OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488738
MAHER TERMINALS INC.
PORT ELIZABETH, NJ·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between vehicles
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and two other longshoremen were driving empty 20 ft containers from s hip. He was taken to the hospital and released. The driver of the third vehicl e was not injured. berth #80 to North Fleet Street, where vehicles were lining up for trailer inspe ction inside the inbound gate. One of the longshoremen was told by the gateman t hat the door at the rear of his container was open. As he went to close the door , Employee #1 pulled his Hustler truck behind the first vehicle and got out to a ssist him. A third vehicle then approached and came around Employee #1's truck t o get into line. The driver of this vehicle noticed that the Hustler was slowly rolling. He yelled at the two men, but Employee #1 was crushed between the truck s and killed. The driver of the first vehicle jumped out of the way, bruising hi
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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