Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202365060 - Employee Is Struck and Killed by Falling Shipping Container

Accident Summary Nr: 202365060 -- Report ID: 1055330 -- Event Date: 08/13/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309239101	08/14/2005	4491	488310	Marine Terminals Corp

Abstract: 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 Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309239101			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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