APM Terminals Mobile, LLC

On May 13, 2025, an employee was performing longshoring operations aboard a vessel. He was handing another employee a 20-foot lashing pole when he fell about 45 feet from the vessel to the concrete dock below. He suffered a fractured arm and leg, as well as a severe head injury and pelvic injuries. The employee was hospitalized.

While unlashing a container aboard the deck of a coastal vessel, the employee passed out due to possible heat stress and fell backwards striking the deck with his face and causing a laceration to his right cheek.

Employees were unloading logs on a logging vessel. The injured employee was standing on the deck as a load came in. The sling popped off the load and the end of the choker struck the employee's lower left leg, resulting in a shin fracture.

An employee was exiting a confined space while carrying a pressure gun when the trigger activated. Water penetrated the employee's left arm, resulting in injury.

The employee was putting shackles on the grab of a vessel-operated crane. As the crane was lifting the grab, it started to swing toward the hopper. The employee reached to stop it when they were caught and lifted by the grab and pinned between it and the hopper. The employee sustained a pelvic fracture and lacerations to the arm and pelvis.

An employee was launching a boat during rough sea conditions. The employee lost balance, causing their left index and middle fingertips to be caught in the eye of the bow line, resulting in amputation.

Two employees were in a boat pulling a 45-pound anchor out of the water by the rope. The rope tightened and as the employees were attempting to create slack in the rope, the injured employee began to slip. His hand was caught between the rope and the inside of the platform boat, resulting in amputation of the right middle finger with bone loss.

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.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.