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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14377188

HOIST,SHIP,PIPE,STRUCK BY,SLING,CRANE

Event
HOIST,SHIP,PIPE,STRUCK BY,SLING,CRANE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14377188
Report ID
521700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING PIPES

Investigation abstract

At a marine terminal aboard the vessel "Lydia", Employee #1 was assigned to unlo ad pipe out of hatch #2. The load of 40 ft long pipe was being hoisted out of th e hatch by a crane when the load hit the pontoon hatch cover. This caused the tw o slings (one on each end of the load of pipe) to slide and come together causin g the pipes to dislodge and fall back into the hold. Employees inside of the hol d scattered to avoid the falling load. Employee #1 was struck and killed by a le ngth of pipe.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 58 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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