# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Boyer Towing INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023088017` · 8/30/2023 · POINT HOPE, ALASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Boyer Towing INC.
- **Location:** Cape Lisburne, POINT HOPE, ALASKA, 99766
- **NAICS:** 483211
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with loading product (sacks of dirt) onto a barge. The sack of dirt swung and pinched the employee between it and other sets of product on the barge. The employee suffered a neck compression injury and was knocked unconscious.

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