Incident date: 2025-08-12
NAICS industry code: 488390

An employee was exiting a tank barge's cargo tank after pressure-washing its inside. He was resting at the top of the fixed ladder, with his upper body out of the tank hatch, when he collapsed and fell about 13 feet into the cargo tank. The employee sustained a fractured spine requiring surgery. The employee hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, contact incident onboard water vehicle
code_source: title: Barge
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate