OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394449
BARGE,PPE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,SLIP,RIVER,FALL,DROWN,LIFE JACKET
Event description
Barge washer presumed drowned after falling into river
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a barge washer, and a coworker were removing their water hose after washing a 200 ft barge when Employee #1 slipped and fell into the Mississippi R iver. He was not wearing a flotation device. As of March 23, 1989, his body had not been recovered and he is presumed to have drowned.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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