OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14555056
HEART,SPLINTER,BARGE,DOCK,IMPALED,FALL
Event description
FELL; PIERCED BY SPLINTER FROM DOCK PILING
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 4, 1984, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EATING LUNCH ON THE TOP DECK OF A BARGE. WHEN HE FINISHED LUNCH, AT ABOUT 12:30 PM, HE ATTEMPTED TO WALK FROM THE BARGE TO THE D OCK. SINCE THERE WAS A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES BETWEEN THE BARGE AND THE DOCK, AND A DIFFERENCE OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IN ELEVATION BETWEEN THE TOP DECK OF THE BARGE AND THE LEVEL OF THE DECK, THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE TOP OF A PIL ING TO FACILITATE HIS MOVE. A PORTION OF THE PILING, WHICH WAS SPLINTERED, GAVE WAY UNDER HIS WEIGHT. HE FELL INTO THE WATER. ONE OF THE SPLINTERS FROM THE PILI NG PENETRATED EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE GROIN AREA, PIERCING AND INJURING HIS HEART. HE DIED AT 3:30 PM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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