Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120479.015 - Employee is killed in fall while lashing containers to deck

Accident Summary Nr: 120479.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 10/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1436088.015	10/07/2019		488320	Tri-State Maritime Services, Inc

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on October 6, 2019, Employee #1 was standing on Cargo Hold Hatch 2, lashing 2-tier containers to the deck with a coworker. The port shore crane operator lowered a container into position on top of the fifth inboard 2-tier container stack to start the third tier stack at Hatch number 2. A shipping container semi-automatic twist lock device at the bottom of a cargo container being set, located above and to the right of the employee, broke free, and struck him on the head. The employee stumbled and fell approximately 10.5 feet at the unprotected main deck edge, coming between Hatch number 2 and number 1. He was killed in the fall.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Container, Containerized Cargo, Crane, Fall, Falling Object, Hatch, Head, Struck By, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1436088.015	52	M	Fatality		Stevedores

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