Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Anchor Sandblasting and Coatings, LLC, Gulf Marine Repair Shipyard, TAMPA, FLORIDA 33605
on — Fractures, affecting the shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e).
Final narrative
An employee was rolling up a power cord inside the tank of a vessel when they stepped backward into a manhole behind them. The employee fell through the hole inside the tank of the vessel and sustained fractures to the shoulder as well as swelling of the left side of the back.
HospitalizedShoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)Water vehicle, unspecified
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