Fall, jump from and struck by water vehicle · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Tackett Fish Farms LLC, 23939 County Road 523, SCHLATER, MISSISSIPPI 38952
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Head and extremities.
Final narrative
An employee on a boat threw a net into a pond to catch catfish. He was seated in the boat when the boat struck the screen on a drain pipe. This caused the employee to fall into the pond and they were struck by the boat. The employee sustained lacerations to his head and right arm.
Hospitalized Head and extremities Water vehicle unspecified
A lifeguard fell out of an inflatable power boat as it was accelerating and was struck by the boat's engine. The propeller blades struck him causing lacerations to his arms, shoulders, and face, as well as a jaw fracture and the loss of several teeth.
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