Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14508568 - VESSEL ROLLED OVER IN DRY DOCK

Accident Summary Nr: 14508568 -- Report ID: 0316110 -- Event Date: 09/30/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1848795	10/03/1984	3731	0	Norfolk Shipbuilding And Dry Lock Corp

Abstract: ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1984, AT ABOUT 8 PM, THE M/V VERACRUZ I (PANAMA) WAS DRY DOCKED AT NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CORPORATION'S BERKERLY PLANT ON THEIR FLOATING DRY DOCK #2. ON OCTOBER 1, 1984, AT AROUND 3:40 AM, THIS VESSEL ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 DEGREES TO STARBOARD WHILE STILL IN THE FLOATING DRY DOCK. THE STARBOARD WING WALL OF THIS DRY DOCK WAS DISTORTED. OF THE CREW, ONE WAS KILLED AND THIRTY OTHERS INJURED. SINCE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED SO EARLY IN THE MORNING, NONE OF THE NORSHIPCO EMPLOYEES WERE INVOLVED. THE ONLY INJURIES WERE TO THE CREW, AND THEY WERE ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS.

Keywords: DOCK, SHIP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1848795

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