Fatality Narrative: Deck Engineer on Barge Struck by Crane Counterweight

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On June 24, 2010, a 26-year-old deck engineer and apprentice heavy duty repair mechanic died when she was struck by the counterweight of a barge mounted crane. She was employed by a marine construction company where she had worked in the company shop doing maintenance and mechanical repair work for the past 10 months. The day of the inicident was her third day on the job as a deck engineer. The victim and a crane operator were working from a crane barge in support of a crew working at a job site to replace pilings underneath a pier. The crane operator was picking waste pilings from the water and placing them on an adjacent barge and then lifting new pilings to workers in the water. The victim was welding a guard railing on the barge's upper deck when the crane operator rotated the crane to make a pick of pilings from the water. The crane's counterweight struck her in the head and neck, pinning her against the railing. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Automobiles
  • Construction Industry
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Staff Development
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Worker safety
  • Injuries
  • Traumatic injuries
  • Safety
  • Safety measures
  • Safety practices
  • Fatalities
  • Education
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051513
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-118-2013, 2013 Mar; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: deck engineer on barge struck by crane counterweight
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228753/cdc_228753_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 199.00 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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