OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520076
NATIONAL CARGO BUREAU, INC.
NEW ORLEANS, LA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FALLING MARINE CARGO CONTAINER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A MARINE SURVEYOR, WAS INSPECTING 20 FOOT LONG CONTAINERS BEING USE D TO SHIP CLASS "C" EXPLOSIVES. THERE WERE 3 EMPTY CONTAINERS STACKED BEHIND A S TACK OF 2 EMPTY CONTAINERS. WHEN A FORK LIFT OPERATOR LIFTED THE TOP CONTAINER F ROM THE TWO-HIGH STACK, IT BECAME CAUGHT ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP CONTAINER F ROM THE THREE-HIGH STACK. WHEN THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR BACKED UP HIS MACHINE, THE SNAGGED CONTAINER ROLLED OFF THE TOP OF THE STACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, KILLIN G HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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