Incident date: 2022-02-05
NAICS industry code: 336611

On February 5, 2022, an employee was staging metal plates on a ship. A crane was lowering a 96 inch by 24 inch steel plate into the ship's ballast tank area when the employee was pinched between the suspended load and the structural components of the ballast tank. The employee sustained multiple rib fractures, a punctured lung, and lacerated liver and spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
code_source: title: Water vehicle, unspecified
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate