Incident date: 2024-02-28
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was leaving a work site on a barge due to adverse weather conditions. While on their way back to shore in a small boat, the boat went up a large swell and when it came back down, it went bow first into another swell and was immediately swamped. All the boat passengers fell into the river water, which was approximately 49.8  Fahrenheit. One employee was hospitalized with hypothermia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Capsized or sinking water vehicle (non collision)
code_source: title: Motorboat, motorized yacht
code_nature: title: Hypothermia
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate