OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221665466
SEAONUS STEVEDORING - JACKSONVILLE, LLC.
JACKSONVILLE, FL·
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from cargo hold
Investigation abstract
At 3:30 p.m. on May 14, 2024, an employee was exiting cargo hold #3 of a cargo ship to go to lunch when he became disoriented in the darkness. While attempting to find his way off the vessel, the employee inadvertently opened a cargo hatch leading to cargo hold #4 and fell approximately 45 feet into the empty hold. The employee suffered fatal injuries upon impact with the cargo hold surface.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 876
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