OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14533046
BARGE,FRACTURE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THIRD ROW OF BARGE CARGO TO DECK LEVEL
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40 AM ON JUNE 12, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ON TOP OF TH E THIRD ROW OF VANS (CARGO), 29 FEET, 6 INCHES HIGH, REMOVING CONES. HE HAD NOT BEEN PROVIDED WITH ANY MEANS OF FALL PROTECTION. HE FELL TO THE WEATHER DECK OF THE SEA BARGE "GULF FLEET 265", RECEIVING FATAL INJURIES, INCLUDING FRACTURES OF THE SKULL, RIBS, THORAX, JAWS AND HAND, AND SEVERAL BODY CONTUSIONS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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