Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200841252 - Employee Drowns While Docking Barge

Accident Summary Nr: 200841252 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 05/25/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309284909	05/25/2006	4491	488320	Beelman River Terminals, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 6:20 a.m. on May 25, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a deckhand on a coal barge at a dock on the Mississippi River in Venice, IL. Three deckhands were moving a loaded coal barge, using a cable that was hooked to a land based machine that trams the barges either up or down the terminal. Employee #1 was working on the north end of the barge and was out of sight of the other deckhands. When Employee #1 failed to answer his radio, the other deckhands started looking for him. They first saw his hat in the water, then saw him floating face down with his life jacket on. They pulled Employee #1 out of the water and administered CPR. The cause of death was listed as blunt trauma to the neck and drowning. No one witnessed when or how Employee #1 came to be in the water.

Keywords: decking, barge, cpr, fall, fall protection, neck, drown, life jacket

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309284909			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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