| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-14 | Paducah | Ky | C.J. MAHAN CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
| An employee was removing face wire from a kevel on a barge when their finger became pinched between the face wire and the kevel, resulting in a fracture and removal of soft tissue from the left ring finger. | |||||
| 2018-05-15 | Paducah | Kentucky | James Marine | Multiple body parts | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
| An employee was pressure testing a fuel tank and void tank on a boat. Liquid was coming out of the pot into the test hose when the T-bar hatch blew off, striking the employee in the left knee and face and knocking him onto his back. He suffered a fractured tibia and broken nose. | |||||
| 2018-05-14 | Paducah | Kentucky | James Marine | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| At around 10 a.m., on 5/14/2018, an employee was weed-eating in a shipyard when he experienced a headache, dizziness, and cramps. He was hospitalized due to dehydration and low sodium levels. | |||||
| 2017-02-09 | Paducah | Kentucky | JAMES MARINE INC. | Multiple trunk locations | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| An employee and a coworker were welding on the inboard and outboard sides of a bulkhead. Welding slag became trapped between the sweatshirts of one employee and ignited. The employee suffered first, second, and potentially third degree burns to the right side of the back and right armpit. | |||||
| 2016-10-18 | Paducah | Kentucky | James Marine Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was cutting sections of a vertical pipe (shaft for a valve). When he pushed the last cut section out of the way, the pipe fell straight down and pinned his fingers between the pipe welds, breaking his right-hand middle and index fingers. | |||||
| 2016-06-25 | West Paducah | Kentucky | TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was flushing the intake water of the fossil plant when a pipe broke loose on the unit and struck the employee on the elbow, breaking the employee's arm. | |||||
| 2016-06-22 | Paducah | Kentucky | James Marine Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee had been welding in a clean fuel tank while standing on a scaffold when he became dizzy. He fell off the scaffold and suffered fractured vertebrae, a fractured left scapula, and a fractured rib. | |||||
| 2015-02-26 | Paducah | Kentucky | James Marine Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was standing in a room next to the shaft alley of a boat on a dry dock where two employees were heating a steel coupling (shaft that holds the prop on the boat) using two rose buds with forced air and exhaust ventilation established. They were heating the coupling so it would expand and pop loose. After his shift ended, the employee called and reported difficulty breathing. He was admitted to the hospital where he was diagnosed with possible chemical pneumonia. | |||||