Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company Inc.

An employee was preparing pilings on a tied-off barge when they tripped and fell three feet from the barge to the ground. The employee sustained a lower right leg and ankle displacement.

An employee was taking a discharge hose off a barge. When he went to throw the hose onto the dock, it caught his glove and pulled him with it. He fell about 5 feet off the barge, suffering a broken collarbone and rib.

An employee was rigging and guiding loads during crane operations. The crane lifted a 212-pound generator and tipped over with the boom crushing a nearby structure. Two employees on top of the structure jumped clear of the falling crane boom. A stanchion pole impaled the injured employee's upper thigh and they sustained lacerations to the thigh and buttocks. The second employee did not require medical treatment.

An employee had just climbed down from a 6-foot A-frame ladder and was trying to fold it. With both feet firmly on the deck of the barge, the employee took a step back and caught his foot on the lowest rung of the ladder. The employee fell backward and landed on a steel mooring cleat mounted to the outside edge of the barge. The employee then rolled off the barge and into the water 3 feet below. The employee sustained a lower back contusion.

An employee was stepping off a gangway and tripped on a piece of rope that is attached to the safety net. This caused him to fall to the dock and then he rolled underneath the passenger side of a pickup truck that was parked about 3 to 4 feet from the gangway. When the pickup truck pulled away, it ran over the employee's left leg and fractured it.

A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.

An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.

Employees were securing the fuel line of an outboard motor in preparation for removing the motor from a small vessel located in the equipment yard. A gasoline-related fire occurred and one employee sustained burns to both hands and forearms.

A marine diver/construction worker was working underwater, using a hydraulic dredge to clear sediment away from the base of a dam. The dredge's suction nozzle began migrating toward him, and then pulled in his right hand and forearm. He sustained compartment syndrome in the hand and forearm.

An employee was standing on a sheet of -inch by 4-foot by 8-foot plywood on top of a rebar mat, supervising his crew. As he was moving to alert the crew to an incoming overhead load, he stepped off the plywood and his left foot slipped through the rebar mat and landed on the rebar mat below. His left ankle was broken and dislocated.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.