Colonna's Shipyard Inc

An employee was aligning a piece of 1 1/2-inch schedule 80 pipe into a rotary draw bender when the chuck was moved beyond the table. This caused the chuck and pipe to fall from the table. The employee's right index and middle fingers were pinched between the pipe and the table, resulting in amputations.

An employee was transiting down the ships stairs leading into a winch room aboard a dredging ship. The employee fell down the stairs and impacted a vertical pipe that was installed adjacent to the bottom of the stairs. The left side of the employee s midsection was impacted causing internal injury to the stomach and diaphragm.

An employee was in a lift with a blasting hose that was tied to the lift basket so the employee could work at an elevated position. During this time, the hose was charged, activating the discharge of shot blast. This caused the hose to whip around violently while discharging grit. The blasting nozzle struck the employee's face and shot blast was embedded in his face.

An employee slipped on concrete in a wash basin and attempted to prevent his fall by grabbing onto a section of portable scaffolding. The scaffolding fell on top of him and he struck the concrete, suffering a head injury, concussion, and brain bleed.

On January 23, 2015, at approximately 6:30 p.m., a worker from the inside machine shop was training another employee on how to sand the face of a flange using a sanding disk mounted onto the tool rest of a lathe. The flange (part of a very long shaft) was on a lathe rotating at approximately 20 rpms. When the worker went to adjust the sanding disk, his left pinky at the first knuckle joint was amputated by one of the holes in the flange.

An employee was using a crane. The hook slipped and a fitting fell onto a finger on the employee's left hand causing a fracture and laceration.

An employee was transporting an 800-pound die on a cart from the tool room. The employee was pulling the cart when it struck a metal plate on the floor. This caused the cart to tip forward and the die to slide off the cart. The die struck the employee's left foot and their second toe was amputated.

An employee was using a forklift to load pallets of product on a trailer. He exited the forklift to adjust a pallet by hand. The pallet fell on him, resulting in an injury to the left leg.

An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.

An employee was using a pipe wrench to turn a 42-foot-long steel pipe on jack stands to weld the bottom portion. The pipe fell off the stands, striking the injured employee on his left shin. The employee sustained a left leg fracture at the shin area as well as a tibia fracture that 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.

A building engineer was inspecting a generator. As he closed the generator enclosure door, his right ring finger was caught between the door and the door frame. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was walking back to a carrier case with mail in her hand when she tripped over a tub. Her back overarched as she fell, resulting in a fractured back that required hospitalization.

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.

An employee was washing an aircraft from a scissor lift when they fell to the floor. The employee sustained a back injury and lacerations to their head and neck.

An employee was working with a drill and a metal cable. The drill caught the cable and caused an amputation to the employee's left ring finger.