Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202053708 - Employee Is Crushed and Killed Between Marine Containers

Accident Summary Nr: 202053708 -- Report ID: 1032100 -- Event Date: 09/08/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307505149	09/08/2009	4491	488320	Boyer Towing Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307505172	09/08/2009	4491	488320	Northland Services Inc

Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on September 9, 2009, Employee #1 was performing stevedoring tasks during the loading of marine containers onboard the barge Kirsten H. The forklift operator was preparing to do a left turn on the deck of the barge with a lumber flat engaged. The lumber flat was to be positioned on a two-high stack of marine containers. The forklift operator misjudged the distance, and the lumber flat struck the two-high container stack. The force of the strike caused the two-high stack of containers to move. Employee #1 was not visible to the forklift operator or the fellow stevedore assisting in the loading operation. Employee #1 had apparently walked between the two-high stack and the preloaded containers, when the two-high stack was struck by the lumber flat. The resultant movement of the two-high stack caught Employee #1 between the two-high stack and preloaded marine containers. Employee #1 was crushed between the marine containers and was killed.

Keywords: BARGE, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LUMBER, STRUCK BY, CONTAINERIZED CARGO

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307505149			Fatality	Other	Stevedores
2	307505172					Occupation not reported

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