Incident date: 2023-09-19
NAICS industry code: 488310

An employee was operating a barge-mounted crane to move a counterweight from one barge to another. The crane tipped over as the boom arm swung the weight. The safety line attached to another free-floating barge snapped, allowing the barge with the crane to flip over into the water. The employee was rescued from the water and resuscitated. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Capsized or sinking water vehicle
code_source: title: Cranes-floating, barge mounted
code_nature: title: Drownings
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate