OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394308

BARGE,HEAD,WORK RULES,CLEANING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,NECK,LOST BALANCE

1988-11-23T00:00:00

Event: BARGE,HEAD,WORK RULES,CLEANING,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,NECK,LOST BALANCE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14394308
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee killed in 165 ft fall into hold of barge

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was the lead man of a barge cleaning crew that had just finished cle aning a grain barge. He was standing on the hopper cover, pulling a 4 in. diamet er by 20 ft long siphon hose out of the forward compartment through an open 5 by 7 ft grain door in the hopper cover. He apparently lost his balance and fell, h ead first, 165 ft to the bottom of the barge. Employee #1 sustained head and nec k injuries, and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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