Commercial Fisherman Drowned After Fishing Vessel Capsized - Alaska [State report]

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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
• Description:
  A 16-year-old male commercial fisherman (the victim) became trapped and drowned after the commercial fishing vessel he was on capsized while under tow. The vessel (a bowpicker) had been disabled and anchored for 11 hours, with only the skipper and the victim on board. On the day of the incident, a tender came to tow the vessel back to port for repairs. Within 2 minutes of being taken in tow, the vessel capsized, trapping the skipper and the victim inside the pilot house. The skipper (a 20-year-old male) escaped and swam to safety. Several attempts were made to rescue the victim, but none were successful. NIOSH researchers determined that to prevent similar occurrences, owners and/or skippers of commercial fishing vessels should: 1. obtain training in vessel stability, including factors that can lead to the deterioration of vessel stability and the measures that can be employed to maintain or restore stability, especially during towing operations 2. ensure that a constant watch is maintained while under tow, both on the towed and assisting vessels 3. ensure that all crew members wear a personal flotation device during a towing operation 4. ensure that vessel preventive maintenance is performed and documented 5. ensure that all non-essential personnel are removed from a vessel being towed.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Hunting 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 OSHA Region 10 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
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92AK032
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Conway, George ; Helmkamp, James C. ; Lincoln, Jennifer M. ; Pizatella, Timothy J.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026868
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 92AK032, 1992 Mar ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• 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-512:80626d4f3e7e9f3de59f7fe03d2e409d9a81ed55daba66cb27fea2550d2d412dc47fb2241024e793e794d556b80f6a64912ce7e46d5ad901c37925f4af10a8c1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169131/cdc_169131_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 35.35 KB ]