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Accident: 201690864 - Employee'S Back Is Injured When Container Strikes Truck Cab

Accident: 201690864 -- Report ID: 0950662 -- Event Date: 08/26/2002
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30127665503/11/20034214Atlas Marine
At approximately 10 a.m. on August 26, 2002, Employee #1, of Atlas Marine, was sitting in the cab of his truck at Trans Pacific Container Corporation. A Paceco rubber-tired gantry crane was being used to lower a 43 ft long container onto his truck trailer when the load struck the cab. Employee #1 suffered back injuries but did not require hospitalization. The container was 3 ft longer than the typical 40 ft container, and the crane operator lowered the container without warning the signalman.
Keywords: work rules, struck against, gantry crane, back, communication, sprain, truck driver
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 301276655 Non Hospitalized injury Strain/Sprain Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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