# Fractures at Bertucci Contracting Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020098487` · 9/6/2020 · LAKE VILLAGE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from water vehicle
- **Source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Bertucci Contracting Corporation
- **Location:** Mississippi River Mile Marker 529.2, LAKE VILLAGE, ARKANSAS, 71653
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/06/2020, a spud barge with an excavator was tied to a deck barge by two steel cables around timber heads, one forward and one aft. As the excavator was removing rock from the deck barge, the deck barge began to sway, creating more tension on the aft cable. At 1:00 PM, the cable slipped over a timber head on the spud barge, released, and struck an employee on the spud barge and propelled them overboard. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the left hand.

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