OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14533079
BARGE,WORK RULES,AUTOMOBILE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,STRUCK BY,SPREADER BAR
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SPREADER BAR TO BARGE DECK
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE BEING LIFTED ON A SPREADER BAR TO THE TOP OF A THIRD TIER OF VANS BEING UNLOADED FROM THE WEATHER DECK OF A BARGE. THE SPREADER BAR WAS PLACE D TO THE SIDE OF THE THIRD VAN OF THE TIER (25 FEET HIGH ABOVE THE WEATHER DECK) . EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE SPREADER BAR TO THE TOP OF THE VAN WHEN TH E BAR SUDDENLY SWUNG OUTWARD. THE EMPLOYEE FELL TO HIS DEATH ON THE WEATHER DECK .
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 70 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.