Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200351773 - Employee Knocked off Pier and Drowned

Accident Summary Nr: 200351773 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 01/03/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303833024	01/03/2001	1542	0	T.A. Loving Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was winching piling from the shore approximately 200 feet out from the pier. The rope came off the winch head and Employee #1 was caught in the "bite" of the line. He was knocked off the pier and into the water where he drowned.

Keywords: PIER, ROPE, CAUGHT BY, DROWN, WINCH, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303833024			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause: Drown, non-lethal fall

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