On Thursday, August 3rd 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Cahokia, IL after learning of an incident at Louis Dreyfus Company River Elevators, Llc which had occured on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017. A 20 year old Laborer had been killed when the employee struck by broken cable and was killed
Accident Date2017-08-02
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 11:00 p.m. on August 2, 2017, an employee was working with two coworkers. They were handling winch cables lines and mooring lines in order to move barges along the dock for filling. The task of moving the barges by winch was routine and was conducted 3 to 4 times per shift. While the deck winch/steel cable was being used to pull a barge along the dock, the cable snapped and the employee was struck on the head. The wire line cable used on the winch was 3/4-inch diameter. The manufacture required a 7/8-inch diameter for the winch. The employee later died from head trauma after being transported to the hospital.