OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341374
ISLAND TERMINAL COMPANY
MIAMI BEACH, FL·
Event description
One employee dies, other injured in jump from container
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were working on top of an intermodal container at the second tier level in the cargo hold of the M.S. Ariane I. They had just released the p lugs from the container's fittings. The signalman gave the all clear sign to the crane operator, who could not see the work being performed. As the shore-based Manitowoc crawler crane, serial #41240, hoisted the slings, the plugs caught the lip at the top of a container at the third tier. The signalman did not see this happen and, as the container began to tilt, Employees #1 and #2 jumped about 17 feet to the deck of the hold. Both employees sustained injuries; Employee #1 di ed and Employee #2 was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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