Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14520076 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BY FALLING MARINE CARGO CONTAINER

Accident Summary Nr: 14520076 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 11/17/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101633014	11/19/1986	4499	0	National Cargo Bureau, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A MARINE SURVEYOR, WAS INSPECTING 20 FOOT LONG CONTAINERS BEING USED TO SHIP CLASS "C" EXPLOSIVES. THERE WERE 3 EMPTY CONTAINERS STACKED BEHIND A STACK OF 2 EMPTY CONTAINERS. WHEN A FORK LIFT OPERATOR LIFTED THE TOP CONTAINER FROM THE TWO-HIGH STACK, IT BECAME CAUGHT ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP CONTAINER FROM THE THREE-HIGH STACK. WHEN THE FORKLIFT OPERATOR BACKED UP HIS MACHINE, THE SNAGGED CONTAINER ROLLED OFF THE TOP OF THE STACK AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.

Keywords: CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, FALLING OBJECT, INATTENTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101633014			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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