# Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders at Vinson Guard Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017021672` · 2/21/2017 · PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple nonspecified injuries and disorders
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vinson Guard Service Inc
- **Location:** Port of Greater Baton Rouge, PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA, 70767
- **NAICS:** 561612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was about to inspect a docked vessel and was accessing the vessel through a gangplank. While on the gangplank, an employee of the docked vessel opened the hatch door which pushed the gangplank off the vessel. The injured employee fell 40 feet into the Mississippi River and suffered multiple injuries to her body.

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