An employee was using a grinder operating at 5,000 rotations per minute (RPM). The grinder also had an offset deck crawler-scarifier attachment with an enclosed vacuum shroud and a built-in handle. The employee stepped on the trailing power cord, began to fall, and lost his grip on the deck crawler-scarifier, which was approximately 15 pounds. The tool's rotating head contacted the adjacent metal rail, causing the deck crawler-scarifier to flip onto its backside exposing the rotating scarifier teeth. When the employee attempted to brace himself using his left hand, his glove contacted the scarifier teeth, causing severe lacerations to his left index and middle fingers and partial degloving of his left ring finger. The severity of the injury resulted in the partial amputation of the left index, middle, and ring fingers.
Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Water vehicle n.e.c.
An employee was preparing a barge for the end of a day's drilling operations. He was setting a spud on the barge when the spud struck him and broke his right leg.
A team of employees was moving boats from one slip in a marina to another using rope. An employee slipped while moving around in a boat and suffered a broken left femur.
The injured employee was standing by the controls for the electric spud system on the barge, preparing to raise the spuds. Meanwhile, an excavator was moving a mat on the deck. As the excavator swung from port to starboard, it's counterweight struck the injured employee s shoulder, causing them to lose balance and fall against the spud controls. The employee sustained bruises and contusions to their right shoulder and chest.
An employee was inserting dogbone links (4 feet 9 inches in length) into the slots between sectional barges to connect the barges. A dogbone link became stuck in the slot and needed to slide down approximately 1 foot to be seated. The employee went to lift the dogbone link up and adjust it when the link became free. A burr on the flange of the link snagged the employee's right glove. The link slid into a seated position and the employee's right middle finger was caught between the top surface of the barge and the top flange of the dogbone link. The finger was partially amputated at the midsection of the distal phalanx.