OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519920
MONSANTO COMPANY
LULING, LA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF BARGE; DROWNED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 AM ON OCTOBER 15, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SECURING A HOPPER BARGE TO A LOADING DOCK FACILITY. HE WAS WALKING ON THE FIBER GLASS COVERS OF TH E BARGE WHEN HE SLIPPED OR FELL AND ROLLED OFF THE BARGE DECK INTO THE WATER. AL THOUGH HE WAS WEARING A LIFE JACKET, THE UNDER TOW FORCED HIM UNDER THE BARGE, W HERE HE DROWNED. HE WAS SUBMERGED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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