OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14467021

DOCK,SLIP,FALL,SECURITY GUARD,BOAT

1984-03-26T00:00:00

Event: DOCK,SLIP,FALL,SECURITY GUARD,BOAT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14467021
Report ID: 626000

Event description

Employee injured in fall from dock, later dies

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:40 p.m. on March 26, 1984, Employee #1, a security guard for e #1 suffered internal injuries and died on May 9, 1984. Burns International Security Services, Inc., was working on cargo dock #1 at the port of Corpus Christi, TX, He was in the guard shack and received a phone call requesting him to deliver a personal message to the captain of the Dixie Buccan eer, a tug boat that was tied up on dock #1, approximately 150 ft from the guard shack. A security captain for Burns Security was in the guard shack using anoth er phone when Employee #1 left to deliver the message. Employee #1 boarded the 2 ft square boat platform and delivered the message. As he disembarked, Employee #1 fell 8 ft, landing on the bumper tires between the boat and the dock. Employe

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 58 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
1

Event type
5

Source
4

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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