OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14502181

HEAD,BROKEN CABLE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1988-06-15T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,BROKEN CABLE,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14502181
Report ID: 213900

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling cargo

Investigation abstract

At approximately 8:05 a.m. on June 15, 1988, Employee #1, a longshoreman, was on the hold of a ship unloading steel pipes. Five bundles of pipe were being lifte d using the ship's gear. The bundle had cleared the ship's coaming when the lift ing cable failed and dropped the load. Employee #1 was struck by the falling loa d and sustained fatal head injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 38 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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