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Marine Safety Unit Paducah

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Top Five Marine Casualties

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187 Reportable Marine Casualties 58 Personnel Injuries 6 Flooding

51 Equipment Failures 5 Collisions42 Groundings 4 Barge Breakaways20 Allisions 1 Loss of Life

2010 Reportable Marine Casualties

Collisions Allisions Groundings

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• 1 on the LMR (MM 950)• 3 on the OHR (MM 934, MM 976,

MM 980.5)• 1 on the UMR (MM 101.8)

Highlights

• 60% of collisions were in the vicinity of the confluence or its fleeting areas. (highlighted in red)

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20 Allisions

• 1 on the CBR (MM 63)• 3 on the LMR (MM 929.6, MM 939,

MM 940)• 10 on the OHR (MM 877, MM 918,

2 at MM 918.5, MM 932, MM 934, MM 976, MM 980, MM 980.4, MM 981)

• 2 on the TNR (MM 21, MM 41.6)• 3 on the UMR (2 at MM 1.0, MM

43.7)

Highlights

• Smithland Lock & Dam• 40% of allisions occurred In the vicinity of the route 62 “Cairo” Bridge, the confluence or its fleeting areas. (Both highlighted in red)

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Homeland Security 42 Groundings

• 9 on the CBR (MM 3.5, MM 4.5, MM 19.7, MM 23.2, MM 40, MM 40.3, MM 50, MM 61, MM 63.5)

• 8 on the LMR (MM 869, MM 869.5, MM 907, MM 935, MM 947, MM 952, MM 953.3, MM 981)

• 13 on the OHR (MM 871, MM 918, MM 919, MM 923.4, MM 924, MM 926.5, MM 931, MM 936.2, MM 936.4, MM 939, MM 941.8, MM 942.2, MM 978)

• 2 on the TNR (MM 2, MM 16.4)• 10 on the UMR (MM 3, MM 13, 2 at

MM 23, MM 33, MM 38, MM 47.7, MM 49, MM 96, MM 105)Highlights

• 48% of groundings occurred in a bends. (highlighted in blue)• 2011 Casualty data shows an increase in groundings where the CBR enters the OHR. (highlighted in red)

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Top 5 Casualty Locations

•Smithland Lock and Dam.

•Confluence of the UMR, LMR, and OHR.Data shows a high potential for collisions and allisions

•Fleeting Area breakaways throughout AOR.

Only Four in 2010 but 2011’s high water has shown a significant increase.

•Ohio River between MM 920-925 “Brick house”. Sediment discharge from the Cumberland river is contributing to an increase in groundings.

•Bends throughout AOR. 48% of groundings happened in bends. Contributors included:

passing situations within bendsRiver conditionsVessel maneuverability