Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201690195 - Employee injured by fall while unloading cargo

Accident Summary Nr: 201690195 -- Report ID: 0950662 -- Event Date: 08/22/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125932376	09/04/2001	4491	0	Rio Doce Pasha Terminal L.P.

Abstract: At 6:30 a.m. on August 22, 2001, Employees #1, a longshoring casual Class A worker from the International Longshoring Workers Union Local 13, began work for Rio Doce Pasha Terminal LP at Pier 179 at the Port of Los Angeles. Employee #1 was assigned to work as a frontman to unload "Red Hawk Cargo". Employee #1 did not meet with his supervisor that morning. Employee #1 was not working alone. However, he did not meet with the other person who was assigned to work with him. Employee #1 was working on unloading the first load from the ship and tried to reach the chain that was used to hold the load together. The load was approximately 8 feet above the ground. Employee #1 is over five feet tall. Employee #1 could not reach the chain to release the load and had no tools or a stepladder to assist him. He saw a piece of wood hanging out of the load and decided to use it as a step. As he was coming down, the wood broke and Employee #1 fell to the ground, breaking his left leg and ankle. Employee #1 was transported and hospitalized for two days at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Harbor City, California.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, FRACTURE, FALL, ANKLE, CONTUSION, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125932376			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Longshore equipment operators

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