OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14519417
RIVER MARINE CONTRACTORS, INC.
CHALMETTE, LA·
Event description
STRUCK BY SHIP'S CARGO WHICH FELL OFF UNSECURED STACK
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 21, 1986, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE UNLOADING STACKED CARGO FROM A VESSEL . THE CARGO HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY STACKED AND SECURED. SOME CARGO FELL FROM THE TO P OF THE STACK AND STRUCK THE TWO EMPLOYEES WHILE THEY WERE INSIDE A HOLD. THEIR LEGS WERE CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED THAT DAY. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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