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Cooper/Ports America, LLC

Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. — Fractures and dislocations — HOUSTON, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Cooper/Ports America, LLC in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Cooper/Ports America, LLC Report ID 2022076440
Address Port of Houston Turning Basin City Dock 16 City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77029
Event Date July 22, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures and dislocations Body Part Hip(s) and leg(s)
Event Type Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. Source of Injury Water vehicle, unspecified
Secondary Source Ropes, ties, chains, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 488320 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.87000, -95.57000

Incident Narrative

An longshoreman was walking up a gangway to board a moored ship to begin his shift. Another vessel was passing and caused the moored ship to break from the dock (the mooring lines broke). The longshoreman began to run and the mooring lines wrapped around him, picked him up, and dropped him onto the right side of his body. He sustained a broken upper right femur and a dislocated right hip requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Incident Summary

On July 22, 2022, a worker at Cooper/Ports America, LLC in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered fractures and dislocations to the hip(s) and leg(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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