Workers killed during maintenance of cargo-container spreader and expandable lifting frame.

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey. Department of Health
• Description:
  What happened: Incident #1- A crane operator functioning as a mechanic was killed when his head was crushed between structural beams of an intermodal cargo-container spreader as it was being closed during the lubrication of the guide rails; and #2 - A yard supervisor was standing on a 6-foot ladder to check a lifting frame for hydraulic leaks when his torso was crushed between the frame and the moving mechanism. What can be done to prevent this from happening again? Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Hazardous Substances
  • Maintenance
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Ships
• Keywords:
  • Hazards; Health-hazards; Mortality-data; Injuries; Traumatic-injuries; Injury-prevention; Machine-operation; Machine-operators; Accidents; Accident-potential; Accident-prevention; Accident-analysis; Equipment-operators; Storage-containers; Ladders; Hydraulic-equipment; Hoisting-equipment; Shipyards; Materials-handling-equipment; Signaling-systems; Warning-signals; Mechanics; Maintenance-workers; Control-systems
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• 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:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040414
• Citation:
  Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, 2010 Aug; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Occupational Health Service, Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation (FACE) Project, PO Box 360, Trenton NJ 08625-0360
• Email:
  surveillance@doh.state.nj.us
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Workers killed during maintenance of cargo-container spreader and expandable lifting frame
• End Date:
  20060831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/246431/cdc_246431_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d