Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202023065 - EMPLOYEE KILLED AFTER FALLING FROM PIER

Accident Summary Nr: 202023065 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 06/02/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301464640	06/08/1998	1751	0	Bailey Marine Construction Inc.

Abstract: On June 2, 1998, Employee #1 was working alone on a pier at a private residence installing a boatlift. The employer left the employee at 9:00 a.m. and returned at 12:45 p.m. to find the employee's truck, lunch, and radio at the pier but no employee. The employer and the police conducted a search but Employee #1 could not be found. Employee #1's body was recovered from the water on June 4, 1998.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, PIER, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, LIFE JACKET, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir		New project or new addition		Under $50,000		3	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301464640			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Drown, non-lethal fall

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