Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 94516.015 - Employee fractures ribs and arm in fall on barge
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1223197.015 | 04/06/2017 | 336611 | Enhanced Environmental And Emergency Services, Inc. |
Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on March 19, 2017, an employee was working for firm engaged in shipbuilding and repairing. He was helping two coworkers remove a water pump from a 458- to 508-millimeter diameter (18- to 20-inch diameter) hole on the bridge of a barge deck. Once the pump had been removed from the hole, the workers were talking. They were preparing to move the pump and put a cover back on the hole, when the employee stepped backward into the hole. He fell onto a metal steel structural, that supports the barge. He sustained fractured ribs and a fractured arm. He was hospitalized for two or more days.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1223197.015 | 37 | M | Hospitalized injury | Longshore equipment operators |