Incident date: 2015-09-03
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee was training on the Columbia River, 0.5 miles west of Astoria, deploying oil boom on the aft deck when the boom line got stuck. The employee tried to free the line, but it was under tension.  The line came free, snapped straight, and struck his leg, fracturing his ankle and knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and knee(s)
severity: moderate