OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348304
STRACHAN SHIPPING CO INC
SAVANNAH, GA—
Event description
STRUCK BY PALLETIZED CARGO
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 8, 1984, AT 10:50 AM, A LONGSHORING GANG WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DISCH LEG, BROKEN ANKLE, BROKEN HIP AND INTERNAL INJURIES. THE PALLETIZED BUNDLES MEA SURED APPROXIMATELY 81 INCHES LONG, 31 INCHES WIDE, 29 1/2 INCHES HIGH AND WEIGH ED AROUND 850 KILOGRAMS. THE FORKLIFT FORKS EXTENDED 48 INCHES FROM BACKREST TO TIP. THE FORKLIFT TRUCK WAS A 9,000 POUND CAPACITY TOYOTA, SERIAL NUMBER 2FG1060 289. ARGING A CARGO OF HARDBOARD SHEETS (MASONITE). THE DRAFT OF CARGO HAD BEEN LANDE D ON THE DOCK AND THE CARGO SLINGS REMOVED BY EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2. THE DRAFT CON SISTED OF TWO STACKS, EACH THREE BUNDLES HIGH, OF PALLETZED HARDBOARD. EMPLOYEE #3, A FORKLIFT OPERATOR, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THE FIRST STACK OF PALLETI ZED HARDBOARD FROM THE DOCK TO THE WAREHOUSE. HE PLACED THE FORKLIFT FORKS UNDER THE FIRST STACK. THE END OF THE FORKS EXTENDED UNDER THE EDGE OF THE SECOND STA CK. AS HE LIFTED THE FIRST STACK, THE SECOND STACK TILTED AND FELL OVER, STRIKIN G EMPLOYEE #1 BELOW THE WAIST. HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE INJURIES, INCLUDING A BROKEN
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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