Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 154799.015 - Employee is killed by drowning

Accident Summary Nr: 154799.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 03/21/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1658118.015	03/21/2023		237990	Ukmc, Llc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on March 21, 2023, an employee was disconnecting a chain from the pile for the pile driving operation that used a crawler crane with a dropped hammer in a lead, operated from a barge. He climbed the lead steps and was supposed to be moved by the crane from the barge to the hole where the pile would be released from the chains (his job) and be hammered. On the trajectory of swinging the boom, the crane tracks were raising up and the crane flipped over the water. The pile driving equipment, where the employee was holding himself, dropped into the water with him. He was struck, trapped, and sunken to the bottom of the sea by the pile driving equipment. The lead and the dropped hammer trapped part of his leg and feet. It was not possible for him to release himself. The employee was killed due to drowning.

Keywords: Barge, Boom, Chain, Crawler Crane, Drop Hammer, Drowning, Foot, Leg, Overturn, Pile Driver, Struck By, Trapped

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1658118.015	29	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause:

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