OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14555619
METROPOLITAN STEVEDORE COMPANY
LONG BEACH, CA·
Event description
Employee killed in fall when struck by crane hook
Investigation abstract
On May 25, 1988, Employee #1 was standing atop pipes 14 ft 4 in. above the hold floor, hooking up crates stored in the forward section of hatch #2. The hooks ha d been removed from one end of the crates and when the crane picked up the other end, the unhooked legs and hooks were jerked up and began to swing. The hook ap parently struck Employee #1, causing him to fall to the hold floor. He suffered massive head injuries and was killed. No safety net was provided.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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