Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-03-16 | North Charleston | Sc | American Bureau of Shipping | Eye(s) | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. |
Two employees were inspecting separate sides of a void tank in a ship. When one of them stood up from a squat, his glasses slid down his face and his eye and right brow struck a protruding piece of a metal bracket. He suffered a cut to the brow and an eye injury from the bracket piece. | |||||
2020-08-07 | North Charleston | Sc | U.S. Department of Homeland Security | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell while stepping off a bus, suffering a broken hip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-01-10 | North Charleston | South Caroli | Hi Trak Staffing, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Bites and stings |
An employee was stung by an insect while working aboard a ship in the shipyard constructing platforms, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2019-06-02 | North Charleston | South Caroli | SSA-Marine | Multiple body parts | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
An employee was involved in a motor vehicle accident at an intersection at the port. The employee was knocked unconscious and suffered broken bones. | |||||
2019-05-06 | North Charleston | South Caroli | Detyens Shipyards, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was using a bucket lift to work on the hull of a ship. The employee's hand was on the top of the bucket when the lift made contact with the hull of the ship and the employee's hand was caught between the bucket and the ship's hull. Two fingers were damaged and a third finger was medically amputated. | |||||
2018-08-05 | North Charleston | South Caroli | Container Maintenance | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping |
An employee tripped while attempting to jump back into a moving van, injuring his knee. | |||||
2017-09-01 | North Charleston | South Caroli | U.S. Coatings, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
An employee was descending into a tank using a permanent fixed ladder when he received an electrical shock, which caused him to lose his grip on the ladder and fall. He fell approximately 20 feet and struck a platform. He then bounced off the platform handrail and fell another 8 feet to the bottom of the tank, suffering shoulder, rib, and back injuries. | |||||
2016-05-23 | North Charleston | South Caroli | U.S. Postal Service | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
On or about May 23, 2016, an employee was moving a mail rack when her hand was smashed between the rack and a concrete column. Her right pinky fingertip had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
2015-03-27 | North Charleston | South Caroli | Detyens Shipyards, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee in the carpenter shop was ripping 2x4's into to smaller slats when they made contact with the blade, resulting in the amputation of finger(s). |