OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14533962
LONGSHORING,STRADDLE CARRIER,HEART ATTACK,SEAT BELT,FALL
Event description
STRAD CARRIER OPERATOR HAD HEART ATTACK, FELL FROM VEHICLE
Investigation abstract
THE COMPANY WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING CONTAINERIZED CARGO ONTO A VESSEL. EM LTED IN HIS DEATH. PLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A STRADDLE CARRIER, #64, MANUFACTURED BY MITSUBUSHI (MOD EL VSC4233ATS.) THIS MODEL STRADDLE CARRIER IS A PROTOTYPE, CAPABLE OF STACKING CONTAINERS THREE HIGH. THE CARRIER IS EQUIPPED WITH A SEAT BELT, BUT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE BELT WAS BUCKLED BEHIND THE SEAT AND WAS NOT IN USE. EMPLOY EE #1 HAD BEEN OPERATING THE CARRIER FOR APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES WHEN HE SUF FERED A HEART ATTACK. THE STRADDLE CARRIER STRUCK A POLE, THE IMPACT CAUSED EMPL OYEE #1 TO BE THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE. THE OPERATOR'S CAB IS APPROXIMATELY 30 FE ET ABOVE THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED MULTIPLE INTERNAL INJURIES, WHICH RESU
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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