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Accident Summary Nr: 200420180 - Employees Are Pinned Between Crane Load and Wall

Accident Summary Nr: 200420180 -- Report ID: 0420300 -- Event Date: 03/15/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311093744	03/16/2009	4491	488320	Ssa Cooper, Llc.

Abstract: On March 15, 2009, Employees #1, #2, and #3, all longshoremen, and Employee #4, the superintendent, were working inside the hold of a ship. The longshoremen were loading bales of wood pulp, when the crane operator swung the load towards where the employees were waiting. It struck them, pinning them between the load on the hook and the steel bulkhead (the steel wall of the vessel). Employees #1, #2, and #3 were injured and hospitalized. Their injuries were not specified. Employee #4 suffered minor, unspecified injuries and was not hospitalized.

Keywords: PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, SHIP, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311093744	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	311093744	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
3	311093744	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
4	311093744	Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Occupation not reported

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