Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14335418 - LABOR FOREMAN FELL INTO RIVER AND DROWNED

Accident Summary Nr: 14335418 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 04/07/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100344043	04/08/1987	3731	0	Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company, Inc.

Abstract: A SIXTY-FOUR YEAR OLD LABOR FOREMAN, WORKING WITH FOUR OTHER EMPLOYEES, HAD BEEN REMOVING PUMPS FROM A BARGE WHICH WAS PREPARING TO SAIL. THE EMPLOYEES, WHO WERE NOT WEARING LIFE JACKETS, HAD BEEN WORKING ALL NIGHT SLIDING THE PUMPS ACROSS A SCAFFOLD BOARD TO THE PIER. THE FOREMAN FELL INTO THE RIVER WHILE THE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE OUT OF SIGHT. HE DROWNED. THERE WERE NO OTHER EYE WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.

Keywords: BARGE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, DROWN, LIFE JACKET, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100344043			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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