OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394449
GABRIEL'S MARINE FIBERGLASS REPAIR, INC.
WELCOME, LA·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- FALL(FROM ELEVATION) (5)
- Source of injury
- WATER (41)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUF/LACK/PROTCV WRK CLTHG/EQUIP (20)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.