OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394308
WELCOME FLEET & BARGE SERVICE, INC.
DONALDSONVILLE, LA·
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
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#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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