Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201691771 - Employee'S Leg Is Amputated When Run Over By Crane
Accident: 201691771 -- Report ID: 0950662 -- Event Date: 05/17/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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301281614 | 05/18/2005 | 4491 | American President Lines (Apl) | ||||
At 9:30 a.m. on May 17, 2005, Employee #1, a clerk with American President Lines, entered a container storage area to direct other employees which containers to load onto waiting trucks adjacent to the stacks of containers and under a Transtainer (Manufactured by Noell Rubber Tire Gantry Crane). Employee #1 then crossed from the outside of the Transtainer in front of its wheel to find the next container to be loaded. Another employee backed the Transtainer and ran over Employee #1's lower right leg. He was hospitalized for amputation of the leg and degloving injuries. | |||||||
Keywords:
wheel, amputated, gantry crane, struck by, containerized cargo, run over, communication, backing up, inattention, leg
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 301281614 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Longshore equipment operators |