Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 80446.015 - Employee Is Killed By Decapitation By Tow Barge

Accident Summary Nr: 80446.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 07/16/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1079643.015	07/16/2015		237310	Thomas Industrial Coatings

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on July 16, 2015, an employee was cleaning blast debris and blasting steel grits off the deck of a Safespan Systems suspended platform. A tow boat with two empty barges lost control and struck the suspended platform the employee was standing on. The employee was killed when he was decapitated.

Keywords: Barge, Decapitated, Elevated Work Plat, Head, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1079643.015	24	M	Fatality		Painting and paint spraying machine operators

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