LAKE VILLAGE, ARKANSAS—
Bertucci Contracting Corporation
Fall or jump from water vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Bertucci Contracting Corporation, Mississippi River Mile Marker 529.2, LAKE VILLAGE, ARKANSAS 71653 on — Fractures, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
On 9/06/2020, a spud barge with an excavator was tied to a deck barge by two steel cables around timber heads, one forward and one aft. As the excavator was removing rock from the deck barge, the deck barge began to sway, creating more tension on the aft cable. At 1:00 PM, the cable slipped over a timber head on the spud barge, released, and struck an employee on the spud barge and propelled them overboard. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left hand.
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