TABLE II.
Causes and Contributing Factors of Fatal Falls Overboard, United States, 2000-2014 (n=210)
| Causes & Contributing Factors | 2000-2004 (n=85) |
2005-2009 (n=68) |
2010-2014 (n=57) |
Total (n=210) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n* | %** | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Causes | |||||||||
| Trip/Slip | 24 | 30.8 | 19 | 37.3 | 4 | 11.1 | 47 | 28.5 | |
| Lost Balance | 22 | 28.2 | 11 | 21.6 | 13 | 36.1 | 46 | 27.9 | |
| Gear Entanglement | 14 | 17.9 | 7 | 13.7 | 8 | 22.2 | 29 | 17.6 | |
| Jumped | 7 | 9.0 | 8 | 15.7 | 6 | 16.7 | 21 | 12.7 | |
| Knocked by Gear/Object | 6 | 7.7 | 4 | 7.8 | 4 | 11.1 | 14 | 8.5 | |
| Washed Over | 5 | 6.4 | 2 | 3.9 | 1 | 2.8 | 8 | 4.8 | |
| Unknown | 7 | – | 17 | – | 21 | – | 45 | – | |
| Contributing Factors** | |||||||||
| Alone | 43 | 50.6 | 38 | 55.9 | 29 | 50.9 | 110 | 52.4 | |
| Alcohol/Drugs | 24 | 28.2 | 13 | 19.1 | 10 | 17.5 | 47 | 22.4 | |
| Vessel Motion | 8 | 9.4 | 7 | 10.3 | 3 | 5.3 | 18 | 8.6 | |
| Deck Obstacles | 12 | 14.1 | 4 | 5.9 | 1 | 1.8 | 17 | 8.1 | |
| Leaning Over Side | 6 | 7.1 | 3 | 4.4 | 5 | 8.8 | 14 | 6.7 | |
| Struck by Large Wave | 6 | 7.1 | 3 | 4.4 | 2 | 3.5 | 11 | 5.2 | |
| Fatigue | 4 | 4.7 | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 7.0 | 9 | 4.3 | |
| Lost Balance | 1 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.5 | 6 | 10.5 | 8 | 3.8 | |
| Other | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 7.0 | 4 | 1.9 | |
*
All numbers in this table are the number of deaths
**
Valid percent
***
Not mutually exclusive; percent totals exceed 100%