Accident: 126078518 - Leg Injured In Fall Between Truck And Dock

At approximately 10:30 p.m. on September 20, 1999, Employee #1 was off loading merchandise from a truck onto the receiving dock of a Target store when his right leg slipped into the 6 to 9 in. wide gap between the truck and the dock. He suffered a sprain and contusions to his upper leg. A coworker helped him out of the gap and paramedics took Employee #1 to Alhambra Medical Hospital for treatment. Subsequent investigation revealed that no dock plate or ramp had been used to span the gap between the truck and loading dock. The employer was cited for a serious violation of T8CCR 3337(b).

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Accident: 170588834 - Killed When Struck By Falling Load Of Tires

Employee #1 and coworkers were unloading oversized tires from ship to shore at Pier F206, in Long Beach, CA. The load was the last one for their shift. Employee #1 and a coworker had unhooked the dock side of the crane sling and returned to the safety rig normally used for this operation. Without warning, Employee #1 stepped off the safety rig, looked at the base of the load, and then turned to head toward the warehouse. The tires fell on him, crushing his thorax and causing extensive internal bleeding. He was killed. Employee #1 was part of a discharge gang normally used to unload this type of cargo for the employer,

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Accident: 170574289 - Killed When Struck By Backing Trailer Truck

Employee #1 left the restroom building and was passing the ramp to the unloading dock. The driver of a yard truck pulled straight across from the ramp with a trailer loaded with oranges. He blew his horn, checked his driver's side mirror, and started to back up, continuing to check his driver's side mirror and to blow his horn. At the point where the ramp met the drive, Employee #1 was walking with her head down and a jacket hood up. It was a rainy night and she did not see the trailer backing toward her. The driver did not check his passenger-side mirror, and so failed to see her. Employee #1 was struck by the rear of the trailer, and was killed.

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Accident: 170019574 - Drowns When Pickup Is Pulled Into Harbor

Employee #1 was in a pickup truck on a dock, facing the water. A ship's mooring line that tethered the boat had attached to it a tag line that was tied to the front of the small pickup. This was used by dock workers to help them pull lines from the water to tie them to the dock. Apparently, the ship's winch was set on automatic, causing the lines to reverse. The pickup was pulled into the water and Employee #1 drowned.

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Accident: 170571343 - Injures Back In Fall With Forklift

Employee #1 was using a forklift to unload a tractor trailer when a coworker moved the tractor trailer. The forklift fell 4 ft to ground, and Employee #1 suffered two ruptured vertebral discs.

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Accident: 170243687 - Leg Crushed Under Forklift

At 11:15 p.m. on May 12, 1998, Employee #1 was operating a forklift on a loading dock when he turned a corner and the forklift began to slide. As the vehicle slid off the loading dock, Employee #1 was ejected. The lift landed on its side and on top of him, crushing his leg. The loading dock was wet and slippery, and the forklift's seat belt was partly missing and unusable.

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Accident: 840314 - Killed When Pinned Between Trailer And Loading Dock

On April 22, 1998, Employee #1 was beside a trailer to latch the tandem wheel locking pin after the tractor driver had moved the tandem wheels. The driver of the trailer backed up, apparently to couple the kingpin to the fifth wheel. Without checking to see if the initial coupling was successful, the driver backed up to recouple and pinned Employee #1 between the dock and the trailer. There is no explanation as to why Employee #1 squeezed between the trailer and dock. Another driver saw him maneuvering into the space and yelled "What are you doing?" but Employee #1 did not respond.

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