OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14386064
ELLAS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
LYNWOOD, IL·
Event description
Employee drowns when barge overturns
Investigation abstract
At approximately 6:30 p.m. on May 7, 1986, Employee #1 started the engine on a b arge-mounted pump. The barge was about 20 ft from shore in approximately 10 ft d eep water. As the pump primed, the barge overturned, throwing Employee #1 overbo ard. He drowned.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 69 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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