# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Ames Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087659` · 8/16/2016 · LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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.

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