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OSHA Injury Report: Crescent Towing & Salvage Company, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Crescent Towing & Salvage Company, Inc. in New Orleans, LA 70114 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was paul Morris in docking and undocking marine vessel services.

Establishment
Crescent Towing & Salvage Company, Inc.
Parent company
The Cooper Group of Companies, Inc.
Street
1240 Patterson St.
City
New Orleans
State
LA
ZIP
70114
On-site location
Bow of a tugboat
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

He went on the bow of the tug to prepare to retrieve the tug 's working line from the ship.

The crew of the ship dropped part of the tug 's working line into the river. He had to bend over the bow of the tug to pulling the rest of the working line back onto the tug and felt a pop in his lower back.

back strain

pulling the tug 's working line back onto the tug that the ship 's crew dropped into the river.

back strain from pulling on a line

Job description
Paul Morris
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
488330 — Docking and undocking marine vessel services
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
244
Total hours worked
922273
EIN
720362320
Establishment ID
1190056
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
20:30:00.000
Submitted
29FEB24:17:32:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.