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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 14352868 - Crushed Between Steel H-Beams And Wall Of Barge

**Accident: 14352868 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 06/27/1986**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
100345800	06/27/1986	4491	Allied Steel Corporation
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
100346006	06/27/1986	4491	Jordan Pile Driving, Inc.

EMPLOYEE #1 AND SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE UNLOADING STEEL H-BEAMS FROM A BARGE AND LOADING THEM ONTO A TRUCK ON SHORE. THE BEAMS WERE BEING HOISTED BY A LATTICE BOOM CRANE. THE OPERATOR WAS RELYING ON A SIGNALMAN TO HELP HIM GET THE BEAMS OUT OF THE BARGE BECAUSE HE COULD NOT SEE THE INSIDE OF THE BARGE FROM THE CRANE OPERATOR'S POSITION. TAGLINES, WHICH COULD HAVE GUIDED AND STABILIZED THE LOAD, WERE NOT IN USE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO OF THE 49 FOOT LONG BEAMS AND THE INSIDE OF THE BARGE SIDEWALL. HE WAS KILLED.

Keywords: longshoring, barge, steel beam, work rules, crushed, guide, tag line, crane, poor visibility

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	100345800			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	100346006					Occupation Not Listed

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