Inspection Detail

Inspection: 314762097 - Long Beach Container Terminal Llc

Inspection Information - Office: High Hazard Unit - South

Investigation Summary

At approximately12:00 p.m. on April 25, 2013, Employee #1, Longshoreman Mechanic, was doing blacksmithing type work, welding and hammering, on a large structural part of a piece of container handling equipment. The employee was using the welding torch to heat the part, while a coworker was pounding it with a 10 lb. single handed sledge hammer. The coworker missed on his sledge hammer swing and hit Employee #1's finger. The employee reported to an area hospital, where he was treated for a crushing fracture to his left little finger. Employee #1 remained hospitalized.

Keywords: LONGSHORING, FRACTURE, FINGER, WELDING, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, HAND TOOL