Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14503015 - Employee drowns as rig slides into Missouri River

Accident Summary Nr: 14503015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 10/13/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103100913	06/28/1988	1795	0	Carney Bridge & Demolition, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was setting the outriggers on a knuckle boom loader mounted on a Ford 880 flatbed truck. The rig was on a boat loading ramp adjacent to the Missouri River and was about to be used to load a boom section onto a work barge. When the outriggers raised the rear tires of the rig off the ground, the rig slid into the river. Employee #1 jumped from the rig into the river and drowned.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LOADER, DROWN, UNSTABLE POSITION, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103100913			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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