Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14519250 - Employee struck and killed by falling load of plywood

Accident Summary Nr: 14519250 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 11/04/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100262518	11/06/1985	4491	0	Ito Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, a longshoreman, and coworkers were using a ship's gantry crane and spreader bar to unload preslung bundles of plywood from the #2 hold of a ship. A load consisted of six bundles of plywood (4 ft by 8 ft sheets stacked 3 ft high, with steel bands around both ends). Each load was held by two wire rope slings attached to the ends, which four hold workers would connect to hooks on the spreader bar. While a load was being lifted, one of the slings slipped off the end and the load fell. One of the plywood bundles struck Employee #1, killing him.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, UNSECURED, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100262518			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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