OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221547995

UKMC, LLC

KEY LARGO, FL— 2023-03-21T00:00:00

Event: Barge, Boom, Chain, Crawler Crane, Drop Hammer, Drowning, Foot, Leg, Overturn, Pile Driver, Struck By, Trapped
NAICS: 237990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346581184
Employer profile: UKMC, LLC
Summary number: 221547995
Report ID: 0418800
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee is killed by drowning

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on March 21, 2023, an employee was disconnecting a chain from the hammer trapped part of his leg and feet. It was not possible for him to release himself. The employee was killed due to drowning. pile for the pile driving operation that used a crawler crane with a dropped hammer in a lead, operated from a barge. He climbed the lead steps and was supposed to be moved by the crane from the barge to the hole where the pile would be released from the chains (his job) and be hammered. On the trajectory of swinging the boom, the crane tracks were raising up and the crane flipped over the water. The pile driving equipment, where the employee was holding himself, dropped into the water with him. He was struck, trapped, and sunken to the bottom of the sea by the pile driving equipment. The lead and the dropped

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
7010

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