OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394365

RIVER MARINE CONTRACTORS, INC.

ARABI, LA· 1988-12-19T00:00:00

Event: LONGSHORING, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FACE, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101479160
Employer profile: RIVER MARINE CONTRACTORS, INC.
Summary number: 14394365
Report ID: 625700

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling ingots

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was a member of a longshoring gang that was unloading bundles of ing ots from a ship to a wharf. A bundle contained 38 ingots, each weighing 50 lb, f or a total weight of 1,990 lb. Each bundle was secured with five metal straps. W ire slings were being used to unload the bundles, one bundle per sling, with two bundles being pulled on each load. One or more of the metal straps had apparent ly broken on one bundle, and when it was elevated, ingots began to fall everywhe re. According to a witness, one of the ingots struck Employee #1, "knocking off half of his face." He was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
9

Event type
1

Source
7

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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