Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14259642 - Employee drowns in river after falling from walkway

Accident Summary Nr: 14259642 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 06/27/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1386515	06/28/1984	1791	0	John F Beasley Const Co

Abstract: Employee #1, an iron worker, was dismantling a derrick tower structure that was mounted on a barge approximately 150 yards from the east bank of the Mississippi river. A sudden thunderstorm came up and Employee #1 came down from the structure in a skip box (a personnel basket suspended by a crane). He was crossing over an approximately 24 in. wide by 8 ft long walkway to another barge when one end of the walkway slipped sideways. causing him to lose his balance and fall into the river. Employee #1 drowned. He was not wearing a work vest at the time of the accident.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, WALKING ON PLANK, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, DROWN, LIFE JACKET, LOST BALANCE, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1386515			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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