OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221736655

COASTAL TRANSPORTATION INC

SEATTLE, WA— 2025-02-05T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Climbing on Ladder, Concussion, Contusion, Equipment Operator, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fixed Ladder, Floor, Fracture, Freight, Head, Ladder, Longshoring, Metal, Ship, Shipyard, Slip, Slippery Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 483113
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347996092
Employer profile: COASTAL TRANSPORTATION INC
Summary number: 221736655
Report ID: 1032700

Event description

Employee is fatally injured in fall climbing ladder in ship

Investigation abstract

At 2:35 a.m. on February 5, 2025, Employee #1 was working as a longshore equipment operator for a freight service. He was climbing a ship ladder out of the vessel hold when he slipped and fell 12 feet. He was fatally injured.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
845

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