Incident date: 2024-11-12
NAICS industry code: 424510

An employee was helping to uncover a barge when a cable popped and hit the employee, causing him to fall approximately 2-3 feet into the water. The employee suffered a fractured left leg, a fractured rib, and lacerations above the left eyebrow, under the left armpit, and on the left triceps.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall, jump from water vehicle
code_source: title: Barge
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate