Incident date: 2022-03-03
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee had just climbed down from a 6-foot A-frame ladder and was trying to fold it. With both feet firmly on the deck of the barge, the employee took a step back and caught his foot on the lowest rung of the ladder. The employee fell backward and landed on a steel mooring cleat mounted to the outside edge of the barge. The employee then rolled off the barge and into the water 3 feet below. The employee sustained a lower back contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from water vehicle
code_source: title: Barge
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate