Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14219554 - One employee killed and two injured by crane hoist

Accident Summary Nr: 14219554 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 11/01/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107626616	11/01/1990	4491	0	Ceres Gulf, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a 52-year-old longshoreman, was working aboard an ocean-going vessel, the Renate Schulte, at city dock #29, at the port of Houston, TX. He was off-loading containers from the aft end of the #2 hatch using a rented mobile shore crane, with an operator. The crane boom did not have any load on its hook when it fell across the ship. As the boom was falling, the crane's main hoist, four-part block, swung in the tween-deck, on the starboard side of the vessel, striking and killing Employee #1, and injuring Employees #2 and #3.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, CRANE BOOM, WORK RULES, MOBILE CRANE, HOIST, SHIP, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, CRANE BLOCK, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107626616	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
2	107626616	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
3	107626616	Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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