OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14501043
BARGE,SIGNALMAN,CRAWLER CRANE,SHIP,OFF LOADING,CONTAINERIZED CARGO
Event description
BOOM OF CRANE COLLAPSED DURING OFF LOADING SHIP
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES WERE OFF LOADING CONTAINERIZED CARGO FROM THE SHIP SANTA PAULA. A CRAW LER CRANE MANITOWAC 4100 W SER #41342 WITH 190 FT OF BOOM WAS LOCATED ON THE BAR GE ST. JOHN AND WAS USED FOR THE OFF LOADING OPERATION. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REMO VE A CONTAINER IN BAY #8,WHICH WAS ON THE DECK OF THE SHIP, THE BOOM COLLAPSED. THE BOOM FELL, STRIKING THE CONTAINER THAT THE SIGNALMAN WAS STANDING ON. HE WAS FLIPPED INTO THE TWISTING PARTS OF THE BOOM AND THEN WAS THROWN TO THE DECK OF THE BARGE. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURY TO THE CHEST AREA AND WAS TAKEN TO T HE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED. HEIGHT OF CONTAINER TOP TO BARGE DECK WAS APPROX 34 F T.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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