OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221727043

STERLING SHIPYARD LLC

PORT NECHES, TX— 2024-12-14T00:00:00

Event: Break, Broke, Caught Between, Crushed, Dragged, Forklift, Forks, Head, Industrial Truck, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, PIV, Pavement, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Rail, Ramp, Seat Belt, Ship, Shipyard, Supervisor, Tips Over, Torso, Unsafe Position, Unsecured, Unstable Position, Work Surface
NAICS: 336611
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347937153
Employer profile: STERLING SHIPYARD LLC
Summary number: 221727043
Report ID: 0626700

Event description

Employee dies of head trauma when crushed by pavement and PI

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on December 14, 2024, an employee working as a production supervisor for a shipyard was moving a gangway in place at a moored vessel in drydock. The employee picked up the gangway using the forks of the forklift and began to drag it. The weight of the gangway caused it to break away at a rail causing the forklift to tip over. The employee was not belted into the PIV as the forklift tipped over crushing the employee between the ground and the PIV cab. The employee died from crushing injuries to his head and upper torso.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 46 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
633

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