OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391403
RIVER PARISH BARGE SERVICE, INC.
LAPLACE, LA·
Event description
Employee drowns in river after falling from barge
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a deck barge preparing to spray paint a hopper cover. He apparently was pulling the hose of his airless spray gun and fell off the de ck of the barge into the Mississippi River (there were no witnesses to his fall) . He drowned. Several coworkers stated that Employee #1 was wearing a work vest the last time they saw him, but when his body was recovered approximately 10 day s later, he was not wearing one.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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