Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201511003 - Employee Falls Off River Barge with Equipment and Drowns

Accident Summary Nr: 201511003 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 11/25/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317132942	11/26/2013	1481	213115	Rivers Edge Construction

Abstract: At approximately 1:15 p.m. on November 25, 2013, Employee #1 had loaded an excavator onto a river barge that was being transported away from an island. A tugboat was pulling the barge. Employee #1 was inside the cab of the excavator as the tugboat moved the barge along. The barge may have stuck a sand bar that caused the excavator to fall off the barge and overturn in approximately 15 ft of water. The cab was buried in fine silt, which trapped Employee #1 and caused him to drown. Search and rescue divers extracted his body hours after the incident.

Keywords: BARGE, UNSECURED, RIVER, EXCAVATOR, FALL, DROWN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	317132942			Fatality	Asphyxia	Excavating and loading machine operators

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.