Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wepfer Marine, Inc., 2821 Channel Avenue, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE 38113
on — Drownings, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a barge-mounted crane to move a counterweight from one barge to another. The crane tipped over as the boom arm swung the weight. The safety line attached to another free-floating barge snapped, allowing the barge with the crane to flip over into the water. The employee was rescued from the water and resuscitated. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was working on a vessel in a channel when it began to take on water in a storm. The employee pushed out a window to exit the vessel. The glass lacerated his hand and he ingested water. He was hospitalized.
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