Marina Worker Drowns After Falling Into Water

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On the afternoon of April 3, 1997, a 44-year-old marina yard worker drowned after falling into the water in a boat launching slip. The incident occurred as the victim was repairing some exposed PVC water pipes damaged by winter storms. He was last seen working from a raft floating in the shallow water of the launching slip and was later found floating face down in the water by marina customers. NJ FACE investigators concluded that, to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should consider providing personal floatation devices to employees who work on or near the water. 2. Employers and employees should conduct a job hazard analysis to identify potential safety hazards.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational 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 Injuries Injury-prevention Marine-workers Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 2 Personal-protection Personal-protective-equipment 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 ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE97NJ022
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026647
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-100010
• 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 97NJ022, 1997 Oct ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  71 - Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:740727ef5994cd3c91e5fb8ac3e5581e3387f5afa56a1fd0cd1d3fb3a8a1a83eef0d774ae572ffb3afedb51ba0750f97e439c5a5631f16e96c59bc3ca13cdff6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170036/cdc_170036_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 63.25 KB ]