Incident date: 2024-09-13
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was conducting cathodic protection anode work in a tank onboard a vessel. The employee fell approximately 5-8 feet from the bulkhead of the ship and struck the left side of their ribs. The employee sustained a ruptured spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle
code_source: title: Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Other digestive structures  n.e.c.
severity: moderate