Rockport #15 Dredge — Accidents

Total: 28 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/11/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 261d lost EE was stepping over an anchor winch wire on #15 Dredge, and then immediately turned 180 degrees to go back and tripped over winch wire EE just stepped over. EE placed both hands down to catch fall....
04/30/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE and the crew went to bank and stepped off of the boat and felt a slight discomfort in his foot. He stated that it was nothing, but by Wednesday May 2nd his foot was stiff and hurt. He requested m...
02/17/2012 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE was exposed to paint fumes from a neighboring bay that irritated his lungs. He requested doctor visit, and he was given a prescription inhaler for lung irratation and told to visit his family physc...
12/14/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was working on repairing a crane bucket and stepped onto the raw steel of the bucket when his foot slipped causing him to slide resulting in a strain/sprain of his right knee.
08/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was moving a fan in the dry dock area when dust/rust blew from surrounding fans around his PPE and landed on his eye. He naturally rubbed it which resulted in a small scratch on his eye. It was re...
07/27/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was welding on a part in the machine shop when a piece of slag enter his eye. Employee was wearing proper PPE, and is not sure how the piece reached his eye. He was unaware that a piece embedded o...
06/09/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was scraping the deck plates on Joyce A (switch boat),while docked at Rockport, and he struck his hand with the scraper causing a small laceration requiring 2 stitches.
09/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was retrieving a piece of expanded metal out of rack, and caught his right calf on a piece of metal. It cut through his jeans, and lacerated his leg requiring a few stitches to close the wound. He...
04/29/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was chipping hot slag on river barge, and a piece of hot slag bounced and entered his full face welding helmet and safety glasses and rested on his eye. He flushed it quickly, and the foreign obje...
09/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None hooking up a lift chain to remove a loader bucket. The loader bucket had a burr on it that caused a cut to his right little finger, requiring sutures.
03/20/2009 FIRE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Squatting down to weld a hatch cover on a barge his pants leg caught on fire causing a second degree burn to his left leg.
05/16/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Climbing a ladder. The ladder slipped and he fell to the floor, resulting in a broken leg.
11/02/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Using a screwdriver to tighten a hose clamp on a hose the screwdriver slipped off the hose clamp and struck him on the right hand causing a laceration requiring sutures.
11/02/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Removing a compressed gas cylinder from a rack, the cylinder fell against another cylinder pinching his finger between them causing a laceration requiring sutures.
10/03/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Stepping from dock to barge a cable tightened and struck him in his knee causing a bruised knee.
09/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted PINCHED RING FINGER BETWEEN TWO BARRELS CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS RIGHT RING FINGER.
08/10/2005 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost CLEANING IN A WAREHOUSE MOVING BOXES AND OTHER ITEMS AND WAS APPARENTLY BITEN BY A SPIDER CAUSING HIM TO FEEL NAUSEOUS.
11/22/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted EE WAS DESCENDING A STEP, FEET SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER EE AND FELL LANDING ON BACK AND ELBOW RESULTING IN A BACK STRAIN.
09/21/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING A BRAKE PRESS TO BEND A PIECE OF PLATE STEEL. THE STEEL WAS NOT POSITIONED STRAIGHT WITH THE PRESS. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO BEND THE STEEL, IT FLIPPED UP STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE C...
07/07/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE WAS USING A BAND SAW TO CUT A PIECE OF CHANNEL. WHEN HE PLACED THE CHANNEL IN THE VISE TO SECURE IT FOR CUTTING HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE VISE AND CHANNEL, CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRIN...
03/20/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 312d lost TWO EMPLOYEES WERE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO A CONVEYOR. A THIRD EE ACTIVATED THE CONVEYOR THEY WERE WORKING OFF OF, CAUSING ONE EE TO FALL, LANDING ON HIS BUTTOCKS AND HANDS. THIS RESULTED IN TWO BROKE...
08/28/2003 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted VICTIM WAS USING A HAND GRINDER REMOVING BURRS FROM A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE. THE STEEL PIECE STARTED TO MOVE. HE TRIED TO STOP IT WITH HIS HAND & CAUGHT HIS FINGER ON A SHARP EDGE CAUSING A LA CERATION...
04/09/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted SLIDING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE INTO A CAGE. GOT HIS RIGHT WRIST CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOTTLE & THE CAGE CAUSING A BRUISED WRIST.
12/05/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted VICTIM WAS LIFTING AN EMPTY FUEL TANK AND STRAINED HIS BACK.
11/29/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CUTTING A PIECE OF STEEL. THE STEEL SHIFTED BEFORE HE GOT IT CUT AND PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE PIECE OF STEEL AND A STEEL ANGLE CAUSING A CUT TO HIS FINGER REQUIRING SUTURES.
10/22/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted USING A BAND SAW TO CUT A PIECE OF STEEL. WHILE SECURING THE PIECE OF STEEL IN THE VISE GOT HIS THUMB CAUGHT IN THE VISE BETWEEN THE PIECE OF STEEL AND THE VISE CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
09/21/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted TRYING TO ROTATE A STEEL RUDDER. WHEN THE RUDDER DID ROTATE HIS THUMB WAS BETWEEN THE RUDDER AND THE HOUSING CAUSING HIS RIGHT THUMB TO BE MASHED CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.
03/02/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None VICTIM BENT OVER TO SLIDE A WATER PUMP ACROSS THE FLOOR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.