OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547509

LOADING,LONGSHORING,HEAD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,SPREADER BAR,CRANE

1989-08-31T00:00:00

Event: LOADING,LONGSHORING,HEAD,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,SPREADER BAR,CRANE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14547509
Report ID: 1032300

Event description

Employee struck and killed by spreader bar

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker were loading bundles of lumber in the cargo hold of a vessel. The vessel's crane was hoisting the bundles of lumber into the hatch or cargo hold. Employee #1 was standing at the outboard side of the hatch waiting for the load to be positioned or stowed by the crane operator. While the load wa s being moved into place, the swagged sleeve at the end of the topping lift wire on the crane failed. The crane's boom fell into the hatch, where the spreader b ar (cargo handling) struck Employee #1 on the head, killing him instantly.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
24

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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