YB Marina Repair

An employee was stepping off a boat onto a rocky river bank. He tripped due to the uneven walking surface and fell, suffering a broken right tibia.

An employee was preparing pilings on a tied-off barge when they tripped and fell three feet from the barge to the ground. The employee sustained a lower right leg and ankle displacement.

An employee was taking a discharge hose off a barge. When he went to throw the hose onto the dock, it caught his glove and pulled him with it. He fell about 5 feet off the barge, suffering a broken collarbone and rib.

An employee was rigging and guiding loads during crane operations. The crane lifted a 212-pound generator and tipped over with the boom crushing a nearby structure. Two employees on top of the structure jumped clear of the falling crane boom. A stanchion pole impaled the injured employee's upper thigh and they sustained lacerations to the thigh and buttocks. The second employee did not require medical treatment.

An employee had just climbed down from a 6-foot A-frame ladder and was trying to fold it. With both feet firmly on the deck of the barge, the employee took a step back and caught his foot on the lowest rung of the ladder. The employee fell backward and landed on a steel mooring cleat mounted to the outside edge of the barge. The employee then rolled off the barge and into the water 3 feet below. The employee sustained a lower back contusion.

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 planing lumber on a jointer. While he was feeding the workpiece into the jointer, it hung up and he lost his grip on it. His gloved hand came into contact with the point of operation, and his left little finger was partially amputated near the first joint.

An employee was on an extension ladder cleaning an outdoor dryer duct when he fell to the concrete ground. The employee sustained two brain bleeds, punctured lungs, fractures to their hip, tibia, face, vertebrae, left wrist, shoulder, and upper arm, as well as an open fracture to the arm.

An employee was in an elevator pit working on the hoisting cables and compensator sheave. He moved the cables back onto the sheave groves. One of the cables spun, twisted out of the grove, grabbed his glove, and pulled his hand into the sheave. The tip of his right thumb was caught under a cable and was amputated approximately at the knuckle just below the nail.

An employee had used cleaning solvent to clean the engine room. The employee turned on a vacuum, which caused an explosion to occur, followed by a fire. The employee was hospitalized with second-degree burns.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.