Incident date: 2025-04-02
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was standing in the ballast tank of a barge while a 5-gallon bucket with tools inside was being lowered with a rope. A knot in the rope came loose, causing the bucket to fall and strike the employee's left arm. The employee sustained a radial fracture to the left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Buckets, baskets, pails
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate