Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sabine Surveyors Ltd, Mississippi River (m. 57) at M/V Thor Confidence, PORT SULPHUR, LOUISIANA 70083
on — Fractures , affecting the Part of body unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was boarding a ship at anchorage via a pilot ladder to perform a survey on the ship. The employee fell from the ladder and landed back on the deck of the crew boat below. The employee sustained multiple fractures.
Hospitalized Part of body unspecified Water vehicle unspecified
An employee was sampling petroleum on a barge. The employee slipped on a rag on the rain-soaked barge deck, fell into the water, and got water in his lung.
On May 13, 2025, an employee was performing longshoring operations aboard a vessel. He was handing another employee a 20-foot lashing pole when he fell about 45 feet from the vessel to the concrete dock below. He suffered a fractured arm and leg, as well as a severe head injury and pelvic injuries. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was testing a new jet ski when it struck a wave and they fell off the jet ski. The employee's foot struck the jet ski as they were falling and they sustained a broken foot.
An employee was helping to uncover a barge when a cable popped and hit the employee, causing him to fall approximately 2-3 feet into the water. The employee suffered a fractured left leg, a fractured rib, and lacerations above the left eyebrow, under the left armpit, and on the left triceps.
An employee was working on a docked bulk carrier when a chain on the vessel near the gangway broke. The employee fell approximately 25 feet to a fender between a boat and a barge. The employee was hospitalized with head injuries and fractures to their left arm and a rib.
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