Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14237085 - Struck by Falling Spreader Bar

Accident Summary Nr: 14237085 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 08/07/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
731802	08/08/1984	4491	0	Shippers Stevedoring Co

Abstract: Longshoremen were discharging steel on the vessel Nin. A spreader bar was attached to the crane hooks. There were no measures taken to see that it was properly secured. As the spreader bar was being lowered into hatch #2, it came in contact with a guy on the ship's gear. It consequently disengaged and fell, striking Employee #1.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, CRANE HOOK, GUY, SHIP, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, SPREADER BAR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	731802			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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