OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221539513
BUZZI UNICEM USA
NATCHEZ, MS—
Event description
Employee falls in river and drowns
Investigation abstract
At 5:00 a.m. on February 7, 2023, Employee #1 was descending a ladder from the second deck to get to the main deck. Employee #1 was performing maintenance on the second deck with two coworkers. Employee #1 did not step on the last two rungs of the ladder and fell into the Mississippi River on the side of the dock barge where he was working. Employee #1 did not emerge from the river. Employee #1 drowned. As of February 21, 2023, his body had not been found.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 519
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