# Fractures at BRUSCO TUG AND BARGE INC
> OSHA SIR `2019010181` · 1/7/2019 · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** BRUSCO TUG AND BARGE INC
- **Location:** Port Of Oakland, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, 94607
- **NAICS:** 488330
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was on a loaded barge when he leaned over the stern of the barge and attempted to free the port stern wire from the lower port knee rubber. He was then crushed between the port knee and the barge, suffering a broken leg.

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