# Numbness-nonspecified injury at SSA Gulf, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087608` · 8/14/2016 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*