OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14509574
ANCHOR,CHAIN,BARGE,SHIPYARD,LACERATION,FALL
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN ANCHOR FALLS ON HIM
Investigation abstract
On July 1, 1987, Employee #1 was working as a member of a rigging crew, assigned to lay out an anchor chain prior to painting. The 16-ton anchor and chain were placed on a barge. The anchor was in a standing position. While the employee was preparing to lift a section of chain, the anchor fell on him and killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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