Incident date: 2020-03-20
NAICS industry code: 336611

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Manlifts
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate