OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #530162

LONGSHORING,BARGE,FRACTURE,HEAD,HATCH,SKULL,FALL,INATTENTION

1988-09-15T00:00:00

Event: LONGSHORING,BARGE,FRACTURE,HEAD,HATCH,SKULL,FALL,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 530162
Report ID: 728100

Event description

Employee killed in fall while opening barge roll-top cover

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and coworkers were preparing a barge for loading grain by opening th e roll-top cover. When Employee #1 stepped from a door that was being opened to a stationary door, he fell 16 ft to the bottom of the barge. He sustained a frac tured skull and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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