Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14392039 - Employee Presumed Drowned After Backing Loader Off Barge

Accident Summary Nr: 14392039 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 04/29/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300395357	05/01/1997	4491	0	Mississippi Limestone Corporation

Abstract: At about 9:30 a.m. on April 30, 1997, Employee #1 was operating a Caterpillar 966C loader on an approximately 195 ft by 35 ft open deck barge that was riding 8 ft above the Mississippi River. Employee #1 apparently lost awareness of his position and because there was no way to alert him that he was nearing the unguarded edge of the barge, he inadvertently backed his vehicle off the stern into the 35 ft deep water. Employee #1 is believed to have drowned; his body had not been found at the time of the investigation.

Keywords: longshoring, barge, guardrail, equipment operator, river, fall, loader, drown, communication, inattention

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300395357			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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