Incident date: 2020-09-06
NAICS industry code: 237990

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.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from water vehicle
code_source: title: Barge
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate