Numbness-nonspecified injury

Name: Numbness-nonspecified injury at SSA Gulf, Inc.
Start: 8/14/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087608 · 8/14/2016 · SSA Gulf, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Numbness-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
Source: Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered

Employer

Name: SSA Gulf, Inc.
Location: Port of Port Arthur, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77641
NAICS: 488320
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While hooking up cargo (wood pulp) in a vessel, an employee walked into one of the landing gear legs of the spreader bar, knocking his hard hat off and causing his head to go backwards. His neck and right arm became numb and he could not move his right-hand fingers.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown