NEWBURGH, INDIANA—
Evansville Marine Service Inc
Other water vehicle incident n.e.c. · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
Final narrative
An employee was standing on the outside edge of a hopper barge while watching a skid steer push ore for an excavator (with a clamshell bucket) to unload. The excavator was on a work barge. The bucket of the excavator struck the employee and caused a near-amputation of their right arm and fractures of the ulna and radius of the left arm. The right arm required surgery.
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PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA—
Premier Bulk Stevedoring, LLC
On November 22, 2024, an employee was walking behind a forklift while corking a paper roll in the hold that was 4 to 6 feet tall and weighed 700 pounds. The employee was struck by the forklift, resulting in a broken right foot that required hospitalization.