Port and Harbor Operations

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 19,864 workers employed at 325 Port and Harbor Operations establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 9 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 61 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Support Activities for Water Transportation Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

OSHA investigators arrived in Gloucester City, NJ on Sunday, September 16th 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Gloucester Terminals, Llc. A 27 year old had been killed when the

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OSHA ID109520.015

Accident Date2018-09-16

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 6:00 a.m. on September 16, 2018, an employee was loading plates that fell on top of him. The employee was crushed and killed.

OSHA investigators arrived in New Orleans, LA on Saturday, August 19th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Seaonus Stevedoring - New Orleans. A 31 year old man working as a Not Applicable was killed on the job when the employee was struck by falling forklift and was crushed

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OSHA ID98325.015

Accident Date2017-08-18

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 10:30 a.m. on August 18, 2017, an employee was rigging a forklift to be lifted on to a ship. The employee was struck by and crushed by the forklift when it fell while being lifted by a crane.

The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, February 10th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Irvine, CA after learning of an incident at Ssa Terminals (Long Beach) Llc which had occured on Friday, February 3rd 2017. A 46 year old Automobile mechanic had been injured when the employee's leg was fractured by falling jack

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OSHA ID97392.015

Accident Date2017-02-03

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 9:00 p.m. on February 3, 2017, an employee was working at a jobsite. The employee pried free an air lift (jack) from underneath the ICC bar of a 40 foot container chassis and the jack toppled over onto his leg. The employee was transported to a medical facility and treated for a fractured leg.