James Marine Inc.

An employee was on the back of a flatbed truck, cutting with a torch. The employee lost consciousness due to heat/dehydration and was hospitalized.

An employee was taking a wheel out of the Kort nozzle on a boat. The employee was pulling out the wheel using a crane and a come-a-long when waves hit the bottom of the boat and caused the load to shift and land on him, breaking his left foot/ankle and pinching his left ring finger.

An employee and a coworker were welding on the inboard and outboard sides of a bulkhead. Welding slag became trapped between the sweatshirts of one employee and ignited. The employee suffered first, second, and potentially third degree burns to the right side of the back and right armpit.

An employee was operating a horizontal boring mill when he stepped backwards and tripped over the tracks of the mill. He fell onto the concrete floor and fractured his hip, requiring surgery.

An employee was cutting sections of a vertical pipe (shaft for a valve). When he pushed the last cut section out of the way, the pipe fell straight down and pinned his fingers between the pipe welds, breaking his right-hand middle and index fingers.

An employee was welding metal parts. The employee turned to the left and their work uniform came in contact with the location on the part that had just been welded. The employee's uniform ignited, causing burns to their shoulder and back.

An employee was using a small propane heater when they sustained third-degree burns to the left buttock and second-degree burns to the back and neck.

An employee was welding steel dump ramp slides. He leaned over and a previous weld caught his hoodie on fire. The employee sustained burns on his left side from the armpit to the waistline.

An employee was using a fiber wheel to cut a 55-gallon drum to make a trash can. As they were cutting, sparks flew into the barrel and fire came out of a hole on the barrel, catching the employee's shirt on fire. The employee sustained burns to their abdomen and chest, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was removing tubing caps and cleaning tubing ends with solvent. Their flame-resistant pants became soaked with the cleaning solvent and were ignited by a propane torch used for removing tubing caps. The employee was hospitalized with burns to their legs.

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.

A mail carrier was delivering mail when aggressive dogs approached. The dog's owner tried to restrain the dogs but one dog broke loose and the mail carrier pepper sprayed that dog. The dog's owner then pushed the mail carrier and he fell on the pavement and injured his neck. The mail carrier was hospitalized.

An employee was installing a fall protection system on a flat roof when they tripped and became entangled in the warning line. They fell approximately 30 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures.

A mail carrier developed heat illness while delivering mail. He was hospitalized.

An employee was outside assembling a 500-ton crane. The employee was connecting the rigging to the boom. He leaned forward to attach the lifting plate on the side of the boom and lost balance while bending over. He fell to the ground approximately 10 feet below, landing on his elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured elbow that required surgery.

An employee was using a winch to secure a barge to a dock. The cable of an adjoining winch snapped and struck his left side, causing blunt force trauma and internal injuries to his abdomen.