Dockman Drowns After Falling Off Pier 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 evening of November 28, 1992, a 58-year-old dock worker fell from a pier into a large river that divides two states. He had untied most of the lines that secured a barge to the dock when he was witnessed to fall from the pier into the water. His body was found the next day. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, the following safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should conduct a hazard assessment of all jobs, preferably with the assistance of employees. 2. Life vests should be worn at all times when working on docks or near water. 3. Engineering or equipment changes should be implemented to prevent a worker from falling from a pier. 4. Workers should not work alone on the dock or in other potentially hazardous areas. 5. Employers and employees should be aware of the dangers of abuse of alcohol and other substances that may impair judgment or alertness at work.
• Content Notes:
  Formerly 93NJ042
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Dockworkers Dockyards Injuries Injury-prevention Marine-workers OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Substance-abuse Traumatic-injuries Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE93NJ007
• 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:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026551
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-108666
• 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 93NJ007, 1993 May ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (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-512:9fbe5592c9e7cc4907dbddb62e8a58c7eb251ceb51f2743d24acfe7c10d62b8b6834d1650f9ce7e6d9225f35f8add285fe39855117d783b11d239e457f025852
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170098/cdc_170098_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 75.84 KB ]