Boucher Brothers West Coast, LLC

An employee was sampling petroleum on a barge. The employee slipped on a rag on the rain-soaked barge deck, fell into the water, and got water in his lung.

On May 13, 2025, an employee was performing longshoring operations aboard a vessel. He was handing another employee a 20-foot lashing pole when he fell about 45 feet from the vessel to the concrete dock below. He suffered a fractured arm and leg, as well as a severe head injury and pelvic injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was helping to uncover a barge when a cable popped and hit the employee, causing him to fall approximately 2-3 feet into the water. The employee suffered a fractured left leg, a fractured rib, and lacerations above the left eyebrow, under the left armpit, and on the left triceps.

An employee was working on a docked bulk carrier when a chain on the vessel near the gangway broke. The employee fell approximately 25 feet to a fender between a boat and a barge. The employee was hospitalized with head injuries and fractures to their left arm and a rib.

An employee was boarding a ship at anchorage via a pilot ladder to perform a survey on the ship. The employee fell from the ladder and landed back on the deck of the crew boat below. The employee sustained multiple fractures.