OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221711898

YELLOW ROSE, LLC

SAVANNAH, GA— 2024-10-21T00:00:00

Event: Anchor, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Boat, Concussion, Head, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Platform, Ship, Struck By, Water
NAICS: 488390
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #347833816
Employer profile: YELLOW ROSE, LLC
Summary number: 221711898
Report ID: 0418400

Event description

Employee dies from head trauma when struck by tender bow cle

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 p.m. on October 21, 2024, an employee working as a deckhand for a water transportation support service was helping pull in a tender toward a swim platform. The employee was working on the aft end of a yacht when a wave crashed into the front end of the tender pushed it up and forward. The employee died when the bow cleat on the tender for the anchor struck the employee in the head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
829

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