Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 509109 - Employee killed in fall from rope ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 509109 -- Report ID: 1032100 -- Event Date: 01/27/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109431627	02/01/1995	4491	0	North Star Terminal & Stevedore Company Llc

Abstract: At 7:20 p.m. on January 27, 1995, at the end of a work shift, several longshoremen were leaving a tramper vessel and using a rope jacob's ladder to reach the deck of a transport (tug) vessel. Employee #1 was approximately 6 ft down the ladder when he released his hold and fell approximately 15 ft to the tug deck, striking his head on a metal housing attached to the tug's wheelhouse. He was killed.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, HEAD, LADDER, DESCENDING, FALL, CONCUSSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109431627			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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