International Marine and Industrial Applicators, LLC

An employee was abrasive blasting in the fan room on a ship. He backed into a 12-inch dust collector chute. The suction pulled the employee's left shoulder into the chute and the employee lost control of the blasting hose. Blast media caused an avulsion to the employee's upper right bicep.

An employee was in the basket of an aerial lift when blast grit from a co-worker's hose struck the employee's right upper arm, resulting in a severe laceration.

An employee was operating a 12-inch dual compound miter saw to make a 45 degree angle cut into a 1-inch thick lead ingot. The employee wore leather-welding gloves and had his left hand on the ingot to hold it in position. As the saw blade contacted the ingot, the ingot shifted, which caused the employee's left hand to contact the saw blade. The employee sustained a laceration to his left hand.

The injured employee was passing lead bricks so they could be cut to size while another employee was picking up the bricks from a pallet. Two of the bricks were stuck together by grease. The other employee forcefully dropped the lead bricks on the pallet to free them. The injured employee reached out at the same time and the bricks struck his left pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee fell approximately 35 feet in a ship cargo hold tank. The employee was hospitalized.

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 hooking up bundled tie-downs with a chain. While he was holding a hook, the other hook was unlocked. This caused the employee's hook to slide down and pinch his right index finger between the chain and the shackle. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (without bone loss), as well as an open fracture.

An employee was struck by a plasma cutter and suffered a broken left tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was preparing to bend a flat bar in a brake press. When the machine was jogged, the stock rotated up and crushed his left middle fingertip against the outer frame of the die. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was cutting metal with a torch. A piece of metal struck the employee's left foot, causing multiple fractures to metatarsal(s). The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was descending a ladder carrying a bag of trash. He fell, landed on the ground about 10 feet below, and suffered fractures to his right hip and pelvis.

An employee was drilling a hole into the sealed hold of a vessel so a marine chemist could test its atmosphere. Upon drilling the hole, a gas that was under pressure was released and caught fire at the drill motor, where the employee was holding it. The employee was burned.

An employee was performing restoration activities outside a 45-gallon condensation tank of a boiler system. As they were performing post-maintenance activities after repairing one of the two discharge pumps, one of the discharge valves would not open. The employee closed the intake pump to cool off the system and open the discharge valve. Two employees opened the inlet valve to return the tank to service. After they cracked open the inlet valve, a side wall of the tank blew out, causing the injured employee to suffer steam burns to half their body.

An employee was testing and troubleshooting the gang cylinder valve located in the gang area of the sawmill. The employee's fingertip was amputated by the gang cylinder valve.

An employee was unlocking containers on deck. The employee was de-lashing while standing on the edge of the lid. The lashing bar he was holding came off the cone, causing him to turn 90 degrees and strike a railing behind him. The employee sustained four fractured ribs.

An employee parked a side-by-side on the fixed internal ramp aboard a cargo ship. They exited the side-by-side and went to inspect the cargo below. The side-by-side rolled toward the employee and struck them as they were walking toward the edge of the ramp. The employee was knocked off the ramp and landed on the lower deck approximately 8 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured shoulder.