Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202365060 - Employee Is Struck And Killed By Falling Shipping Container
Accident: 202365060 -- Report ID: 1055330 -- Event Date: 08/13/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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309239101 | 08/14/2005 | 4491 | Marine Terminals Corp | ||||
On August 13, 2005, Employee #1 was walking back to a ship after a break. She was using an approved walkway between a crane and a bull rail (a low, continuous rail along the edge of a dock). A 40-foot shipping container weighing 4.2 tons fell from a ship, landing on Employee #1 and killing her instantly. | |||||||
Keywords:
longshoring, dock, ship, struck by, containerized cargo, falling object, crane
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 309239101 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported |