OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478499

AMERICAN DREDGING CO

DELAWARE CITY, DE— 1984-10-17T00:00:00

Event: DERRICK, BARGE, BOOM, COLLAPSE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #2015758
Employer profile: AMERICAN DREDGING CO
Summary number: 14478499
Report ID: 317020

Event description

Two employees killed by falling boom

Investigation abstract

Some employees were using a frame derrick mounted on a barge to hoist 30-in.-dia meter dredge pipe onto the deck of another barge. The boom broke, and the fallin g boom struck and killed two employees and injured two others.

Victims (4)

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1
#2 Fatality Age 43 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1
#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 43 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
21

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1
#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 32 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
21

Event type
2

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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