Worker loses finger after hand crushed between barge and the dock

A contract worker who lost a finger after his hand was crushed between a barge and the dock has filed suit against his employer.

Michael Wilson of St. John the Baptist Parish, La., filed the case July 1 in New Orleans federal court against Cargill, Inc.

While assisting in the docking of a grain barge at Cargill’s Mississippi River facility on Feb. 27, 2011, Wilson alleges he reached down the side of the barge to grab a mooring line when the barge moved and crushed his right hand against the pier. A finger was ultimately amputated.

Wilson claims he suffered a permanently disabling injury and seeks compensation for loss of income, wages and earning capacity, physical and emotional pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life and medical expenses.

Source: The Louisiana Record