Loose crane hook injures crewmember on board fishing vessel

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A crewmember was injured after he got hit in the face by a loose crane hook, on board a commercial fishing vessel, 25 miles west of Brookings, Oregon, on October 22. The USCG medically evacuated the man.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received notification of an injured man from a crewmember aboard the ‘Arctic Storm’. The man had suffered blunt force trauma to the face from a loose crane hook. The sector’s flight surgeon recommended an immediate medevac, so the 47-foot MLB crew...

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