Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-22	Portland	Me	Portland Yacht Services, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was removing a mast from a boat. A line parted and the mast swung, pinching and amputating the employee's left little finger.
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.
2021-09-07	Pearl Harbor	Hi	Department of the Navy	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
The injured employee was working in a two-person team conducting troubleshooting and repair of an onboard boat engine. The engine started and the injured employee's right index fingertip was amputated. The cowling guards had been removed to provide access to the engine components.
2021-08-27	Braggs	Ok	Ervin Cable Construction, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
Two employees were troubleshooting a pontoon boat motor. The motor began to run and the flywheel of its engine contacted an employee's right middle finger. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
2021-08-23	Pasadena	Md	Suntex Marina Investors, LLC.	Heart	Overexertion and bodily reaction
An employee was sanding the bottom of a boat when he experienced pain in his chest and left arm. The employee was hospitalized for a cardiac event.
2021-07-26	Hot Springs	Ar	Aluma-Weld, Inc. Xpress Boating	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On July 26, 2021, an employee became ill after a hot, humid day spent preparing aluminum fishing boats to be painted. She was hospitalized, suffering from dehydration.
2021-07-21	Portland	Or	Sundance Mfg. Inc.	Multiple body parts	Explosion or fire on water vehicle
An employee was performing maintenance and repair work on a boat. When the boat was started up, it caught fire and exploded. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the face, hands, and legs.
2021-06-14	Vancouver	Wa	JT MARINE, INC.	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee and a co-worker were preparing to change the position of a pump control device for a water filtering system on a tug boat. The employee was loosening a screw when they received an electrical shock to their hand from a 480-volt current and burns.
2021-06-06	Naknek	Ak	Peter Pan Seafoods Inc	Thigh(s)	Fall on water vehicle
While inspecting a boat, an employee fell through an open hatch leading to the engine room. The employee suffered a broken femur, caused by the ladder and the floor the employee landed on.
2021-05-28	Lake Ozark	Mo	Sunny's Marina	Multiple body parts	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee was repairing the bottom of a customer's boat and drank acid resulting in burns to their throat and stomach that required hospitalization.
2021-04-08	Marathon	Fl	Coastal Docks, LLC	Multiple body parts	Explosion or fire on water vehicle
While prepping a push-boat to move to another location, employees filled both motors with 2-stroke oil and put the cowlings back on the motors. An employee went to start the motors. The port motor started but the starboard motor hesitated. The employee tried again; the starboard motor started up but fire shot out and fuel that leaked caught fire. One employee was hit by the flames, and sustained burns on the neck, left hand, and both legs.
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.
2021-03-27	Hooksett	Nh	Bass Pro Shops/Cabela¿s Boating Center	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was prepping an outboard boat motor for a customer and testing all features. The motor got stuck in the tilted position. The employee was trying to free the tilt lock when the lock freed itself and the motor struck the employee's fingers while they were in the hinge area resulting in amputation of the employee's right pinky fingertip.
2021-03-27	Boston	Ma	Costal Marine Construction LLC.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee had been climbing a tug boat mast. The employee was working to untangle crane block rigging when high winds blew the rigging over. The employee was entangled in rigging wires and suffered internal injuries.
2021-03-11	North Palm Beach	Fl	Nautical Ventures - Fort Lauderdale	Face	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was replacing a non-functioning fuel sender on a boat. After installing the new part, he was using a small torch to seal the heat shrink connectors when fumes ignited, causing an explosion. The employee suffered burns on the left side of his face, as well as shoulder and rib pain.
2021-03-10	Houma	La	Rapco Fabrication	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Explosion
An employee was spot welding an area under a boat. The welding equipment ignited vapors in a compartment that surrounded the gasoline fuel tanks and a vapor explosion occurred. The employee suffered a fractured skull, chest wall, ribs, and shoulder. The employee required hospitalization.
2021-03-02	Nashville	Ga	Chaparral Boats, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was assisting in the rotation of a boat hull mold when his left ring finger was caught between the mold and the frame used to hold the mold, resulting in a partial amputation.
2021-03-01	Townsend	Ga	Phillip's Seafood, Inc.	Hand(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was on a clam boat trying to tie a rope to a disabled oyster boat. A wave hit the clam boat and the employee lost his balance and fell. His right hand and thumb were caught and lacerated between the two boats.
2021-02-06	Boston	Ma	BOSTON LINE & SERVICE CO., INCORPORATED	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was waiting for a boat to arrive and fell off the dock onto a wood float below the pier. The employee sustained fractures to a rib and leg.
2021-01-13	Dallas	Tx	XPO LOGISTICS FREIGHT, INC.	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was removing the straps from a crate (containing a boat motor) on a trailer. When the straps were removed, the crate fell onto the employee and broke his right leg and jaw.
2021-01-12	Bath	Me	General Dynamics Bath Iron Works	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking across a boat part that was being manufactured. His foot became tangled in a pad/strap used to hoist and move boat sections and he suffered a broken femur and a possible hip dislocation.
2021-01-04	Nashotah	Wi	Lauderdale Lakes Marina, LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was getting snow off of stored boats and their covers when he slipped on a patch of ice under the snow and fell on the tongue of a trailer, landing on his back. The employee suffered two broken ribs and a partially collapsed lung.
2020-10-05	Cape Coral	Fl	Nor-Tech Power Boats, Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
Two employees were preparing a vessel for cleaning. The injured employee was on the deck of the vessel handing pieces of plywood (temporary compartment covers) out of the side dive door to the other employee who was standing on the ground. The injured employee slipped and fell from the boat to the ground and suffered a rib injury.
2020-09-30	Arundel	Me	Southern Maine Marine Services	Face	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was lowering a boat from a trailer when a battery compartment on the tongue of the trailer exploded. The employee was hospitalized for multiple facial fractures.
2020-09-11	Ringoes	Nj	Princeton Hydro	Eye(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was troubleshooting a tree sprayer with a full tank while on the boat dock at a pond. The sprayer released a chemical for the control of cyanobacteria and algae onto the employee and another employee. Both employees were hospitalized for injuries sustained including corneal abrasion, bilateral conjunctivitis, and chemical burns.
2020-08-21	Chicago	Il	Offshore Entertainment Chicago LLC dba River North Boat Club	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee suffered an amputated right index finger while tying a rope around a cleat on a dock to secure a boat.
2020-08-21	Gainesville	Ga	Martin Docks, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was tightening bolts on the handrail system of a boat dock under construction. The employee fell from the dock's roof, landed on the construction platform, and then fell to the ground. The employee suffered contusions and lacerations to the head, neck, left arm, and left leg, as well as a wrist fracture that required surgery. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-06-26	Port Bolivar	Texas	Callan Marine LTD.	Fingertip(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was removing an air breather off of a boat motor when the engine's turbo pulled the employee's finger into the engine rotor blade, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.
2020-06-22	Pensacola	Florida	Key Marine Center of Northwest Florida	Multiple body parts	Explosion or fire on water vehicle
On June 22, 2020, at 10:50 AM, an employee was installing a fuel sender in a 31-foot boat's fuel tank. As he connected the fuel sender wires, a spark was created and ignited the fuel vapors. The vapors exploded and then caught on fire, burning the employee. He jumped down from the boat and other employees ran over to put out the fire. He was hospitalized with third degree burns on his hands and a concussion.
2020-05-29	Wrightsville	Pennsylvania	1809 Long Level Marina, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
An employee was on a mower, trying to engage its emergency brake as it rolled downhill. The mower crashed into a pontoon boat (on dry land); the employee suffered three broken left-side ribs, a large laceration on the left leg, and a knee injury.
2020-03-12	Snellville	Georgia	E.R. SNELL CONTRACTOR, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Explosion or fire on water vehicle
The injured employee was assisting another employee with fueling a push boat when fumes/vapors in the area were ignited by a spark from the battery post. The injured employee sustained flash burns.
2019-09-06	Sault Sainte Marie	Michigan	US Army Corps of Engineers	Lower leg(s)	Fall or jump from water vehicle
An employee was setting the anchor for an ice-boom onboard a derrick boat. The employee cut a line that was holding the anchor chain and was then struck by a rigging chain. The employee sustained fractures to both bones in the lower right leg and a shoulder injury from falling overboard.
2019-09-05	Sarasota	Florida	All American Windows and Doors BTP LLC	Ankle(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was descending down the side of a building in a boatswain chair. A kink in the rope got caught in the descending device, causing him to lose balance. He began swinging around and hit his ankle on a protruding concrete balcony. He sustained a compound fracture above the left ankle requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2019-09-02	San Diego	California	San Diego Air and Marine	BODY SYSTEMS	Vehicle or machinery fire
During a joint operation, a marine interdiction agent and a border patrol agent suffered smoke inhalation due to a boat fire.
2019-07-30	Merrill	Wisconsin	Wisconsin Public Service	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Collision between water vehicle and object
An employee was in a boat traveling back to a dam when the boat passed through an opened gate. The boat became caught on the gate and tipped over. The employee went underneath the water and suffered an amputation to 1/4 inch of the distal joint of the left ring finger.
2019-07-23	Nashville	Georgia	Chaparral Boats Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was strapping a boat mold onto a trailer when he lost consciousness due to heat exhaustion and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a laceration to the head from striking the ground.
2019-07-03	Laconia	New Hampshir	Irwin Corporation	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell 4 feet from a boat while removing shrink wrap and landed on the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured hip.
2019-06-04	Hueytown	Alabama	Copart Inc.	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was assessing the condition of a boat, an auction item. While exiting the boat, the employee fell 3-4 feet to the floor, suffering injuries including a broken right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-05-30	Fort Worth	Texas	Shrieve Chemical	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
Four employees were lowering a boat into the water at a dock. An employee's left middle finger was caught in a gear resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2019-05-27	New York	New York	MARINEMAX NORTHEAST LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Water vehicle or propeller struck person
An employee was assisting with a boat docking when his finger was caught and crushed between the rope cleat, resulting in a finger amputation.
2019-04-15	Cape Coral	Florida	The Boat House of Cape Coral	Head	Nonclassifiable
An employee had been cleaning a boat when he was found unresponsive and was not breathing. He sustained a bump on his head above his eye.
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.
2019-03-12	Vineyard Haven	Massachusett	Martha's Vineyard Shipyard, Inc.	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was measuring a section of boat. He was stepping onto the lower swim platform when he lost balance and tried to grab the boat's boarding ladder to brace himself. He fell approximately 7 feet to the cement ground below, landing on his feet and breaking both heels.
2019-02-20	Jacksonville	Florida	Army Corps of Engineers	Brain	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was operating a survey boat when he slipped, fell, and hit his head, losing consciousness. The boat subsequently struck a channel buoy and sank. He was hospitalized for a brain bleed.
2019-02-18	Katy	Texas	Academy Sports and Outdoor Stores	Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee collapsed after lifting a boat and was hospitalized with a cervical spine injury.
2019-01-04	Dania Beach	Florida	SIERRA TANGO, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
A crane two-blocked while lifting a boat railing. The cable snapped and the headache ball fell onto an employee, severing the employee's leg.
2018-08-30	Marathon	Florida	Keys Boat Works Inc.	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder while descending from the top of a boat, fracturing his pelvis.
2018-08-06	Granbury	Texas	Fluor Corp.	Leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
A boat had capsized and 300 pounds of dead fish were on a shoreline. Employees were gathering the dead fish inside heavy-duty trash bags. A fish fin punctured through its bag while being carried by a coworker and struck the injured employee's leg. The employee's leg became swollen and the employee experienced a high temperature, requiring hospitalization.
2018-07-10	Staten Island	New York	Mannix Family Market @ Forest & Richmond Avenue	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell from some boxes, striking against a U-boat cart and suffering fractured ribs and vertebrae.
2018-07-06	Rapid City	South Dakota	Pactola Pines, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other structural fire without collapse
An employee was working on a boat fuel tank in an outbuilding when the fuel tank ignited and the building caught fire. The employee escaped the building but suffered second degree burns.
2018-06-25	Jacksonville	Florida	Moran Towing Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was repairing an exhaust blower on a tugboat. The blower sucked his hand in, causing the amputation of his left index finger.
2018-06-06	Webster	South Dakota	Lake Region Electric Association	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
The injured employee was part of a 6-7 person crew of linemen in a boat assessing a leaning pole in slough due to the weather. One of the poles being inspected slipped out causing the live 7200 V primary line to contact the injured employee's shoulder and ground out through their right leg to the boat/water. The employee was hospitalized for electrical burns.
2018-05-17	Ponce	Puerto Rico	PONCE YACHT & FISHING CLUB, INC.	Head and neck	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
On 05/17/2018, an employee finished unloading a boat in the yard area and was walking off a travel lift when he tripped on a piece a wood, fell, and hit his head on a concrete pedestal. He sustained head and neck trauma, requiring hospitalization and stitches.
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.
2018-03-30	Austin	Texas	Austin Dock & Tram	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was trying to hitch a trailer to a floating boat dock when his hand was caught between the dock and the trailer, suffering severe bruising and a laceration.
2018-02-15	Satsuma	Alabama	Skelton's Fire Equipment, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was transferring from a platform to a crew boat, fell and fractured the lower left leg.
2018-02-13	Neodesha	Kansas	Cobalt Boats LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working on the deck of a boat being built. As she was stepping across a gap in the boat deck, she lost her balance and stepped off of the boat. Her left leg was wedged between two structural beams of the boat dolly. She continued to fall (29 inches) onto the floor while her leg remained wedged between the beams resulting in a leg fracture.
2018-02-09	Orlando	Florida	Academy Sports and Outdoor Stores	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving boat motors when one of the motors fell on his right hand, fracturing his pinky finger and lacerating/damaging the nailbed.
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.
2018-01-20	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Walgreens	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee inside the stock room was walking around the product cart (U-Boat) and tripped over a pallet. The employee fell to the ground and fractured the right hip.
2018-01-18	Piedmont	Oklahoma	Atlas Drilling, LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
On January 18, 2018, at 5:40 p.m., an employee was in a boatswain chair greasing blocks when the safety hook came undone, causing the employee to fall 15 to 20 feet to the rig floor. He fractured his right arm and some ribs, requiring hospitalization.
2017-10-13	Abbeville	Louisiana	Omega protein	Lower leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
As boats were being separated, a cleat from the stern line of a boat broke loose and struck an employee's leg, fracturing the right tibia.
2017-10-02	Chauvin	Louisiana	Duralite Insulators, Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was cleaning up foam debris on a boat when he fell 7 feet down to the floor of the boat dock, injuring his head and back.
2017-09-28	Edgard	Louisiana	Enterprise Product Company	Wrist(s)	Collision between water vehicle and object
An employee was in a boat, inspecting a pipeline, when the boat hit something in the water and ejected the employee from the seat. The employee hit the boat floor and suffered a forehead laceration and fractured left wrist.
2017-08-29	Wylie	Texas	Collin Pak Marina	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on a boat house ladder, attempting to hand tools to a coworker on the roof, when the employee fell off the ladder, suffering head and back injuries.
2017-08-14	Lake Buena Vista	Florida	Walt Disney Parks & Resorts	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was operating a water ride and fell into the water striking the boat. The employee was hospitalized with chest pain.
2017-08-08	Portsmouth	Virginia	East Coast Repair and Fabrication	Leg(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was stabilizing a tug boat that was being lifted by a crane. When the crane operator lifted the tug boat, it shifted and struck the employee. He was caught between the tug and the crane's concrete base, crushing his right leg.
2017-08-04	Nordman	Idaho	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	Ankle(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was preparing an inflatable boat for training. He attached an air tank to the boat floor using quick-connect attachments. A rescue board was secured inside the boat. When he turned on the air tank, over-pressurization caused the floor of the boat to rupture and the rescue board to push up and shove him into the air. One of the hose attachments then separated from the floor and struck his chin. He suffered a compression fracture to his left ankle requiring surgery and a chin laceratio
2017-07-17	Channelview	Texas	Glendale Boat Works, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was helping to move a 24" by 14" transformer on a boat with a hoist. When he went to set the transformer down, the transformer slipped and landed on the table surface, trapping his index finger between the two. His fingertip was amputated.
2017-07-05	Atlanta	Texas	Electrical Components International, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Caught in running equipment or machinery
The employee was working in the fabrication department on a machine that cuts the boat dashes and has a circular saw on one end and a drill bit on the other end. The employee was struck by the machine resulting in lacerations to his back.
2017-06-29	Nashville	Georgia	Chaparral Boats, Inc.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was cleaning a finished boat after completing the manufacturing process. The employee moved to the rear of the boat to retrieve finishing pieces and fell approximately 56 inches to the concrete floor, fracturing the L5 vertebra.
2017-06-16	Belfast	Maine	Front Street Shipyard	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to remove a mast from a sailboat when the mast separated and three of his fingers were caught and amputated between the mast and another part of the boat.
2017-06-07	Wickliffe	Kentucky	James Marine, Inc.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
An employee was taking a wheel out of the Kort nozzle on a boat. The employee was pulling out the wheel using a crane and a come-a-long when waves hit the bottom of the boat and caused the load to shift and land on him, breaking his left foot/ankle and pinching his left ring finger.
2017-05-23	Beaufort	North Caroli	Royale Yacht Finishing	Skull	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was removing bumper metal from the side of a boat while working off of an electric scissor lift when he fell approximately 10 to 12 feet to the concrete and cracked his skull. He was hospitalized. The scissor lift was not guarded at the time of the incident.
2017-05-19	Orleans	Massachusett	Nauset Marine Incorporated	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell 8 to 10 feet from a boat deck while removing plastic wrap, suffering leg and hip injuries.
2017-02-14	Salt Rock	West Virgini	Tri State Coating and Machine Company, Inc.	Hand(s)	Exposure to harmful substances or environments
An employee was loading a part onto a machine when his hand was caught between a boat sleeve and a cone. His hand suffered possible broken bones and a severe burn.
2017-01-26	San Diego	California	Navy Region Southwest Port Operations	Multiple body parts	Explosion or fire on water vehicle
Two employees were installing a battery on the police boat when the fuel vapors ignited causing a flash fire. The employees suffered third degree burns to the face and arms.
2017-01-24	New Gretna	New Jersey	Viking Yachts	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell 9 feet from a catwalk while helping to move a boat. The employee sustained a fractured leg and a bruised arm and nose.
2017-01-23	Nashville	Georgia	Chaparral Boats Inc.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was preparing a finished boat for shipment. He was placing a battery in the motor box when the lid of the box inadvertently closed and crushed his right big toe, amputating part of the bone.
2016-10-04	Orlando	Florida	Nautique Boat Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was bringing a boat to the dock when the boat tower used for water skiing came down and pinched the employee's finger, partially amputating it.
2016-08-03	Neodesha	Kansas	Cobalt Boats LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
On 8/3/2016, at 1:00 p.m., an employee was holding a boat board with her left hand and using a utility knife to cut it. She slipped and partially amputated her left thumb, requiring stitches.
2016-07-29	Greenport	New York	GREENPORT YACHT & SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, INC.	Nonclassifiable	Explosion or fire on water vehicle
Three employees suffered burn injuries in a flash fire on a boat. One employee was hospitalized.
2016-07-28	Sidney	Nebraska	CABELA'S INC.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
An employee suffered a hernia while climbing up into a boat to service it, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2016-07-24	Casco	Maine	Camp Cedar, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was wakeboarding when he tried to pull himself closer to the boat with the rope. He let go of the rope and it became wrapped around his left ring finger, amputating his fingertip from the first knuckle up.
2016-07-14	Natick	Massachusett	The Rivers School Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee amputated the tip of his thumb while attempting to help dock a motor boat.
2016-07-11	Rye	New Hampshir	Star Island Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping to adjust a row boat line when the employee's left ring finger was caught/amputated at the second digit between the rope and a cleat of the float dock.
2016-06-20	Wickliffe	Kentucky	James Marine, Inc.	Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was walking down a dry dock, performing inspections of the work being completed, when a strong wind blew a ladder off a customer's boat. The ladder struck the employee, who suffered a broken nose, as well as a contusion/laceration to the nose.
2016-05-20	Ventura	California	PAE Applied Technologies, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was driving a boat in the open ocean when he was hit by a plasma fireball, suffering an electrical shock.
2016-05-19	Howard	Ohio	Apple Vly Property Owners Assn	Foot (feet)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was de-winterizing a boat to prepare it for launching when his foot was lacerated by the engine propeller, requiring hospitalization.
2016-05-16	Raymond	Maine	Sabre Yachts	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was caulking the exterior of a boat while standing on a ladder or scaffold. The employee fell 6 feet from the scaffold or ladder, breaking a vertebra.
2016-04-03	Largo	Florida	Intrepid Powerboats, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was detailing a boat. While trying to remove plastic, she fell approximately 6 feet from the boat to the ground, breaking her collarbone, cracking her rib, and injuring her head.
2016-03-18	Rosemary Beach	Florida	Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in holding, carrying, or wielding-single episode
An employee and his coworker were holding a 3-feet-long pipe that was 4 inches in diameter and approximately 30 pounds to move it inside a ship. As they set the pipe inside the boat, the employee felt a pull in his groin. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
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.
2016-01-19	Nashville	Georgia	Chaparral Boats Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading boats onto trailers. The employee was moving a large boat and his left hand was caught between two boats resulting in the amputation of the index and middle fingertips.
2015-12-09	South Hackensack	New Jersey	Restaurant Depot	Head	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee tripped over a customer U-Boat and sustained blunt trauma to the back of his head and pain to his right shoulder.
2015-11-05	Plattsburgh	New York	Aztec Technologies	Multiple trunk locations	Other jump to lower level
An employee was injured after jumping off a motorboat and falling into a sluice. The employee had fractures to his ribs and vertebrae.
2015-10-26	Point Pleasant Boro	New Jersey	Fishing Vessel Vengeance	Foot (feet)	Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee on a fishing boat got his foot entangled in the rope as the boat was pulling away from the dock. The employee's foot was amputated.
2015-10-13	Belle Chasse	Louisiana	Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was on the bow of a tug boat on the Mississippi River cleaning the cutter head. A large boat passed by causing a wave. The employee put his hand on the bit to catch his balance. The boat rocked up and his right pinky finger was smashed between the bit and the cutter head resulting in amputation.
2015-09-29	New Gretna	New Jersey	Viking Yacht Company Marina	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Indirect exposure to electricity
An employee received electrical burns to the right thumb and middle fingers when his wrench contacted the control module of an AC unit on a boat.