Incident date: 2023-11-21
NAICS industry code: 325314

An employee was using an excavator on a barge to scoop and remove fertilizer product stored in the cargo area. As the employee was transporting the skid-steer by chains and hoisting equipment from the dock to the barge, the employee fell approximately 10 feet off the skid-steer bucket to the cargo hold area below. The employee suffered a concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on water vehicle
code_source: title: Barge
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate