Crabbing Vessel Capsizes in the Bering Sea

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• Corporate Authors:
  Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE) ; Alaska. Division of Public Health. Section of Epidemiology. Occupational Injury Prevention Program ; Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE) ; Alaska. Division of Public Health. Section of Epidemiology. Occupational Injury Prevention Program
• Description:
  The 80-ft crabbing, F/V Sugar Bear, capsized in the Bering Sea on January 27, 1995. The vessel was traveling to a new Opelio crab fishing position when the vessel lost power and began to list toward the aft starboard side. The captain ordered the crew to don survival suits and sent a mayday message. As the vessel rolled over, the crew of six entered the water. Five of the crew got into an enclosed life raft, but the sixth crewman did not don an immersion suit and was found in the water approximately two hours later. He was wearing an undershirt and tights. CPR was attempted, but the crewman was unable to be revived. Another fishing vessel in the vicinity located the five survivors within one hour and took them on board. A 30-knot wind and 6-8 foot seas were reported at the time of the sinking. 1. Fishers entering the water while abandoning a vessel should always don immersion suits, if possible. 2. All fishing vessel crew should have practical training in the donning of immersion suits and participate in regular emergency drills for abandoning ship. 3. All commercial fishing vessels should have functioning bilge alarms that are tested on a regularly scheduled basis. 4. All crew should be trained in emergency radio procedure.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Hunting Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Fishing-industry Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 10 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Commercial Fishing ; FACE ; Commercial Fishing
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)   ; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)  
• Subseries:
  State ; State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95AK002
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026890
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-111936
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 95AK002, 1995 Apr ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c12bdd27a2866325d4acc4bb0fb4e30ba18c418c00d859b93220c9b4f57e7605bfbf1257e492d2becf02436e596c4a83d45e0b6b8bd7ab4dc6664b900516099
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169119/cdc_169119_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 18.09 KB ]