Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 819136 - Employee Dies in Fall from Top of a Boat Mast

Accident Summary Nr: 819136 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/11/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110059623	10/11/1990	7999	0	Fun In The Sun Yacht Charters Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing a running-light fixture to the top of a sailboat mast. The employee was sitting in a bosun chair suspended by the halyard. When he drilled through the mast head, the drill bit cut the halyard in half. The employee and bosun chair fell approximately 40 feet to the boat deck. Employee #1 was killed. He had not been using his safety line, which was attached to the chair.

Keywords: BOSUN CHAIR, INSTALLING, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BOAT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110059623			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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