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Accident: 14391411 - Employee Drowns After Falling Into Canal From Drydock

Accident: 14391411 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 05/06/1988
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10047733005/06/19884499A & L Salvage Inc.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10047732205/09/19884499Southern Scrap Material Co., Ltd
Employee #1 was on a marine salvage drydock cutting up steel. He apparently walked to the end of the drydock and was looking overboard when he fell into the industrial canal. At this location, the canal was approximately 26 ft deep. Employee #1 drowned. He was wearing rubber boots, but not a work vest or life jacket. The drydock did not have any guardrails. There were no actual eyewitnesses that saw him falling. One employee heard him holler, looked around, and saw his hands as they submerged.
Keywords: rubber boot, guardrail, canal, fall, drown, life jacket, water
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 100477330 Fatality Asphyxia Occupation not reported
2 100477322 Occupation Not Listed

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