Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221539513

BUZZI UNICEM USA

Event
Barge, Boat, Deck, Descending, Descending Ladder, Dock, Drown, Drowning, Fall, Ladder, Maintenance
NAICS
327310
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346517352
Employer profile
BUZZI UNICEM USA
Summary number
221539513
Report ID
0419400

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

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    519

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