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What is the Most Common Cause of Accident for Crab Fishermen?

April 6, 2016

Commercial crab fishing has a bad reputation for being one of the most dangerous industries, especially the Dungeness crab fishing industry. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor, 80 out…

What Caused the Deepwater Horizon Accident?

April 4, 2016

You may have stumbled across the trailer of a movie titled Deepwater Horizon, starring Mark Wahlberg. The trailer begins with a child who describes her father’s job working on an…

What are the Three Factors that Cause 80 Percent of Deaths at Sea?

March 30, 2016

Here’s the good news. The overall number of commercial fishing fatalities has declined by 34 percent during the time between 2000 and 2014. So, what’s the bad news? Well, fishermen…

What Caused These Two Vessels to Crash in the Gulf Coast?

March 28, 2016

In 2014, an unusual circumstance occurred that caused a commercial fishing boat and an offshore supply vessel (OSV) to collide. That evening, the 130-foot OSV slammed into a 73-foot shrimping…

How Did These Boaters Die on an Alabama Lake?

March 23, 2016

Last year, two passengers on a pontoon boat lost their lives when they were struck by another vessel in the northwest Alabama area. The pontoon boat passengers had been taken…

Worker Loses His Life in New Jersey Tugboat Accident

March 21, 2016

Last week, an 84-foot-long tugboat crashed into a construction barge near the Tappan Zee Bridge in New York. The 13 crewmembers of the construction barge were not injured, but unfortunately,…

Boater Loses His Life When He Collides With a Ferry

March 16, 2016

The Quebec River near Laval is often occupied by a 48-foot cable ferry that uses the current to navigate across the river. Last year, a pleasure craft caused a boating…

How Did 15 Passengers Get Injured On a North Carolina Boat?

March 14, 2016

When 159 passengers boarded a party boat in North Carolina, they were expecting a great night. Thirty minutes after the boat departed, however, many were shaken and 15 ended up…

Towboat Hits St. Louis Bridge and Causes Tragedy for Worker

March 9, 2016

A worker who was assigned the job of sandblasting a Mississippi River bridge was killed when a towboat hit the scaffolding he was working from last year. The worker was…