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Accident Summary Nr: 14393151 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FORK LIFT SPREADER

Accident Summary Nr: 14393151 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 06/21/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1382316	06/25/1985	4491	0	New Orleans Marine Contractors

Abstract: ON JUNE 21, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:35 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSIGNED TO REMOVE STOCKING CONES FROM CONTAINERS DISCHARGED FROM THE M/V FINNROSE DOCK AT 3501 FRANCE ROAD, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. EMPLOYEE #1 PROBABLY SAT ON TOP OF A CONTAINER WHICH WAS OUT OF SIGHT OF THE FLAGMAN AND LIFT OPERATOR. THEN FORK LIFT OPERATOR TRIED TO POSITION A SPREADER BAR TO LIFT THE NEXT CONTAINER. THE LIFT OPERATOR, WHO'S VISION OF THE CONTAINER WAS OBSTRUCTED, GUIDED THE SPREADER ONTO THE CONTAINER, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1 AGAINST ANOTHER CONTAINER BEHIND HIM.

Keywords: CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SPREADER BAR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1382316			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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