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)
• Publisher:
  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
• 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