Download or read book Report of Investigation Into the Circumstances Attending the Death of a Crew Member on the Canadian Registered Vessel "Arctic" in the Mississippi River on December 7, 1989 written by Transportation Safety Board of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 7, 1989, the "Arctic" was upbound in the Mississippi River, her destination Darrow, some 80 miles above New Orleans, with a parcel of zinc concentrates from Antwerp in No.4 hold. While preparing other holds, which were empty, for the next cargo, a seaman inadvertently opened the access hatch to No.4 hold and , on noting what appeared to be water in the hold with the concentrates, reported this to the bosun. After informing the bridge as to what had been reported, the bosun went down into the hold to investigate but within a short time, he collapsed,falling onto the cargo.This report deals with the investigation into the death of the bosun.