OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14450217
WILMINGTON SHIPPING COMPANY
WILMINGTON, NC—
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING BUNDLE OF WOOD PULP
Investigation abstract
LONGSHOREMEN WERE STORING BUNDLES OF WOOD PULP IN THE LOWER HOLD OF A VESSEL. TH E BUNDLES WERE BEING STACKED THREE HIGH. EACH BUNDLE WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 4,480 POUNDS. THE TOP TWO BUNDLES TOPPLED OVER. THE TOP BUNDLE FELL APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET, STRIKING AND CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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