Marine Terminal Laborer Run Over by a Trailer Being Loaded Onto a Barge

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  In August 7, 1998, a 34-year-old laborer at a marine shipping terminal was critically injured after he was run over by a trailer being backed into a barge. The incident occurred as a massive seagoing barge was being loaded with cars and trailers for transport to the Caribbean. The victim was apparently standing in a loading lane to strap down a pickup truck. A tractor was being backed down the lane and struck the victim, running over his legs and severely injuring his pelvis. He died seven days later of complications related to his injuries. To prevent similar incidents in the future, NJ FACE recommends the following safety guidelines: 1. Employers should develop written procedures for ensuring safe working clearances for loading and unloading barges. 2. Employers should instruct the truck drivers to connect the electrical lines between the hustler trucks and trailers. 3. Employers should ensure that all hustler trucks are periodically inspected to ensure that safety devices are working properly. 4. Employers should become familiar with available resources on safety standards and safe work practices.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Transportation Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Marine-workers Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Transportation-industry Transportation-workers Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98NJ071
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026688
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-100200
• 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 98NJ071, 1999 Apr ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8e7f4e122a540f355a4ae448ba792443cea255b8ab236e74ad5592a011a94527812d06e9d72dab487310e7a947f3e42e06c6bbb9a43cc05c05326b5d278772ad
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169245/cdc_169245_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 50.16 KB ]