Stevedore Falls to Deck of Tug in Dutch Harbor

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• Corporate Authors:
  Alaska Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (Alaska FACE) ; Alaska. Division of Public Health. Section of Epidemiology. Occupational Injury Prevention Program
• Description:
  A stevedore died as a result of head injuries sustained during a fall from the stern of a vessel on January 27, 1995. The victim had been loading a Japanese refrigeration/cargo vessel, the M/V Akama. He was exiting the vessel to return to shore via a transport tug in Captain's Bay. While climbing down a rope ladder secured to the stern, he stopped after descending 3-4 rungs and appeared to panic. He let go of the ladder from approximately 10-12 feet above the deck of the tug. He landed feet first on the deck but may have slipped on deck ice. He fell backwards and struck his head on a metal box on the forward deck of the tug. Although later conscious and capable of walking to an ambulance, he died at a local clinic about two hours later. 1. Employers should ensure that appropriate equipment is available for ingress and egress of vessels. 2. Employers should ensure that all workers exposed to shipboard environments receive appropriate training in ingress and egress of vessels.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Hunting Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Dockworkers Equipment-reliability Fishing-industry Injuries Injury-prevention Ladders Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 10 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Commercial Fishing ; Falls
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95AK003
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026891
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-111937
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 95AK003, 1995 Aug ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b06dba60aa99dc48c7f325a41a1da0e7caa07eb83cd7de1602f257260ed6f9c8e90204a90dd459fa5986f7e05531a4760211638636457e46f1d520d4b6ede274
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169118/cdc_169118_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.39 KB ]