# Fractures at Weeks Marine, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021086628` · 8/6/2021 · CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Weeks Marine, Inc
- **Location:** 4 Commerce Drive, CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY, 07016
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing alongside a slip, with a mooring line next to the cleat, attempting to catch/slow down a barge and tie it up. The mooring line grabbed the employee's right heel and pulled it into the cleat, causing compound fractures to the right tibia and fibula and severe ankle lacerations.

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