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Accident Summary Nr: 14391288 - LONGSHORMAN KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY CARGO BEING UNLOADED

Accident Summary Nr: 14391288 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 01/08/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14391288	10/21/1983	3949	0	Worth Co

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 4:40 PM ON JANUARY 8, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AS THE "HOOK-UP" MAN ON THE NAPOLEON AVE. WHARF "C", SECTION 25, IN NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130. A KOREAN FLAG VESSEL WAS BEING UNLOADED USING A CRANE MOUNTED ON THE DECK OF THE VESSEL. BUNDLES OF PLYWOOD WERE BEING UNLOADED. EACH BUNDLE WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY ONE TON AND THREE BUNDLES WERE BEING LIFTED AT A TIME. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BENT OVER PICKING UP DUNNAGE (TRASH MATERIAL) FROM THE WHARF AND SO WAS NOT WATCHING THE CRANE LOAD. THE CRANE OPERATOR WAS NOT USING A SIGNALMAN TO GUIDE HIM AND HE COULDN'T SEE EMPLOYEE #1. HE LOWERED THE THREE BUNDLES OF PLYWOOD ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, CRUSHING HIS SKULL AND KILLING HIM.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, SIGNALMAN, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, SKULL, CRANE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14391288			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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