OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391437
RYAN WALSH STEVEDORING CO., INC.
NEW ORLEANS, LA·
Event description
Employee dies in fall when glove is hooked
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a member of a gang of four from ILA Local 3000. Employees were d employee fell, sustaining head injuries. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital, where he died on May 17, 1988. ischarging bundles of plate steel from the lower hold of hatch #5 aboard the ves sel Hyundai 16. They were breaking out the bundles using a 4 ft spreader bar wit h 4 legs and 4 hooks. Two legs with hooks on one end of the spreader bar were co nnected to a chain sling to lift the load so a second sling could be placed unde r the opposite end of the bundle of plate steel, to bring it out of the hold. Th e two legs with hooks on the opposite end of the spreader bar were free-wheeling . Employee #1 grabbed at one of the free hooks and it became entangled in his gl ove. He was lifted above the load and swung around. The glove tore loose and the
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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