Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Caldwell Marine International, LLC, Block Island Harbor, BLOCK ISLAND, RHODE ISLAND 02807
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was hanging and setting anchors on a barge when he was struck in the face by an anchor line, resulting in a facial injury and several lacerations.
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