OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14462865
B. B. RIVERBOATS
COVINGTON, KY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL OFF TUGBOAT INTO RIVER; DROWNED
Investigation abstract
A WELDER WAS WORKING ALONE AT THE STERN OF A DOCKED TOWBOAT. A NEW METAL ENGINE ROOM WALL HAD BEEN INSTALLED, LEAVING ONLY 34 INCHES OF DECK BETWEEN THE WALL AN D OPEN EDGE OF THE TUGBOAT. THE WELDER COULD NOT SWIM; NOR WAS HE WEARING ANY KI ND OF PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE. HE COULD NOT BE FOUND AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT. HE WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE FALLEN OFF THE OPEN SIDE AND INTO THE WATER. A SEARCH WA S MADE AND THE EMPLOYEE WAS FOUND, DOWNSTREAM, TWO DAYS LATER. THE CAUSE OF DEAT H WAS LISTED AS ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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