Collision between water vehicle and object(s) n.e.c. · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Love Watch Hill & Sailors Haven Inc., Sailors Haven Marina, Fire Island National Seashore, SAYVILLE, NEW YORK 11782
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Multiple lower extremities locations n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee helped to load garbage onto a boat. The boat bumped into a piling, causing the employee to fall in the water. The propeller of the boat lacerated his lower left leg from the knee to the foot.
Hospitalized Multiple lower extremities locations n.e.c. Water vehicle unspecified
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