SSA Marine Pacific Southwest

On 11/22/2023, at 8:35 AM, an employee was stepping onto a barge when they slipped on a wet surface and fell on their knee. The employee sustained a torn ligament in their knee requiring hospitalization and surgery.

After moving a barge lid, an employee was walking down the stairs on the barge when they slipped and fell approximately 15 to 20 feet, reuslting in a head injury.

An employee was using an excavator on a barge to scoop and remove fertilizer product stored in the cargo area. As the employee was transporting the skid-steer by chains and hoisting equipment from the dock to the barge, the employee fell approximately 10 feet off the skid-steer bucket to the cargo hold area below. The employee suffered a concussion.

Swingmen were performing discharge of an iron ore vessel. The discharge process consists of gathering remaining product into the center of the hold to facilitate removal by crane. At approximately 11:45 PM, a swingman was descending a ladder into a hold when he lost his footing and fell approximately 10-15 feet to the deck of the hold. The employee sustained fractures to their back and left leg.

An employee was on a bulk carrier ship. While removing lashing from wind turbine components, the employee lost balance and fell approximately 6 - 7 feet from a hatch to the deck of the ship. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury, and a fractured wrist, and required surgery.

An employee was assisting in the discharge and segregation of a leaking HAZMAT container (organic peroxide Type F) and inhaled the fumes of the leaking product. The employee was hospitalized with difficulty breathing.

An employee was directing traffic on a deck. After giving the driver of a cargo van directions, the employee then turned his back to the vehicle and walked backward as it moved forward. The rear of the chassis struck the employee and knocked him to the ground, and he was then run over by the rear tires. The employee suffered broken bones, along with multiple other injuries.

An employee was operating a straddle carrier when they drove over a pothole, resulting in lower back pain due to a slipped disk.

An employee was working from the ground, helping as a crane placed cargo loaded on flat racks onto a road chassis. As the employee moved to place a connecting pin, a flat rack shifted and crushed his right index finger. Half of the finger was amputated.

An employee was filling up the air reservoir tank on a brake bleeder kit. The tank ruptured and separated at the seam, and the employee suffered severe lacerations and fractures to the right hand.

The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.

The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.

An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.

At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.

An employee was preparing a bundle of green onions for chopping. While holding the bundle in his left hand, he made his first cut using a 9-inch kitchen knife held in his right hand. The knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the thumb that required hospitalization.