| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-05-06 | Robins A F B | Ga | U.S. Department of the Air Force Robins AFB | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| A mechanic was walking outside a building when he tripped on a mooring cable, fell on the concrete floor, and sustained a fractured right femur. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-10-12 | New Orleans | La | U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) River Operations | Thigh(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
| An employee on the deck of a marine vessel was attempting to free a jammed mooring line by manually pulling on it. The line popped free, causing the employee to fall backward onto the deck. The employee sustained a broken left femur. | |||||
| 2020-02-27 | Baytown | Texas | Orion Construction, LP | Multiple head locations | Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle |
| An employee was pulling a pin from a stud in preparation for mooring operations. The pin struck the employee, causing contusions and a laceration on the right side of the face and a hematoma on the back of the head. | |||||
| 2019-04-22 | Vick | Louisiana | Rig Master Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A maintenance employee was using an air-powered grease gun to grease some floating mooring bits when it injected grease underneath his thumb. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2017-05-01 | Joplin | Missouri | THERMAL ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL USA, INC. | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a portable press to square a metal frame for a gasket application when the hydraulic hose became bound during expansion. The buildup caused a hydraulic rupture that dislodged the press from its mooring. The press struck the employee and knocked him from his ladder. He struck his head when he landed, causing a concussion and scalp laceration that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-09-22 | Fort Rucker | Alabama | Army Fleet Support | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was performing aircraft support operations and was walking toward an air pad when he tripped on a mooring chain and fell on the concrete air pad, fracturing his left hip. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2016-01-08 | Kenai | Alaska | Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response Inc | Head and trunk | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was struck in the head by a mooring line that broke while the employee was getting off the vessel. The employee suffered broken face and back bones that required surgery. | |||||