A barge maintenance worker was found dead of asphyxiation in a compartment on the vessel. The barge, used as a construction base camp, was being prepared for the upcoming construction season. On the day of his death, he was assigned to clean the bolts used to secure hatch covers to the barge deck. He was last seen alive late in the afternoon, still cleaning the bolts. However, when the crew assembled for dinner about 45 minutes later, he was missing. Co-workers found his hardhat and wrenches next to an open hatch. Looking down from above, they could see him lying in the […]