{"id":1363,"date":"2016-12-10T22:54:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T03:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueoceana.com\/?p=1363"},"modified":"2017-03-26T12:28:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T17:28:56","slug":"longshoreworker-struck-and-killed-by-unshipped-forklift-blade-new-orleans-la-23-september-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=1363","title":{"rendered":"Longshoreworker Struck and Killed By Unshipped Forklift Blade  [New Orleans, LA ~ 23 September 2016]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>While media coverage is virtually non-existent, Blueoceana Company has learned that OSHA has begun a fatal accident investigation into the death of a longshore employee of Coastal Cargo Company, LLC who expired after being struck on the head by a forklift blade while in the hold of a vessel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our understanding, is that the worker (as yet unnamed) was assisting in the loading of a steel cargo and to that end was holding cardboard against the vessel&#8217;s bulkhead to act as a buffer when a blade of a forklift truck moving at a level above him fell off the machine&#8217;s lifting carriage and struck him. There is some indication that the forklift blade&#8217;s attachment pin was unsecured or missing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OSHA has conducted an investigation, but as of this writing no citations have been issued. In sum, the case is open. Under the law, OSHA must issue citations within 6 months of the inspection&#8217;s conclusion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update &#8211; 22 March 2017<\/strong>: Blueoceana Company understands that on <strong>08 March<\/strong> OSHA issued a citation the employer alleging two Serious violations of the agency&#8217;s Longshoring Industry regulations: 29 CFR 1918.65 (f)(1) and 29 CFR 1918.65 (h)(1). We provide a link that affords access to further information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1181490.015\">https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1181490.015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unshipped Forklift Blade Falls, Strikes &#038; Kills Longshoreworker In Vessel&#8217;s Hold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blueoceana_blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1500,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1363\/revisions\/1500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}