Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle · Fractures
Final narrative
A crew was preparing to replace a sheave on a spud on a platform barge. The spud was hoisted up with an excavator using a chain rigging so that the sheave could be changed. The injured employee was pulling the cable from the spud hoist drum to provide enough slack in the cable line. When additional cable was released from the hoist drum, the chain rigging around the spud slipped, causing the spud to fall suddenly. The hoist cable quickly tightened and the cable raised off the deck of the barge. The injured employee was then struck by the one-inch, steel cable, resulting in a lower jaw bone fracture.
Employees were unloading logs on a logging vessel. The injured employee was standing on the deck as a load came in. The sling popped off the load and the end of the choker struck the employee's lower left leg, resulting in a shin fracture.
An employee was exiting a confined space while carrying a pressure gun when the trigger activated. Water penetrated the employee's left arm, resulting in injury.
The employee was putting shackles on the grab of a vessel-operated crane. As the crane was lifting the grab, it started to swing toward the hopper. The employee reached to stop it when they were caught and lifted by the grab and pinned between it and the hopper. The employee sustained a pelvic fracture and lacerations to the arm and pelvis.
An employee was launching a boat during rough sea conditions. The employee lost balance, causing their left index and middle fingertips to be caught in the eye of the bow line, resulting in amputation.
Two employees were in a boat pulling a 45-pound anchor out of the water by the rope. The rope tightened and as the employees were attempting to create slack in the rope, the injured employee began to slip. His hand was caught between the rope and the inside of the platform boat, resulting in amputation of the right middle finger with bone loss.