Longshoring and Marine Terminals: Fatal Facts

Summary No. 1 - Front-End Loader Operations
Struck by a powered industrial truck (PIT) with no warning signals
Summary No. 2 - Front-End Loader Operations
Struck by a PIT with missing safety devices
Summary No. 3 - Ro-Ro Operations
Struck by a tractor trailer operating in same lane as lasher
Summary No. 4 - Night Time Ro-Ro Operations
Struck by a chassis being backed into an area with inadequate visibility
Summary No. 5 - Container Ship Unloading/Transfer Operations
Struck by a container truck operating in a high traffic area
Summary No. 6 - Container Ship Unloading/Transfer Operations
Struck by a truck in an area with poorly marked lanes
Summary No. 7 - Container Loading/Unloading Operations
Struck by a truck making a u-turn in a high traffic area
Summary No. 8 - Forklift Truck Operations
Struck by a PIT with an obstructed forward view as it turned around a top loader
Summary No. 9 - Forklift Truck Operations
Struck by a PIT with an obstructed forward view as it approached container

Summary No. 10 - Forklift Truck Operations
Struck by a PIT with an obstructed forward view as it entered pier shed
Summary No. 11 - Forklift Truck Operations
Struck by a PIT with broken safety devices impairing rear visibility
Summary No. 12 - Forklift Truck Operations
Struck by a PIT in a warehouse with no designated safe aisle ways
Summary No. 13 - Forklift Truck Operations
Struck by the forks attached to a PIT with defective safety devices
Summary No. 14 - Servicing and Maintenance Operations
Struck by an exploding wheel of a forklift truck
Summary No. 15 - Semi Tractor Tip-Over
Struck steering column after semi tractor jackknifed and tipped over
Summary No. 16 - Longshore Worker Killed by a Top Loader
Struck by a top loader while working as a clerk and spotter
Summary No. 17 - Longshore Worker Killed by Railcar
Struck by moving railcars on a terminal