Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14391411 - Employee drowns after falling into canal from drydock

Accident Summary Nr: 14391411 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 05/06/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100477322	05/09/1988	4499	0	Southern Scrap Material Co., Ltd
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100477330	05/06/1988	4499	0	A & L Salvage Inc.

Abstract: 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 Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100477322					Occupation Not Listed
2	100477330			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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