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Directorate of Technical Support and Emergency Management, Office of Science and Technology Assessment Longshoring and Marine Terminals: Fatal Facts The Longshoring and Marine Terminals: Fatal Facts have been developed to help employers and workers in the maritime cargo handling industry to recognize and control the significant hazards commonly experienced in longshoring and marine terminal operations. This document is comprised of guidesheets that address the most frequent sources of fatalities in the maritime cargo handling industry. Each guidesheet contains a hazard summary describing the circumstances that may have contributed to the hazards and how the specific accident could have been prevented. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SECTION I - VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS Summary No. 1 - Front-End Loader Operations Struck by a powered industrial truck (PIT) with no warning signals Summary No. 2 - Front-End Loader Operations Struck by a PIT with missing safety devices Summary No. 3 - Ro-Ro Operations Struck by a tractor trailer operating in same lane as lasher Summary No. 4 - Night Time Ro-Ro Operations Struck by a chassis being backed into an area with inadequate visibility Summary No. 5 - Container Ship Unloading/Transfer Operations Struck by a container truck operating in a high traffic area Summary No. 6 - Container Ship Unloading/Transfer Operations Struck by a truck in an area with poorly marked lanes Summary No. 7 - Container Loading/Unloading Operations Struck by a truck making a u-turn in a high traffic area Summary No. 8 - Forklift Truck Operations Struck by a PIT with an obstructed forward view as it turned around a top loader Summary No. 9 - Forklift Truck Operations Struck by a PIT with an obstructed forward view as it approached container Summary No. 10 - Forklift Truck Operations Struck by a PIT with an obstructed forward view as it entered pier shed Summary No. 11 - Forklift Truck Operations Struck by a PIT with broken safety devices impairing rear visibility Summary No. 12 - Forklift Truck Operations Struck by a PIT in a warehouse with no designated safe aisle ways Summary No. 13 - Forklift Truck Operations Struck by the forks attached to a PIT with defective safety devices Summary No. 14 - Servicing and Maintenance Operations Struck by an exploding wheel of a forklift truck Summary No. 15 – Semi Tractor Tip-Over Struck steering column after semi tractor jackknifed and tipped over Summary No. 16 - Longshore Worker Killed by a Top Loader Struck by a top loader while working as a clerk and spotter Summary No. 17 - Longshore Worker Killed by Railcar Struck by moving railcars on a terminal SECTION II - FALLS/DROWNING ACCIDENTS Summary No. 1 - Releasing Mooring Lines at Dock's Edge Slipped and fell into water while not wearing a life vest Summary No. 2 - Unhooking Spreader Cables Onboard a Grain Barge Fell into water while not wearing a life vest and no life ring was available Summary No. 3 - Operating a Bobcat on an Open Deck Barge Fell into water while not wearing a life vest and no adequate life rings at site Summary No. 4 - Working Aboard a Barge or Tugboat Fell into water while not wearing a life vest; available life rings were defective Summary No. 5 - Egress From a Tramper Vessel Fell onto deck below while descending an inadequate Jacob's ladder Summary No. 6 - Front-End Loader Operating on an Open Deck Barge Drove off open edge into water while not wearing a life vest Summary No. 7 - Accessing Barge From Floating Dock Fell into water and crushed because there was no safe access to barge Summary No. 8 - Operating Alone on Catwalk in Barge Hold Fall on catwalk; no medical treatment or rescue available Summary No. 9 - Catwalk Collapse in Warehouse Corroded catwalk collapses causing fall Summary No. 10 - Damaged Roof in Warehouse Roof cave-in causing fall Summary No. 11 - Walking on Top of Stacked Containers Fall as spreader bar pulls away Summary No. 12 - Closing Covers on Hopper Barge Fall from working atop barge covers SECTION III - MATERIAL HANDLING ACCIDENTS Summary No. 1 - Working Beneath Suspended Load Struck by falling parts while working underneath turbogenerator Summary No. 2 - Improperly Secured Cargo Struck by falling aluminum t-bar improperly secured on crane Summary No. 3 - Unbalanced Load Crushed by press machine as it tilted on its side Summary No. 4 - Wrong Clamp Attachment on PIT Crushed when standing beneath a load suspended by an incorrect clamp Summary No. 5 - Defective Spreader Bar Struck by spreader bar that disengaged from a bridge crane Summary No. 6 - Unstable Stacked Slabs Crushed by improperly stacked slabs of steel Summary No. 7 - Improper Loading Procedure Crushed by toppling stack of crates during a forklift operation Summary No. 8 - Improperly Secured Load Struck by toppling paper rolls being loaded into the hold of a ship Summary No. 9 - Inadequately Rigged Load Struck by partially suspended steel rails that were swinging Summary No. 10 - Improperly Secured Cargo Struck by shifting lumber improperly secured in ship's hold Summary No. 11 - Unbalanced Dump Truck Load Crushed as dump truck trailer carrying wet scrap bauxite tipped over Summary No. 12 - Working Beneath a Suspended Load Struck by a suspended container during a load-out operation Summary No. 13 - Container Falling from Ship Struck by a container knocked off a ship during cargo handling
Page last updated: 04/13/2010
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