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Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

1 hospitalization · 2016087659 · 8/16/2016 · Ames Construction, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Trunk, unspecified
Nature of injury
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event
Collision between water vehicles
Source
Barge
Secondary source
Barge

Employer

Name
Ames Construction, Inc.
Location
Dresbach Bridge Interstate 90, LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, 54601
NAICS
237310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was operating a barge with two steel beams stacked on the deck. As he approached another barge, he slightly tapped it. When he tapped the barge, the top steel beam slid and pinned him against a wall, injuring his torso and requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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