OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14558084

PUERTO RICO MARINE MANAGEMENT, INC.

CHARLESTON, SC· 1986-01-13T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, SHIP, FALL, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP, ELEVATOR SHAFT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #17419011
Employer profile: PUERTO RICO MARINE MANAGEMENT, INC.
Summary number: 14558084
Report ID: 418500

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

#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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