Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14392708 - Employee drowns after 40 ft fall into river

Accident Summary Nr: 14392708 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 10/31/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300392453	11/21/1996	4221	0	Raley Transport Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was a member of a construction crew that was refurbishing a grain conveyor adjacent to the Mississippi River. Work had ended for the day and the workers were returning from the section over water back to land. Employee #1 had removed his life vest and put a 2 in. by 10 ft by 8 in. plank on the rollers of the conveyor with the intent of riding the plank back to the bank. (The conveyor belt had not yet been installed). He slipped off the plank and fell 40 ft through the conveyor framework into the river. His coworkers threw him a life preserver but he could not reach it. Employee #1 drowned.

Keywords: PPE, WORK RULES, SLIP, RIVER, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, DROWN, LIFE JACKET, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300392453			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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