OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #564310
BARGE,FRACTURE,HATCH,SLIP,STRUCK AGAINST,TRIPPED,WALKING SURFACE,FALL
Event description
Employee killed in fall into barge hold
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was part of a three-member crew and one of two workers on a barge. H e was the last one on the barge and had just completed an air blow down. Employe e #1 asked his coworker to close the air supply valve. He was then seen walking forward, then out of view. Employee #1 was later heard to cry from the hold. He had apparently tripped or slipped on the deck and fell into the hold, sustaining rib and arm injuries from striking the sides of the hold, and multiple fracture s as he hit the bottom of the barge. Employee #1 was rescued, but he died as a r esult of his injuries. Drugs and alcohol were not causal factors in this acciden t.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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