Evansville Marine Service Inc
Other water vehicle incident n.e.c. - Fractures and surface, flesh wounds - NEWBURGH, Indiana
| Employer | Evansville Marine Service Inc |
| Address | 4400 Old State Road 66 |
| City, State ZIP | NEWBURGH, Indiana 47630 |
| Report ID | 2025099318 |
| Event Date | September 17, 2025 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures and surface, flesh wounds |
| Body Part | Arm(s) unspecified |
| Event Type | Other water vehicle incident n.e.c. |
| Source of Injury | Barge |
| Secondary Source | Excavators |
| Industry (NAICS) | 488320 |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.93000, -87.36000 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was standing on the outside edge of a hopper barge while watching a skid steer push ore for an excavator (with a clamshell bucket) to unload. The excavator was on a work barge. The bucket of the excavator struck the employee and caused a near-amputation of their right arm and fractures of the ulna and radius of the left arm. The right arm required surgery.
Incident Summary
On September 17, 2025, a worker at Evansville Marine Service Inc in NEWBURGH, Indiana suffered fractures and surface, flesh wounds to the arm(s) unspecified. The incident was classified as other water vehicle incident n.e.c., with barge identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 2 severe injury reports involving "Other water vehicle incident n.e.c." incidents in our database. Browse all Other water vehicle incident n.e.c. injuries.
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