OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520092
T. L. JAMES CO., INC.
AMELIA, LA·
Event description
WELDER FELL OVERBOARD AND DROWNED
Investigation abstract
A DERRICK BARGE (77 FEET LONG BY 35 FEET WIDE) WAS USED TO RAISE THE BOW OF A DR EDGE TENDER (A TUG BOAT 45 FEET LONG BY 18 FEET WIDE) SO THAT A HOLE IN THE HULL COULD BE PATCHED. WHEN LAST SEEN, EMPLOYEE #1, DECK CAPTAIN OF THE DREDGE, WAS WORKING ALONE, SITTING ON HIS WORK VEST, WELDING. HE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 FEET FR OM THE EDGE OF THE DERRICK BARGE'S DECK. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, BUT APPARENTLY EMPLOYEE #1 SLIPPED AND FELL OVERBOARD. HE DROWNED IN APPROXIMATELY 24 FEET OF WATER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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