Inland Water Transportation

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Inland Water Transportation industry saw employment growth of only 1.79%. There are an average of 35 workers at each of the 793 establishments in the United States. Calculated reported accident rates have outpaced the Water Transportation Industry by 52% over the past 5 years.

On Wednesday, June 21st 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Coos Bay, OR which had occured previously at Sause Bros., Inc.. A 62 year old had been injured when the employee fell from barge and fractured spine
OSHA ID96565.015
Accident Date2017-06-18
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 12:25 p.m. on June 18, 2017, Employee #1 was using a gangway/accommodation ladder to transition from a barge to a refinery wharf. While transitioning from the vertical ladder to the adjustable gangway, he fell approximately 7 feet to the deck of the barge. Employee #1 sustained a fracture of the L4 vertebrae and second degree burns. The burns through his clothing were caused when he contacted the hot surface and waited for emergency responders. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he was underwent burn treatment and was then hospitalized.
OSHA investigators arrived in ROGERSVILLE, PE on Monday, July 25th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Benamati Water Services. A had been injured when the struck by dislodged flying object, particle
Accident Date2016-07-25
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was preparing to load a truck with water when a valve cap blew off the pressurized system and struck him in the abdomen. He was hospitalized with a laceration.
The accident investigation below was opened on Saturday, February 27th 2016 by OSHA representitives in Brownsville, TX at Bay Bridge Texas, Llc. A 43 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID83320.015
Accident Date2016-02-27
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 10:45 a.m. on February 27, 2016, employees on the second level of a drilling platform (120 feet) were lifting a 40-45 foot steel cable that was 1 1/4 inches thick, onto the second level. the employees had coiled the cable and removed the slack in order to raise the cable to the third level. The other employees were crossing over the cable when it gave way over the rail, striking employee #1. Employee #1 fell 120 feet, striking the base of the platform. He was killed in the fall.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
6.46
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 170
200%
Inspection Rate: 0.88
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 16