OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14508592
SHIP,FALL,POOR VISIBILITY
Event description
FELL FROM ONE DECK TO ANOTHER IN SHIP'S HOLD
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HIRED THROUGH A TEMPORARY LABOR SERVICE AND ASSIGNED TO MANUALLY ET ABOVE THE HOLD BOTTOM) INTO THE HOLD. HE SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE FALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND UPON OPENING THE SHIP FOR WORK T HE FOLLOWING DAY. HE WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE. LOAD BALES OF TOBACCO ONTO PALLETS IN THE HOLD OF A SHIP. IT WAS HIS FIRST DAY ON THE JOB. LATE IN THE WORKDAY IT BEGAN TO RAIN. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO SUSPE ND WORK FOR THE DAY. THE HOLD HATCH COVERS WERE CLOSED AS THE EMPLOYEES WERE LEA VING THE HOLD. 24 EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE HOLD. NO LIGHT, OTHER THAN S UNLIGHT THROUGH THE HATCH DOORS, HAD BEEN PROVIDED IN THE HOLD. ONCE THE HATCH C OVERS WERE CLOSED IT WAS COMPLETELY DARK INSIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 EITHER BECAME LOST IN THE DARKNESS WHILE LEAVING THE HOLD, OR RETURNED TO THE HOLD AFTER HE HAD LEF T (FOR UNKNOWN REASONS). HE FELL FROM ONE OF THE BETWEEN DECKS (14 FEET OR 28 FE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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