CURTIS BAY, MARYLAND—
Cashman Dredging LLC
Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle · Amputations involving bone loss
Final narrative
During dredging operations on a barge, an employee was manually feeding a 2-inch steel cable in an 8-foot by 10-foot spool and repositioning the cable into the spool groove. Their right hand became pinched beneath the cable, resulting in an amputation of the index finger.
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