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Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC

Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle — Fractures — CHALMETTE, LOUISIANA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC in CHALMETTE, LOUISIANA
Employer Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC Report ID 2021042749
Address 500 W St Bernard Hwy City, State ZIP CHALMETTE, LOUISIANA 70043
Event Date April 1, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Hip(s)
Event Type Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle Source of Injury Barge
Industry (NAICS) 541330 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.93000, -89.97000

Incident Narrative

An employee was moving a barge upriver, using a winch and cable to give slack in the mooring lines so they could be removed. As the cable reeled in on the winch, it caught the employee's life vest and pulled him into the winch pulley bolted to a stanchion. He suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On April 1, 2021, a worker at Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC in CHALMETTE, LOUISIANA suffered fractures to the hip(s). The incident was classified as machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle, with barge identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 73 severe injury reports involving "Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle" incidents in our database. Browse all Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle injuries.

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