Collision between water vehicles · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at TVA, 815 Cumberland City Road, CUMBERLAND CITY, TENNESSEE 37050
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking up onto a barge via the steps between the two tow knees. The tow boat and the barge made full contact, and the employee's right foot was crushed between the two vessels.
An employee was clearing a line between a tender boat and a shear barge. The boat and the barge met, smashing the employee's right thumb between them. The thumb was partly amputated.
An employee was operating a barge with two steel beams stacked on the deck. As he approached another barge, he slightly tapped it. When he tapped the barge, the top steel beam slid and pinned him against a wall, injuring his torso and requiring hospitalization.
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