OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259642
JOHN F BEASLEY CONST CO
NEW ORLEANS, LA—
Event description
Employee drowns in river after falling from walkway
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, an iron worker, was dismantling a derrick tower structure that was mounted on a barge approximately 150 yards from the east bank of the Mississippi river. A sudden thunderstorm came up and Employee #1 came down from the structu re in a skip box (a personnel basket suspended by a crane). He was crossing over an approximately 24 in. wide by 8 ft long walkway to another barge when one end of the walkway slipped sideways. causing him to lose his balance and fall into the river. Employee #1 drowned. He was not wearing a work vest at the time of th e accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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