Incident date: 2024-10-30
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was working on a docked bulk carrier when a chain on the vessel near the gangway broke. The employee fell approximately 25 feet to a fender between a boat and a barge. The employee was hospitalized with head injuries and fractures to their left arm and a rib.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, jump from water vehicle
code_source: title: Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate