Cooper Consolidated, LLC.

An employee was closing down a barge when he sustained cramps and was hospitalized for dehydration.

An employee was working on a docked bulk carrier when a chain on the vessel near the gangway broke. The employee fell approximately 25 feet to a fender between a boat and a barge. The employee was hospitalized with head injuries and fractures to their left arm and a rib.

Employees were in a parking lot waiting to board a crew boat. An employee showed his co-workers a pistol and as he was putting it back in his truck, the gun fired. The employee sustained gunshot wounds to the right ring and little fingers.

An employee was attaching a barge cover. The winch cable came loose and struck the employee on the left ankle, breaking it.

An employee was descending the aft port ladder of a derrick to remove a rope from the barge kevel when he slipped and grabbed the winch cable with his right hand. The cable was moving and his right hand was pulled into the snatch block, causing a laceration and amputation of two fingers.

An employee was stepping off a boat onto a rocky river bank. He tripped due to the uneven walking surface and fell, suffering a broken right tibia.

An employee was preparing pilings on a tied-off barge when they tripped and fell three feet from the barge to the ground. The employee sustained a lower right leg and ankle displacement.

An employee was taking a discharge hose off a barge. When he went to throw the hose onto the dock, it caught his glove and pulled him with it. He fell about 5 feet off the barge, suffering a broken collarbone and rib.

An employee was rigging and guiding loads during crane operations. The crane lifted a 212-pound generator and tipped over with the boom crushing a nearby structure. Two employees on top of the structure jumped clear of the falling crane boom. A stanchion pole impaled the injured employee's upper thigh and they sustained lacerations to the thigh and buttocks. The second employee did not require medical treatment.

An employee had just climbed down from a 6-foot A-frame ladder and was trying to fold it. With both feet firmly on the deck of the barge, the employee took a step back and caught his foot on the lowest rung of the ladder. The employee fell backward and landed on a steel mooring cleat mounted to the outside edge of the barge. The employee then rolled off the barge and into the water 3 feet below. The employee sustained a lower back contusion.

While preparing to install a new spool piece for a vapor and spent sulfuric acid line, an employee was working to ensure there was no residual product or pressure in the line before removing the 6-inch hose. The valve was cracked, and some spent acid still in the line sprayed out. The employee was standing off to the side and at a distance, but was still contacted by the hot acid, resulting in corrosive and thermal burns to their upper torso and mid-thighs of both legs.

An employee was driving a utility tractor rig when it struck the rear trailer of another utility tractor rig, which was traveling in the opposite direction. The glancing impact caused damage to the cab, and he sustained a laceration on right side of his face, a cervical fracture, two fractured left ribs, and a pelvic fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

The injured employee was standing by the controls for the electric spud system on the barge, preparing to raise the spuds. Meanwhile, an excavator was moving a mat on the deck. As the excavator swung from port to starboard, it's counterweight struck the injured employee s shoulder, causing them to lose balance and fall against the spud controls. The employee sustained bruises and contusions to their right shoulder and chest.

An employee was standing on the outside edge of a hopper barge while watching a skid steer push ore for an excavator (with a clamshell bucket) to unload. The excavator was on a work barge. The bucket of the excavator struck the employee and caused a near-amputation of their right arm and fractures of the ulna and radius of the left arm. The right arm required surgery.

An employee was inspecting a conveyor to see why it was not running. The employee entered the the conveyor motor area, tripped on a piece of angle iron welded to the floor, and fell. The employee sustained a fractured orbital bone.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.