OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14352868
LONGSHORING,BARGE,STEEL BEAM,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,GUIDE,TAG LINE,CRANE,POOR VISIBILITY
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN STEEL H-BEAMS AND WALL OF BARGE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING STEEL H-BEAMS FROM A BARG E AND LOADING THEM ONTO A TRUCK ON SHORE. THE BEAMS WERE BEING HOISTED BY A LATT ICE BOOM CRANE. THE OPERATOR WAS RELYING ON A SIGNALMAN TO HELP HIM GET THE BEAM S OUT OF THE BARGE BECAUSE HE COULD NOT SEE THE INSIDE OF THE BARGE FROM THE CRA NE OPERATOR'S POSITION. TAGLINES, WHICH COULD HAVE GUIDED AND STABILIZED THE LOA D, WERE NOT IN USE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO OF THE 49 FOOT LONG BEAM S AND THE INSIDE OF THE BARGE SIDEWALL. HE WAS KILLED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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