Accident Report Detail

Accident: 89207.015 - Employee Struck And Killed By Falling Object

**Accident: 89207.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 09/23/2016**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1181490.015	09/23/2016		Coastal Cargo, Llc

At 10:30 a.m. on September 23, 2016, an employee helping to load a barge was str uck by a falling forklift blade. The employee was holding a piece of cardboard so that rolls of metal coils would not touch the wall of the barge. The forklift lifted a roll of metal coil approximately 10 feet high onto another metal coil. As the forklift was backing up to adjust the forks to the center in the coils, one of the forklift blades fell off and hit the employee on the head and was kil led.

Keywords: barge, falling object, loading, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1181490.015	32	M	Fatality		Stevedores

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