OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517825
MOODY BROTHERS OF JACKSONVILLE, INC.
GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEES ENTERED OXYGEN-DEFICIENT ATMOSPHERE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #2, A MARITIME SURVEYOR, ENTERED A BALLAST COMPARTMENT ON A BARGE. THE COMPARTMENT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CLOSED FOR SOME TIME AND EMPLOYEE #2 DID NOT TES T THE OXYGEN CONTENT OF THE ATMOSPHERE. HE BECAME ILL WHILE HE WAS INSPECTING TH E COMPARTMENT AND CALLED FOR HELP. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WORKED FOR THE BARGE COMPANY , WAS STANDING ON THE DECK OF THE BARGE. WHEN HE HEARD EMPLOYEE #2 CALL FOR HELP , HE ENTERED THE COMPARTMENT IN AN APPARENT RESCUE ATTEMPT. HE, IN TURN, BECAME ILL AND COULD NOT MAKE IT OUT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASPHYXIATED IN THE COMPARTMENT. E MPLOYEE #2 WAS ABLE TO REACH THE LADDER AND, AFTER A SHORT TIME, CLIMBED TO SAFE TY.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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