Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201762374 - Employee Is Crushed and Killed by Falling Load

Accident Summary Nr: 201762374 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 08/23/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308588227	08/23/2005	4225	493110	Foreign Trade Export Packing

Abstract: Employee #1, a crane operator, was transferring a crate containing glass panels. The crate was 8-ft by 11-ft by 8-in., weighing 8,000 pounds and was being moved by a pendent-controlled overhead crane from one open-topped shipping container to another. Two crates were already inside the container that Employee #1 was loading. As Employee #1 moved the crate which was five inches above the ground, he struck the back of the container causing the two crates inside the container to fall. These crates pushed against the crate that was being moved and the crate pinned Employee #1 against the side of the container and crushed him. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, CRATE, PINNED, SUSPENDED LOAD, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, CONTAINERIZED CARGO, CRANE OPERATOR, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	308588227			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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