Inspection Detail

Inspection: 14391288 - Worth Co

Inspection Information - Office: Appleton Area Office

Inspection Nr: 14391288

Report ID: 0521100

Date Opened: 10/21/1983

Site Address:
Worth Co
214 Sherman Ave
Whiting, WI 54481

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3949

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Planned

Scope: Records

Advanced Notice:

Ownership:

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/21/1983

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/25/1983

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14391288

Event: 01/08/1988

LONGSHORMAN KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY CARGO BEING UNLOADED

AT APPROXIMATELY 4:40 PM ON JANUARY 8, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AS THE "HOOK-UP" MAN ON THE NAPOLEON AVE. WHARF "C", SECTION 25, IN NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130. A KOREAN FLAG VESSEL WAS BEING UNLOADED USING A CRANE MOUNTED ON THE DECK OF THE VESSEL. BUNDLES OF PLYWOOD WERE BEING UNLOADED. EACH BUNDLE WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY ONE TON AND THREE BUNDLES WERE BEING LIFTED AT A TIME. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BENT OVER PICKING UP DUNNAGE (TRASH MATERIAL) FROM THE WHARF AND SO WAS NOT WATCHING THE CRANE LOAD. THE CRANE OPERATOR WAS NOT USING A SIGNALMAN TO GUIDE HIM AND HE COULDN'T SEE EMPLOYEE #1. HE LOWERED THE THREE BUNDLES OF PLYWOOD ONTO EMPLOYEE #1, CRUSHING HIS SKULL AND KILLING HIM.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, SIGNALMAN, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, SKULL, CRANE, INATTENTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14391288			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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