Spencer Yachts

An employee fell off a scaffold and suffered a head injury.

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 unbinding material that was caught in a horizontal band saw. The became unbound and it re-engaged while the employee was reaching for the blade. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated.

An employee was working on a ship in the sun when they began experiencing symptoms of heat exhaustion, resulting in hospitalization.

An employee was working in the hull of a boat, applying resin as part of lamination activities. He sat down and lost consciousness due to heat exhaustion. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was operating a surfacing machine that used a rotating wire brush in a cabinet. A sheet of EVA foam material became stuck in the machine; as the employee was removing it, the wire brush contacted his left hand. He suffered a fracture and abrasions to the left arm.

An employee was operating a CNC machine. The employee lifted the guard and went to clean a part. The tooling was still rotating and caught the employee's glove, pulling it into the tooling and amputating their left ring finger.

An employee was attaching a steel angle plate weighing (approximately 200 pounds) to the end of a structural member (5,000 pounds) and was supported by dunnage. The dunnage was a crane mat (11 inches tall) with a 4x6 board on top of it and it supported five identical members. The main piece was 30.75 feet long, 37.25 feet tall, and 1 food wide. As the employee slid the piece of metal on top of the member to begin attaching it, the entire member began to tip over. The employee went to stop the main piece from tipping over and it landed on his ankle, fracturing it.

An employee was preparing hot melted butter on a flat-top grill and placing it in small containers once it was melted. As she turned to set the container down, it slipped out of her hand and landed on the grill. Butter splashed up and hit her in the face. The employee suffered second-degree burns to her right eye and the right side of her head and face, as well as first-degree burns to her right forearm.

An employee pulled into the customer's driveway, parked, and exited the vehicle. He opened the sliding side door on the vehicle to retrieve a package. The customer began backing their vehicle out of their garage and it struck the employee in the back of his left leg. He was pinned him between the two vehicles, causing contusions and lacerations.

An employee reached into a hamper, picked up a package, and was hospitalized with a back injury that caused pain in his lower extremities.

On July 10, 2025, an employee tripped over a yellow pillar and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.