Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14354088 - Longshoreman crushed between truck and cargo

Accident Summary Nr: 14354088 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 09/28/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17966086	10/04/1990	4491	0	Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17966078	10/01/1990	4491	0	Stevens Shipping & Terminal Co., Inc.

Abstract: On September 28, 1990, Employee #1, a lasher, and four other longshoremen (a driver, a pinman, and two lashers) were on the top deck of a ship, loading it with containerized cargo (a trailer or semi-trailer). They were using trucks, Ottawa yard hustlers, to bring the cargo aboard this roll-on/roll off ship. Employee #1 was between the truck and a stored container, lashing the container in place, when the driver of the hustler was signaled by a coworker to back up. The truck backed into Employee #1, crushing him between the truck and the container/trailer. During this operation, there is a lot of noise and commotion. No one was wearing a warning vest, and the truck did not have an operational back-up alarm. A sun box, a piece of equipment used to load and unload trailers, was also used to support the trailer without a truck.

Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, LONGSHORING, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, CONTAINERIZED CARGO, REFLECTIVE VEST, COMMUNICATION, BACKING UP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17966086					Occupation Not Listed
2	17966078			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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