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An employee was drilling a hole into the sealed hold of a vessel so a marine chemist could test its atmosphere. Upon drilling the hole, a gas that was under pressure was released and caught fire at the drill motor, where the employee was holding it. The employee was burned.

An employee was performing restoration activities outside a 45-gallon condensation tank of a boiler system. As they were performing post-maintenance activities after repairing one of the two discharge pumps, one of the discharge valves would not open. The employee closed the intake pump to cool off the system and open the discharge valve. Two employees opened the inlet valve to return the tank to service. After they cracked open the inlet valve, a side wall of the tank blew out, causing the injured employee to suffer steam burns to half their body.

An employee was testing and troubleshooting the gang cylinder valve located in the gang area of the sawmill. The employee's fingertip was amputated by the gang cylinder valve.

An employee parked a side-by-side on the fixed internal ramp aboard a cargo ship. They exited the side-by-side and went to inspect the cargo below. The side-by-side rolled toward the employee and struck them as they were walking toward the edge of the ramp. The employee was knocked off the ramp and landed on the lower deck approximately 8 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured shoulder.

An employee was unlocking containers on deck. The employee was de-lashing while standing on the edge of the lid. The lashing bar he was holding came off the cone, causing him to turn 90 degrees and strike a railing behind him. The employee sustained four fractured ribs.

An employee was on a catwalk performing maintenance on the deck of a ship. While preparing to descend a ladder, the employee's foot missed the lower rung and he fell sideways onto the deck. The employee sustained fractures to his arms and was hospitalized.

An employee was using a pump to transfer hazardous waste between barrels when the pump broke and sprayed the mixture into the employee's face, resulting in chemical burns to their face and eyes.

At 6:05 a.m. on May 13, 2025, an employee was descending a stairwell in a ship. The tool bag she was carrying on her shoulder caught on a handrail; she lost her footing and fell down the last 7 feet of the stairwell. She suffered internal injuries and was hospitalized.

A mail carrier was delivering mail when they were attacked by a dog. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut a steak. The saw flipped and contacted the pulp of the employee's fingertip, causing a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking when he tripped over a pallet and struck his head. The employee was hospitalized with a contusion above his left eyebrow, bleeding on the brain, and a fractured left wrist.

An employee was descending a ladder between the second and third deck on an aircraft carrier when they slipped and fell. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures to their ankle.

An employee was walking to their work vehicle in the parking lot when they slipped on ice and struck the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a back fracture and required surgery.

An employee was assisting a crane that was lifting a crate containing a 550-pound electrical breaker. The crate slipped from the lifting apparatus and fell, catching the crane operator s sleeve and pinning his hand between the breaker and shipping crate. He was hospitalized with a crushing injury including a fracture, puncture, strain/sprain, bruise, laceration, and dislocation.

An employee was descending a stairway and missed the last step, causing them to roll their ankle and fall. The employee sustained a fractured left tibia.

An employee was using a hammer to remove nails from a large wooden freight pallet. A nail in the hammer claw came loose and struck the employee's right eye, resulting in a globe rupture that required surgery to repair.

An employee was cleaning out the belt line on a corn husker machine underneath the gears when their right arm was caught in the gears, resulting in an amputation above the elbow.

An employee was using an over-the-road container (OTR) to load a delivery truck. The truck pulled away from the dock. The employee fell from the dock/truck to the ground below and the OTR equipment fell on them. The employee sustained fractured and dislocated toes on their right foot.

An employee was walking on a catwalk on a ship examining a container and fell approximately 7 feet through an open ladder way. The employee sustained fractured ribs and fractured a lumbar vertebra.

An employee was going through a hotel room doorway when the door closed on her right little finger. She suffered a laceration and an open fracture to the tuft of the finger.

An employee was exiting the main ballast tank when they slipped off the scaffold ladder and fell onto the lower-level scaffold platform. They fell approximately five ladder rungs and sustained a compound fracture to their left ankle.

An employee was standing on an 8-foot ladder about halfway up the rungs (approximately 5 feet off the floor) to reach the ductwork to make the cut with a reciprocating saw. The unit snapped off and swung down, striking the large HVAC unit mounted to the concrete slab and bouncing back into the employee s ladder. The employee jumped off the ladder and landed on both feet on the concrete floor, causing a fracture to the employee s lower left leg.

On 11/22/2023, at 8:35 AM, an employee was stepping onto a barge when they slipped on a wet surface and fell on their knee. The employee sustained a torn ligament in their knee requiring hospitalization and surgery.

On November 6, 2023, an employee was hydroblasting mold-in-place (MIP), a rubber hole coating, from the outer hole of a submarine when pressurized water lacerated the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was on a bulk carrier ship. While removing lashing from wind turbine components, the employee lost balance and fell approximately 6 - 7 feet from a hatch to the deck of the ship. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury, and a fractured wrist, and required surgery.