OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #514752
LONGSHORING,BARGE,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,WORK RULES,SLIP,OFF LOADING,CHEST,WIRE ROPE
Event description
Employee struck and killed by swinging marine arm
Investigation abstract
On Sunday, January 21, 1990, at approximately 5:10 a.m., Employee #1, a licensed nvestigation, it was found that a stud on one of the clips did not have a nut on it and the paint on the clip did not indicate that a nut was ever on the bolt. The remaining clip bolts had very little paint scrapings, indicating that the nu ts were never fully torqued either at the factory or upon installation at the re finery. Once any weight was applied to the retaining cable, the fist grip clips could not hold the weight and the wire rope slipped, allowing the marine arm to swing. tankerman, was employed by Riverside Marine Services, which was contracted to o ff load a barge containing isobutane at the BP Oil Refinery (dockside) in Belle Chasse, LA. The barge had been off loaded, and Employee #1 had disconnected the flange on the Chiksan south marine arm, which was the vapor line, from the barge and was storing the arm on the dock. Three Crosby fist grip clips were attached to the 0.625-inch wire rope retaining line. The clips came off the wire rope, a llowing the marine arm to swing violently back and forth. The lower end of the a rm, the flange end, struck Employee #1 in his right chest and killed him. Upon i
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#983 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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