OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14508519
INTERNATIONAL CRANE CO
NORFOLK, VA—
Event description
Employee drowns when boat capsizes
Investigation abstract
Two employees had completed removing debris from the water adjacent to the demol ition of a pier. They were in a 14-ft Jon boat with a 6-horsepower Johnson outbo ard motor returning to the head of the pier when a wake from river traffic appar ently sunk the boat. Both employees fell into the water. Employee #1 tried to cl imb onto a barge moored at the pier and apparently become exhausted and drowned. The other employee swam to the pier, and he was rescued by a crane operator. Ne ither of the employees in the boat was wearing life jackets; however, there were two life jackets in the boat.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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