Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14449128 - Employee fractures skull, falls in water and drowns

Accident Summary Nr: 14449128 -- Report ID: 0523100 -- Event Date: 09/17/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
121928055	09/18/1994	4491	0	Continental Grain Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 attempted to jump diagonally from an elevated work platform on a work barge to a fiberglass hatch cover approximately 65 in. away on an adjacent grain barge. The cover was slippery from grain dust and rain. Employee #1 slipped, struck his head on a cleat on the grain barge, and sustained a skull fracture. Employee #1 then fell into the water between the two barges and drowned. He was not wearing a personal flotation device at the time of the accident.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, BARGE, FRACTURE, HEAD, PPE, WORK RULES, SLIP, SLIPPERY SURFACE, DROWN, LIFE JACKET

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	121928055			Fatality	Other	Stevedores

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