Incident date: 2020-01-24
NAICS industry code: 336611

Employees had been laying down fire cloth in the engine room to prepare for pipe fitting and welding repairs. An employee fell approximately 18-20 feet into the hull of a floating maritime academy training vessel and was found lying unconscious. The employee was hospitalized with injuries including gashes to the head and thigh requiring stitches and severe hematomas.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on water vehicle
code_source: title: Water vehicle, unspecified
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate