Incident date: 2019-10-18
NAICS industry code: 236220

While an employee was attempting to change a leaking O-ring on an excavator's hydraulic line, a sudden release of hydraulic oil startled the employee. The employee fell back off the catwalk and down about 11 feet to the barge below. The employee hit a concrete ballast block, suffering several broken ribs, a broken pelvis (in three places), a concussion, a laceration of the ear, a fractured wrist, and a broken cheek bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on water vehicle
code_source: title: Barge
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate