgess	Coronary Thrombosis	ditto
June 5	D.W. Borden	Peritonitis	ditto
July 7	Fred J. Scott	Coronary Occlusion	ditto

No records available at this office concerning deaths on the project of persons not employed by the Government or by the contractors.

Summary of Fatalities

Cause	Industrial Prec. 1933	Industrial During 1933	Non-Industrial Prec. 1933	Non-Industrial During 1933	Total
Heat Prostration	13*	0	3	0	16
Drowning	5	0	1	0	6
Blasting	9	3	0	0	12
Falling Material	11	5	0	0	16
Accidental Falls	6	7	1	0	14
Struck by Equipment	11	6	0	0	17
Automobile Accidents	0	0	7	1	8
Misc. Accidents	3	1	0	0	4
Murders & Suicides	0	0	3	2	5
Pneumonia	0	0	21	8	29
Other Natural Causes	0	0	22	6	28
Totals	58	22	58	17	155

*Occured on job, but not classed as "Industrial Accident".

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