OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14393151
NEW ORLEANS MARINE CONTRACTORS
NEW ORLEANS, LA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FORK LIFT SPREADER
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 21, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:35 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED TO REMOVE S TOCKING CONES FROM CONTAINERS DISCHARGED FROM THE M/V FINNROSE DOCK AT 3501 FRAN CE ROAD, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. EMPLOYEE #1 PROBABLY SAT ON TOP OF A CONTAINER WHICH WAS OUT OF SIGHT OF THE FLAGMAN AND LIFT OPERATOR. THEN FORK LIFT OPERATOR TRIED TO POSITION A SPREADER BAR TO LIFT THE NEXT CONTAINER. THE LIFT OPERATOR, WHO'S VISION OF THE CONTAINER WAS OBSTRUCTED, GUIDED THE SPREADER ONTO THE CONT AINER, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1 AGAINST ANOTHER CONTAINER BEHIND HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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