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Accident: 200211449 - Employee Is Crushed And Killed By Falling Clamshell Bucket

**Accident: 200211449 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 12/09/2003**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
307119776	12/09/2003	4491	Dix Shipping Co.,Inc

On December 9, 2003, an employee was working on an excavator in the hold of a ship at the Port of Brownsville, Texas. He was struck and fatally crushed by a falling load. The load, consisting of a clamshell bucket and its contents, fell when the boom collapsed.

Keywords: shipyard, boom, collapse, crushed, excavator, falling object

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	307119776			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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