# Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified at Gulf Inland Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021688` · 2/23/2024 · MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
- **Source:** Vehicle and machine attachments  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes floating, barge mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Inland Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 9725 LA-182, Morgan City, LA 70380, MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA, 70380
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a barge hooking up and unhooking loads on a boom crane. While under the boom crane, the employee was struck in the side of the head and the body by a free-falling headache ball and fast line. The employee suffered fractures and internal bleeding and was hospitalized.

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