OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14354609
BARGE,SLIP,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,DROWN
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNED WHEN HE FELL FROM A RAMP BARGE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A COF KETS WERE STORED 20 FEET FROM WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED BUT WERE NOT USED BY T HE EMPLOYEE. FERDAM. THE POWER TO HIS CONCRETE VIBRATOR WAS LOST SO HE WENT TO SEE IF THE GFC I HAD TRIPPED. AS HE WAS WALKING ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STATIONARY RAMP BAR GE HE SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE WATER. HE DROWNED. GUARD RAILS HAD BEEN INSTALLE D AROUND ALL SIDES AND ENDS OF THE COFFERDAM AND RAMP BARGE EXCEPT THE SOUTH SID E. SOME OTHER BARGES HAD BEEN PARKED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RAMP BARGE TO P ROVIDE FALL PROTECTION. UNFORTUNATELY, THE BARGES HAD DRIFTED OUTWARD ABOUT TWO FEET BECAUSE THE SPUDS HAD BEEN PULLED ON A CRANE BARGE. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT KN OW OF THE GAP SINCE HE WAS IN THE COFFERDAM WHEN THE SPUDS WERE PULLED. LIFE JAC
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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