HOUSTON, TEXAS—
Cooper Ports America, LLC.
Fall on water vehicle · Fractures and dislocations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Cooper Ports America, LLC., 111 East Loop N (Port of Houston Turning Basin City Dock 29), HOUSTON, TEXAS 77029 on — Fractures and dislocations, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was walking on a vessel when they slipped on a wet hatch cover and fell to the ship's main deck. The employee sustained fractures to the skull, left eye socket, jaw, and tibia, as well as a dislocated left shoulder.
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An employee had been flagging a crane operator via radio. Cargo shifted during a hoisting evolution and the employee became caught between a shipping container and a bulkhead in the cargo hold of a marine cargo vessel. The employee's right elbow was fractured.
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An employee was preparing a vessel's containers for discharge. He was descending the access ladder when he fell. After walking about 25 feet, he fell a second time on the weather deck. He sustained a contusion to the left shoulder and left leg. He also suffered from a headache due to internal bleeding in the brain.
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An longshoreman was walking up a gangway to board a moored ship to begin his shift. Another vessel was passing and caused the moored ship to break from the dock (the mooring lines broke). The longshoreman began to run and the mooring lines wrapped around him, picked him up, and dropped him onto the right side of his body. He sustained a broken upper right femur and a dislocated right hip requiring hospitalization and surgery.
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An employee was helping a crane pick up a bundle of plywood. He noticed that one of the lifting straps was twisted as the lift was taking place and tried to kick it straight. His leg got caught in the strap as the bundle was lifted, and his leg was broken. He was hospitalized for surgery.
HOUSTON, TEXAS—
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An employee was in a company vehicle (SUV) that was driving into the cargo yard when her vehicle was struck by another employee-driven SUV resulting in a fractured right femur.
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