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American Bureau of Shipping

Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at American Bureau of Shipping in NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Employer American Bureau of Shipping Report ID 2021032285
Address 1360 Truxtun Ave. Suite 104 City, State ZIP NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA 29405
Event Date March 16, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Eye(s)
Event Type Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. Source of Injury Water vehicle, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 488330 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.86000, -79.97000

Incident Narrative

Two employees were inspecting separate sides of a void tank in a ship. When one of them stood up from a squat, his glasses slid down his face and his eye and right brow struck a protruding piece of a metal bracket. He suffered a cut to the brow and an eye injury from the bracket piece.

Incident Summary

On March 16, 2021, a worker at American Bureau of Shipping in NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the eye(s). The incident was classified as water vehicle incident, n.e.c., with water vehicle, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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