Accident Report Detail
Accident: 118552.015 - Employee Drowns After Jon Boat Capsizes
Accident: 118552.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 07/31/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1420166.015 | 07/31/2019 | White Electrical Construction Company | |||||
At 1:30 p.m. on July 31, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a constru ction company, were in a 10-foot long Tracker Jon Boat on the river at a port te rminal. The jon boat was tied to a tug/push boat, which was secured to the fron t rake edge of a crane barge. Employee #1, the jon boat operator, was sitting b y the outboard motor, and his coworker was sitting in the middle of the jon boat . Employee #1 untied the jon boat from the tug/push boat and pushed away. The jon boat was caught by the river's current, causing the boat to turn and smash a gainst the crane barge. The jon boat began taking on water and then capsized. Both employees fell into the water. The coworker was able to reach a ladder on the side of the crane barge and exit the water. Employee #1 never surfaced and drowned. | |||||||
Keywords:
barge, boat, collision, construction, crane, drown, drowning, equipment operator, john boat, river, roll-over, water
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other heavy construction | New project or new addition | X | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1420166.015 | 37 | M | Fatality | Electricians |