OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527865
GOLLOTT'S OIL DOCK & ICE HOUSE, INC.
BILOXI, MS·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNED WHILE PUSHING A BOAT AWAY FROM A PIER
Investigation abstract
The shrimp boat Sea Power Motor Vessel Number 931446 had unloaded and was backin department diver 1.5 hours later. g away toward north northwest trying to leave its berth on west side of Employee #1 on the easternmost pier when it began bumping into a pair of pier pilings. E mployee #1 and coworker took it upon themselves to attempt to push the 100-ft-lo ng by 25-ft-wide vessel away from the pier. Employee #1 positioned himself with his left foot on pier and his right foot on vessel and began to push. The Sea Po wer suddenly pulled away toward west from pier under its own power and Employee #1 fell in the 9.5 to 13.5 ft deep water which is 7 ft below the surface of the pier. Employee #1 drowned and never surfaced. His body was recovered by a police
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- INHALATION (8)
- Source of injury
- WATER (41)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.