Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-02	Decatur	Al	Ascend Performance Materials	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
Employees were unloading material from a barge to a storage tank. A logistics employee was lowering the unloading arm at the barge dock. The employee provided the barge operator the rope used to guide the unloading arm from the dock down to the barge. The logistics employee pulled both pins that secure the counter weight when not in use. The logistics employee then grabbed the back of the counter weight handle and pulled the counter weight toward themself. As the logistics employee was guiding t
2021-10-01	Port Allen	La	Host Terminals	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was loading material from a dock onto a barge. A tugboat struck the barge. The employee was knocked off a ladder, hit the side of the barge, and fell into the water. The employee suffered broken ribs and a lacerated liver and was hospitalized.
2021-09-29	Orange	Tx	Sienna Shipyards	Thigh(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was standing on a 12-foot portable ladder on top of a float while sandblasting the side of a barge. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 6 to 7 feet to the float below. The employee sustained injuries to his left femur.
2021-09-27	Golden Meadow	La	Superior Shipyard and Fabrication, Inc.	Head and trunk	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
While an employee was using a gangway to access a barge, the gangway collapsed and the employee fell 18 feet to the dry dock floor below. The employee suffered multiple injuries, including punctured lungs and severe head trauma.
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.
2021-08-06	Belle Chasse	La	Associated Grain Terminals	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Transportation incident
An employee was disconnecting a rope from a barge. The employee's middle, ring, and little fingers were crushed between two barges. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-06	Cranford	Nj	Weeks Marine, Inc	Lower leg(s)	Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
An employee was standing alongside a slip, with a mooring line next to the cleat, attempting to catch/slow down a barge and tie it up. The mooring line grabbed the employee's right heel and pulled it into the cleat, causing compound fractures to the right tibia and fibula and severe ankle lacerations.
2021-07-31	Portsmouth	Va	VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS INC.	Ankle(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was using an extension ladder while on a barge when they fell approximately 12 feet, resulting in a left ankle injury and a right ankle fracture that required surgery.
2021-06-07	Belle Chasse	La	CHS Myrtle Grove	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was helping to remove excess tools and equipment from a bucket barge unloader. A roller slipped as the employee was lifting it and pinched his right index finger, amputating the fingertip.
2021-06-02	Wilmington	Nc	Logan Marine, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was standing on the deck of a barge after helping set a 60-foot wooden post in a pile driver mounted on an excavator. The post snapped in two and one section swung back and struck the employee in the back, knocking him to the deck of the barge. The employee suffered skin abrasions and fractured bones in his back and ribs.
2021-06-01	Sunshine	La	Plaquemine Point Shipyard	Multiple body parts	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee descended a ladder inside a barge tank to take depth measurements of the lining. About 2-3 rungs from the bottom of the ladder, he turned and jumped to leap over a puddle of liquid around an inside pump. The employee landed in the liquid, which splashed on his face and eyes. The liquid was caustic and the employee suffered loss of vision in his right eye and third degree burns on his legs.
2021-05-26	Lemont	Il	ILLINOIS MARINE TOWING, INC.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was grinding steel on a tank barge for hull repair. Sparks flew into the employee's shirt, which caught fire and burned the employee's stomach and hands.
2021-05-21	Channelview	Tx	San Jac Marine	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was welding inside a barge. While trying to move a scaffold, a scaffold board fell and his right thumb was pinned between an angle bar and the board. The tip of the employee's right thumb was amputated.
2021-04-02	Block Island	Ri	Caldwell Marine International, LLC	Face	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was hanging and setting anchors on a barge when he was struck in the face by an anchor line, resulting in a facial injury and several lacerations.
2021-04-01	Philadelphia	Pa	McAllister Towing of Philadelphia, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was using a tugboat to winch the barge. While the employee was winching the barge, the winch handle spun backward and struck the employee's right wrist, resulting in a compound fracture of the wrist.
2021-04-01	Chalmette	La	Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC	Hip(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was moving a barge upriver, using a winch and cable to give slack in the mooring lines so they could be removed. As the cable reeled in on the winch, it caught the employee's life vest and pulled him into the winch pulley bolted to a stanchion. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized.
2021-04-01	Owensboro	Ky	Owensboro Grain Company	Nonclassifiable	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was getting the barge ready for a load of soy beans. The employee opened the top door of the grain barge and lost his balance, falling 10 to 14 ft. to the bottom of the barge and resulting in blunt force trauma and multiple broken bones.
2021-03-31	Houston	Tx	Bureau Veritas Commodities & Trade Inc	Hip(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee tripped over a pipe on a barge and fell. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2021-03-18	Mobile	Al	Tri-State Maritime Services, Inc.	Leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle
An employee was unloading steel coils from a barge. A crane cable snapped, causing a coil to roll over the employee's left leg and crush it.
2021-03-17	Mapleton	Il	Growmark, Inc.	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was accessing the top of a river barge with a portable ladder. The employee fell from the ladder, suffering a broken bone in the shoulder area.
2021-02-19	Convent	La	Trinity Trading Group, LTD	Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee had just finished washing out the cargo from the hopper of a barge and was pulling up the wash hose from the hopper. He lost his balance and fell into the hopper, landing on another employee (who had been feeding the hose up to him). The employee who fell suffered a closed head injury; the employee he landed on suffered a shoulder injury and a broken collarbone.
2021-02-10	Caruthersville	Mo	Arcosa Marine Products, Inc	Forearm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was inspecting the ropes and winches for a work barge. The employee released a winch so a rope could be loosened, and the winch arm struck and fractured his right forearm. He was hospitalized.
2021-01-11	Coeur D Alene	Id	North Idaho Maritime, LLC	Thigh(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was moving leads back to a barge. A pile driving hammer engaged and hit the employee's left leg, breaking the femur.
2020-10-19	Convent	La	Zen-Noh Grain Corporation	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump from water vehicle
An employee was cleaning a grain barge. While climbing the ladder from the barge to the dock, the employee lost their footing and fell approximately 10 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured lower right leg near the ankle.
2020-09-17	Kirkland	Wa	STAHL IV CLARK B	Leg(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was operating a mobile boom lift on a barge to lift a piling out of the water when the boom broke and struck the employee on the leg, leading to a fractured leg.
2020-09-09	Ocean Springs	Ms	Phoenix Labor Group LLC	Jaw, chin	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was helping to put guardrails around a barge when he fell onto the steel floor, breaking his jaw bone and busting his lip.
2020-09-08	Chesapeake	Va	PRECON MARINE INC	Multiple face locations	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was repairing an air bag used in barge construction. A steel beam hit the employee's hardhat, forcing his mouth/jaw into another beam. He suffered an injury to the mouth/jaw.
2020-09-06	Lake Village	Ar	Bertucci Contracting Corporation	Hand(s)	Fall or jump from water vehicle
On 9/06/2020, a spud barge with an excavator was tied to a deck barge by two steel cables around timber heads, one forward and one aft. As the excavator was removing rock from the deck barge, the deck barge began to sway, creating more tension on the aft cable. At 1:00 PM, the cable slipped over a timber head on the spud barge, released, and struck an employee on the spud barge and propelled them overboard. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left hand.
2020-08-24	Lighthouse Point	Fl	BRANCE DIVERSIFIED, INC.	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump from water vehicle
Two barges were lodged together. An employee was on the walking surface of one of the barges when the two barges abruptly dislodged. The employee was ejected from the barge, landing in the water and sustaining lacerations to the head and left arm.
2020-06-30	Gramercy	Louisiana	Associated Terminals, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was rigging a piece of angle iron on a dock to an excavator bucket on a barge. The excavator was swaying due to being on the barge, causing the bucket to go up and down on the dock. The bucket came down and struck the employee on top of his foot, resulting in a partial amputation of his big toe.
2020-05-26	Anchorage	Alaska	Pacific Pile and Marine	Thigh(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was on a barge, pulling rigging on top of a stack of steel pipe pilings. He fell off the end of the stack, landed on crane mats used as dunnage, then fell 7 feet to the deck of the barge. His right leg struck a 6-by-6 piece of dunnage lying on the deck, and he suffered a broken femur.
2020-05-20	Friendship	Maine	Prock Marine Company	Lower leg(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
A Prock Marine Company employee was helping a crew set up steel I-beams on a barge to move them to the dock with a crane. In the process, one of the I-beams fell, hitting the employee's leg and knocking the employee into the water. The employee suffered a broken lower left leg.
2020-05-05	Beaumont	Texas	Gulfstar Industries LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was lowering a transfer hose between two liquid cargo barges. The winch started to free-spool and the hand crank came out of its seat. The employee was putting the hand crank back in to stop the winch from free-spooling, when the gears on the winch caused a partial amputation of a finger on the right hand and a fracture.
2020-04-27	Jefferson	Louisiana	Intercoastal Repair Services	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
An employee was repairing a leak on a barge. After repairing the leak, the employee was working overhead when fire/slag from a welding torch's oxygen line fell on his glove, igniting and burning his left hand and forearm. He was hospitalized.
2020-03-31	Caruthersville	Missouri	ARCOSA MARINE PRODUCTS	Lower leg(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee climbed a walking deck to gain access to the hull side of a barge to move a portable welding machine so she could continue welding tank side stiffeners. While climbing down, she attempted to step onto a side stiffener but missed. Her right leg then contacted the tank side angle, causing a fracture to her right tibia.
2020-03-23	Cofield	North Caroli	Kinder Morgan Inc.	Foot (feet)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
During barge lid operations, an excavator boom struck an employee standing in the swing zone, breaking the employee's feet. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2020-03-20	Yonges Island	South Caroli	Stevens Towing Co.,Inc.	Brain	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working from a manlift in close proximity to the underside of a barge. While maneuvering the manlift closer to the barge, the manlift jerked in an upward fashion causing the employee’s head to be caught between the bottom of the barge and the top rail of the manlift. The employee sustained a fractured mandible and a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
2020-03-16	Clifton	Louisiana	Mike Hooks, LLC	Leg(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee working as a deckhand was securing ropes on a barge when he was struck under the knee by the rope. He was hospitalized with a fractured right leg.
2020-03-02	Rockledge	Florida	NATIONAL BRIDGE, LLC	Thigh(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee working on a barge slipped and fell, sustaining a pulled hamstring.
2019-08-29	Houma	Louisiana	Elite Workforce LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee was installing an 11- by 2-foot steel plate onto the inside of a barge when the plate slipped and crushed two fingers on the employee's right hand, resulting in the amputation of the third and fourth fingers.
2019-08-12	Port Allen	Louisiana	T.T. Barge Services Mile 237, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was carrying a pneumatic ventilation blower and slipped when stepping off one barge to another barge. The employee fell to the deck of the barge and the blower fell on his right thumb, crushing it and resulting in a partial amputation.
2019-07-31	Donaldsonville	Louisiana	TT Barge Service	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was washing a tank barge that contained a caustic product. The product splashed on his upper left arm, then spread to his waist and lower extremities, causing second- and third-degree burns.
2019-07-29	Arabi	Louisiana	Associated Terminals, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping guide a fiberglass barge cover as it was lowered onto a hopper barge. The employee's right middle finger was pinched between the cover and the steel barge coaming wall, causing an amputation of the end of the finger.
2019-07-18	Mobile	Alabama	Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee suffered heat exhaustion while loading a barge with wood pellets.
2019-06-18	Chattanooga	Tennessee	Atlanta Terminal Company	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
On June 18, 2019, at approximately 1:30 AM, two employees were blowing out an asphalt hose after loading a barge when the lines pressurized and blew apart, spraying them with hot liquid asphalt. One of the employees was hospitalized with first, second, and third degree burns.
2019-06-02	Reserve	Louisiana	CARGILL INC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was securing empty barges when his right middle finger was caught between a mule rope and a barge cleat. He suffered an amputation to the finger.
2019-05-14	Brownsville	Texas	INTERNATIONAL SHIPBREAKING LIMITED, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Employees were cutting heating coil pipes using an electric reciprocating saw inside a starboard cargo tank on a barge. Gasoline vapors ignited and employees received first, second, and third degree burns. Two employees were hospitalized.
2019-04-28	Buxton	North Caroli	Cape Dredging, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was disconnecting two barges that were pinned together for the duration of a project. After cutting through the pinned connection with a torch, the barge shifted unexpectedly on land and struck the employee's chest resulting in broken ribs.
2019-03-25	Cumberland City	Tennessee	TVA	Foot (feet)	Collision between water vehicles
An employee was walking up onto a barge via the steps between the two tow knees. The tow boat and the barge made full contact, and the employee's right foot was crushed between the two vessels.
2019-01-22	Seattle	Washington	NORTHLAND SERVICES, INC.	Ankle(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was walking across the deck of a barge in the dark to move a vehicle that was in the way of the unloading process. About 6 feet before the employee reached the truck, he stepped into an open deck plate. The employee fell into the tank and dropped about 18 feet down onto an elevated metal platform inside the tank. He fractured both ankles and also sustained bruising on both elbows and forearms; a large contusion to his right shin; and minor bruising on his chest, back, and face.
2019-01-10	Leroy	Alabama	Power South Energy Cooperative	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Transportation incident
An employee was helping to moor a coal barge when a rope pinned his foot between it and the barge amputating his left big toe.
2019-01-07	Oakland	California	BRUSCO TUG AND BARGE INC	Leg(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee was on a loaded barge when he leaned over the stern of the barge and attempted to free the port stern wire from the lower port knee rubber. He was then crushed between the port knee and the barge, suffering a broken leg.
2018-09-18	Convent	Louisiana	Craftsmen Contractors, LLC	Thigh(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee as working on a cover on a barge when the cover slipped and the employee fell about 20 feet to the bottom of the barge. The employee broke his left femur and was hospitalized.
2018-08-11	Leetsdale	Pennsylvania	S&B Industrial Contracting Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On Saturday, August 11, 2018, four employees were unloading a barge containing structural steel. One employee was operating an overhead crane remotely when the cable jumped off the hoist. The injured employee went on the crane to see if there was anything he could do to get it back on track. While he was trying to get the cable back on track, tension developed in the cable, severing the ring, middle, and index fingers of his left hand and the index and middle fingers of his right hand.
2018-06-23	Darrow	Louisiana	Cooper Consolidated, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Fall or jump from water vehicle
While an employee was climbing off a barge that had just been unloaded, he fell head first onto a vessel deck. He suffered lacerations to the back of his head and his right knee.
2018-06-14	Arabi	Louisiana	Savard Staffing	Nonclassifiable	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee was struck by a mooring line connecting a barge to a ship when a passing vessel's wake caused the barge to shift outward from the vessel.
2018-05-18	San Diego	California	TerraCosta Consulting Group, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was observing pile driving from a sea wall but needed to obtain a reading from the barge, so he began descending an extension ladder to access a floating platform. He fell from the ladder onto the platform, breaking a rib.
2018-04-17	Darrow	Louisiana	Cooper Consolidated, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was descending the aft port ladder of a derrick to remove a rope from the barge kevel when he slipped and grabbed the winch cable with his right hand. The cable was moving and his right hand was pulled into the snatch block, causing a laceration and amputation of two fingers.
2018-03-05	Houma	Louisiana	MASSE CONTRACTING INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
Employees were using a crane to put a spud in a barge. When an employee attempted to unhook the crane, the crane cable became caught and the block of the crane swung back and caught the employee's hand between the block and the spud. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated.
2018-02-11	New Orleans	Louisiana	FC Staffing, Inc.	Head, neck, and trunk	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was on a barge positioning the barge cover that was being placed by the ship's gear crane. The cover was not straight so the employee tried to straighten it and was struck from the mid-chest upward by the barge cover. The employee sustained a right anterior fracture of the first and second ribs, a left mandibular fracture, left hyoid fracture, bruising to the left side of the neck and a small pneumothorax.
2018-02-06	San Diego	California	Curtin Maritime, Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was securing a tugboat to a barge when his hand was caught in the rope and bitt, partially amputating the index, middle, and ring fingers.
2018-02-01	Lake Buena Vista	Florida	Fender Marine Construction Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Fall or jump from water vehicle
An employee was trying to tie the boat to the barge and fell off the boat into the cold water. The employee suffered dry drowning and was hospitalized.
2017-09-12	Memphis	Tennessee	Ellis Processing & Material Handling LLC	Head	Struck by object or equipment
Employees were unloading a barge into a charge truck on the scrap dock. The crane operator was stepping out of the cab to relay a message to a dockhand. When he returned to the cab of the crane his shirt caught on one of the joysticks and pulled the grapple toward the machine. The grapple struck the charge truck driver resulting in a head laceration and contusion resulting in hospitalization.
2017-09-06	Windsor Heights	West Virgini	Archer Daniels Midland Company	Hand(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee was standing at the bow of a barge operating a skid steer by remote control and had his hand resting on the top edge of the barge. The crane operator swung the bucket over and crushed his hand between the bucket of the crane and the barge wall.
2017-08-23	Houston	Texas	Richard Stevedoring & Logistics	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
Two employees were working on a barge near a dock. They were receiving steel plates from the pier using a shore crane when they were struck by lightning. Both were hospitalized.
2017-08-22	Baytown	Texas	Richardson Stevedoring & Logistics	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee climbed up a ladder to unhook it from a barge. The employee climbed up 4 to 5 steps when the ladder moved. He lost his balance and fell 6 feet to the floor of the barge, fracturing his left wrist and right knee and possibly fracturing his right hip.
2017-07-17	San Diego	California	Nova Shimmick Joint Venture	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee was holding metal I-beams on a floating barge when one of the beams fell and struck the employee's right fingers, injuring them.
2017-07-10	Pensacola	Florida	Skanska USA Civil Souteast, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On July 10, 2017, at about 1:30 p.m., an employee was working on the deck of a barge when he felt hot and started to cramp. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion and dehydration.
2017-07-08	Orange	Texas	Westport Orange Shipyard, LLC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was checking for leaks inside a barge and welding in areas where there were leaks. The employee was shocked by a welding lead and collapsed. He struck the bottom of the barge injuring his shoulder. The employee also suffered burns to his hands.
2017-05-17	Orlando	Florida	The Lane Construction Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee was attempting to unlock barges at a job site when the employee's left middle finger was caught between the lock and the barge. The employee suffered a fracture and partial amputation to the top distal portion of the left middle finger.
2017-03-19	Mobile	Alabama	Enhanced Environmetal and Emergency Services, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was moving to dewater a barge void when he fell 25 feet through an open barge hatch, breaking three ribs, his pelvis, and his wrist.
2017-02-15	Lake Charles	Louisiana	SGS North America	Multiple face locations	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking to a sampling location when he tripped on a barge rib and fell, striking the steel beam with his face. He busted his teeth, fractured his nose, and punctured an artery, requiring surgery.
2016-10-21	Reserve	Louisiana	Cargill, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was placing a hatch cover on a barge when it landed on and amputated the end of the employee's right pinky finger.
2016-10-09	Eastport	Maine	Cooke Aquaculture USA, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
While getting off a salmon cage to board a barge, an employee grabbed the rope attached to a winch system. The winch was in operation (lowering and raising a hose) and the employee's right hand was pulled into the winch, amputating the ring and middle fingers to the lower knuckles.
2016-09-12	Kennewick	Washington	CHS Connell Grain	Nonclassifiable	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
While working on a grain barge, an employee was struck by a loose mooring cable, suffering bruises and a possible concussion.
2016-09-10	Little Rock	Arkansas	Lexicon Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee and his crew were loading steel coils onto a barge for shipment. As a coil was being lowered onto the saddle-shaped dunnage, the employee used his right foot to adjust the position of the dunnage board. He missed the board and the coil came down on top of the steel-toed cap of his boot, which collapsed onto his right toes. His big-toe nailbed was crushed and his second toe was fractured. His third and fourth toes were surgically amputated just below the nailbed.
2016-09-01	Jacksonville	Florida	Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC.	Foot (feet)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee was walking across the barge deck when a rigging spreader bar fell over onto the employee's foot and broke bones in the foot.
2016-08-26	Corpus Christi	Texas	Great Lakes Dredge and Docks LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
A crew member became nauseous, was throwing up and had cramping in the hand and wrist. This incident occurred while working on a barge. The barge was not docked at the port.
2016-08-24	New Orleans	Louisiana	Seaonus Stevedoring - New Orleans LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing down a Jacob ladder onto a barge and became physically unable to continue. He fell to the deck and was hospitalized.
2016-08-22	Savannah	Georgia	Marinex Construction, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was working on the deck of the barge assisting with securing the dredge swing anchor. The employee placed his left hand between the anchor and the side of the barge. While lifting the anchor, the employee's left thumb was crushed and suffered a partial amputation (above the knuckle).
2016-08-16	La Crosse	Wisconsin	Ames Construction, Inc.	Trunk	Collision between water vehicles
An employee was operating a barge with two steel beams stacked on the deck. As he approached another barge, he slightly tapped it. When he tapped the barge, the top steel beam slid and pinned him against a wall, injuring his torso and requiring hospitalization.
2016-08-03	Darrow	Louisiana	SGS Petroleum Services Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working on a barge when he became ill. He was hospitalized for dehydration.
2016-08-03	Channelview	Texas	Richardson Stevedoring Logistics	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to discharge fuel from a barge by positioning a C-hook on a coil. After he slid the C-hook into the coil, his hand rested on the bottom of the C-hook. When a crane began to lift the hook, the coil and his fingers became caught, crushing his left-hand pinky, ring, and middle fingers.
2016-07-20	Savage	Minnesota	Cargill, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On July 20, 2016, at approximately 12:30 pm, an employee was in the process of moving a loaded barge with a cable that travels through a sheave. The employee's hand became caught in the sheave amputating the employee's right index, middle, and ring fingers at the first knuckle.
2016-07-19	Port Allen	Louisiana	T. T. Barge Services	Lumbar region	Fall on water vehicle
An employee working on a barge tripped and fell 4.5' to a lower deck.
2016-06-18	Mobile	Alabama	Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Fall on water vehicle
An employee fell approximately 8 feet while installing a ladder inside an ocean-going barge.
2016-06-13	Norfolk	Virginia	Colonnas Shipyard	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
On June 13, 2016, an employee was working on a barge (on land), performing paint spraying operations. The employee attempted to clean out a paint gun when a small foreign object embedded into the fourth digit of his right hand. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
2016-05-25	Saint Rose	Louisiana	KIRBY INLAND MARINE, LP	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was loading a barge when he became ill due to dehydration.
2016-04-13	Chicago	Illinois	Nidera US, LLC	Elbow(s)	Fall on water vehicle
While climbing a ladder into a barge to offload the remaining grain, an employee fell 15 to 20 feet from the ladder, suffering a broken elbow.
2016-03-08	Fernandina Beach	Florida	Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC.	Face	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was operating a winch on a barge when the rigging came free and hit the protective cage, breaking the cage loose. The cage hit the employee, lacerating his forehead and causing multiple facial fractures. The was hospitalized.
2016-03-06	Westwego	Louisiana	American River Transportation Company, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to stack barge covers when the top cover's clamp became caught in the D-ring on the cover below it, preventing proper stacking. The employee went to assist another employee in removing the catch and asked the crane operator to lift the top cover again. During this action, his left index finger was caught in the clamp, lacerating it. He required surgery.
2016-02-22	Fort Pierce	Florida	Amerigas Propane, Inc.	Eye(s)	Other fall to lower level
On February 22, 2016, at about 10:39 a.m., an employee was delivering a propane gas tank when he fell from the gangway to a barge and into the water, injuring his eye. He was hospitalized and had surgery for a possible eye socket fracture.
2016-02-21	Demopolis	Alabama	Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was fastening a tug boat to a barge when his fingers were crushed between the boat knee and the barge. His left index and middle fingertips were amputated.
2016-02-05	Berwick	Louisiana	Berry Bros. General Contractors, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
The injured employee was part of a crew that was off loading a barge of 10' scrap pipe encased in concrete. One of the joints was not lying straight, so the injured employee stood on top of the pile of pipe kicking it in order to roll it into place. It rolled into place, and when it moved, he fell and another piece of pipe rolled up onto the back of his leg fracturing it.
2016-02-03	Gramercy	Louisiana	OAKLEY, INC., BRUCE	Lower leg(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was just finishing up loading a barge. The employee was on the barge to unhook the back cable attached to the tug at the back of the barge. The employee was walking toward the front of the barge and the cable line sprang up to chest height. He continued to walk to the front of the barge to get out of the cable's way. When he was toward the front corner, he swung his leg around and over the timberhead. Just as his leg was going over the cable, the cable pinned his leg between the cab
2016-01-14	New Orleans	Louisiana	American Commercial Barge Line	Multiple trunk locations	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was torch-cutting steel inside of a 75'-long by 18'-deep by 25'-wide barge, using oxygen/acetylene from a centrally located 75'-long gas-supplying line, when the employee suffered third degree burns from the waist to the neck.
2015-11-25	Fairview	Oregon	Glacier Northwest dba CalPortland	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was handling line on a barge when he stepped into an open hatch and fell onto the steel deck, cracking his rib and bruising his liver. The hatch was unguarded at the time.
2015-11-23	Morgan City	Louisiana	Conrad Shipyard, LLC	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was fitting a 40-foot steel plate onto the bow rake of a barge. The plate came loose and fell on the employee's leg, breaking the employee's femur.
2015-11-19	Union City	California	Wilson Utility Construction	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
On November 19, 2015, at about 8:00am two employees received electrical burns when they removed a grounding strap from 220Kv lines. They were working from a personnel platform suspended by a crane on a barge in the San Francisco Bay.
2015-11-19	Ybor City	Florida	Gulf Marine Repair Corp.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was securing a steel plate under a barge on a dry dock. The 24" X 14' steel plate weighing approximately 285 lbs. came undone from the lifting mechanism and struck the employee in the back.