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Accident: 202365060 - Employee Is Struck And Killed By Falling Shipping Container

Accident: 202365060 -- Report ID: 1055330 -- Event Date: 08/13/2005
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30923910108/14/20054491Marine 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
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 309239101 Fatality Other Occupation not reported

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