Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 644146 - Employee crushed and killed between two barges

Accident Summary Nr: 644146 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 11/06/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106932304	11/06/1991	4492	0	Marine Petroleum Transportation Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1, a 22-year-old deck hand, was untying a line of an open top barge recently emptied from a moored barge that was being unloaded by a crane so it could be towed by a tug boat. When the unloaded barge, which was 5 ft higher than the loaded barge, moved, its bow overlapped the deck of the loaded barge. Employee #1 was caught and crushed between the bow and a 5 ft cargo retaining wall. He died.

Keywords: BARGE, WALL, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106932304			Fatality	Other	Sailors and deckhands

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