Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14532980

ISLAND STEVEDORING, INC.

Event
LOADING, LONGSHORING, UNSECURED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#1754829
Employer profile
ISLAND STEVEDORING, INC.
Summary number
14532980
Report ID
215300

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling paper bale

Investigation abstract

The MV Giant was being loaded with paper bales by a motor crane when one of the six bales in the draft broke and fell on Employee #1. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 65 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    40
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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