OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14558084
WORK RULES,SHIP,FALL,STRUCK BY,BACKING UP,ELEVATOR SHAFT
Event description
THIRD MATE PUSHED INTO ELEVATOR SHAFT; FELL 20 FEET TO DECK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A THIRD MATE ON A MARITIME VESSEL (RO-RO). HIS DUTIES INVOLVED C HECKING TO INSURE THAT STOWED CARGO, INCLUDING CONTAINERS ON TRAILER CHASSIS, WE RE PROPERLY SECURED. HE POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT AND A VEHIC LE WHICH WAS BACKING UP. (THE REASON HE PLACED HIMSELF IN THIS HAZARDOUS POSITIO N IS NOT KNOWN.) HE WAS STRUCK AND PINNED BETWEEN THE TRAILER AND THE END OF A G UARD RAIL AT THE ELEVATOR SHAFT. WHEN THE VEHICLE MOVED FORWARD, EMPLOYEE #1 FEL L APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET DOWN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT. HE LANDED ON A LOWER DECK. HE W AS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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