OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #514851
BARGE,SHIPYARD,WORK RULES,RIVER,DROWN,LIFE JACKET,WATER
Event description
Employee drowns when working without life jacket
Investigation abstract
On March 30, 1990, Employee #1, who was a supervisor, and two coworkers were doi . He had drowned. ng sandblasting on PTC 101 barge at a shipyard on the Mississippi River. At appr oximately 8:45 p.m., they returned to work on the barge after taking a break. Em ployee #1 took off his life vest to enter the barge hold through an 18 in. by 22 in. opening. He talked to the coworkers and then left the hold and was not seen again. When the coworkers ran out of sand and exited the hole, they began looki ng for him in the yard and office. He was reported missing to company offices at approximately 10:43 p.m. His life vest was found on top of the barge. On the af ternoon of March 31, 1990, his body was removed from the river near the shipyard
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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