Dredge Cora JMetal/Nonmetal

Squatting to retrieve a rope and caused a back spasm.

While using a sledge hammer to loosen a pump impeller, a finger on the right hand was caught between the handle and the pump shell. This caused a fracture of the end of the finger.

The employee had a piece of slag enter EE's ear while cutting metal in a screen waste chute. Originally it was treated with drops, but later it was determined to need surgery (7/21/2022).

The employee cut EE's finger in two places while removing spud pins from the starboard spud. The cuts required 13 stitches, total. Gloves were being worn at the time. The stitches were done by MedExpress in NLR.

The employee was using a pipe wrench to loosen a pipe. The wrench slipped from the pipe, causing EE's left hand to be cut on the middle knuckle. The employee was wearing gloves at the time. The cut required stitches, which were done at Concentra Health in Little Rock, AR.

Taking a wire rope off of a barge timber head. Wire rope had a burr on it and caught my finger.

Welding. Welding and a piece of slag fell between my life jacket and shirt. Caught my shirt on fire and burnt my abdomen.

We thought employee was suffering from Heat Exhaustion but after being examined at the Hospital it was determined he had a Heart Attack.

Helping a welder and burnt my eyes. I did not report this injury to my employer until 10/11/2011.

Pulling on a wire rope from a winch. His right hand was cut by a peice of the wire rope.

Cut the back of his right hand with a piece of wire rope. He cut his hand on June 6, 2007 but did not go to the Doctor until July 23, 2007.

Hot Weather. Did not drink enough fluids.

Cutting a piece of steel cable with a cable cutter. A piece of the cable cutter splintered off and struck the employee in the right shoulder.

Normal working conditions. Employee injured lower back stepping from flat bottom boat onto the Cora Dredge.Diagnoses was acute lumbar strain.

BENT OVER TO PICK UP A SCREWDRIVER AND HURT HIS BACK.

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF SAND CLASSIFIER. SLIPPED ON LADDER AND CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. INJURED LIGAMENTS TO HAND & WRIST.

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVINGA SHOOT PIPE ON THE SCREW AND CUT HIS 4TH FINGERON LEFT HAND ON THE END OF THE PIPE.

NORMAL WORKING CONDTIONS CABLE CAME OFF TIMBERHEAD OF BARGE & HIT INDEX FINGER & THUMB ON RIGHT HAND OF EE CAUSING A CONTUSION