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Great Lakes Dredge and Dock

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — HAMPTON BAYS, NEW YORK

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Great Lakes Dredge and Dock in HAMPTON BAYS, NEW YORK
Employer Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Report ID 2015020554
Address Shinecock Inlet City, State ZIP HAMPTON BAYS, NEW YORK 11946
Event Date February 19, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Wire, cables-nonelectrical
Secondary Source Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
Industry (NAICS) 237990 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 40.87000, -72.52000

Incident Narrative

Employee's leg was caught between a cable and a stable bar when moving an anchor buoy in the Shinecock Inlet.

Incident Summary

On February 19, 2015, a worker at Great Lakes Dredge and Dock in HAMPTON BAYS, NEW YORK suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with wire, cables-nonelectrical identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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