An Italian crewman on a U.S.- bound bulk carrier was seriously injured in a fall from the ship's exhaust stack, leading to a U.S. Coast Guard medevac in heavy seas more than 100 miles off the coast of Alaska. Watch standers at the Coast Guards 17th District Command Center in Juneau received a call at 0350 on Sept. 11, 2013, from the master of Cinzia D'Amato requesting aid for the 21-year-old mariner. Crewmembers reported that the man fell about 75 feet to the deck. The victim suffered internal injuries, facial lacerations, a broken wrist and a dislocated shoulder. The 738-foot Italian-flagged ship, en route from Japan to San Francisco, was about 370 miles from Adak Island when the incident occurred.
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