All Hands on Deck
While working onboard the Time Bandit during January 2013, David “Beaver” Zielinski suffered serious and life-changing trauma to his right hand and forearm after a motor-style firework prematurely exploded in his grasp. SeattlePi reported Zielinski decided to sue his former employees and this May, has been successfully “rewarded $1.35 million.” Due to the severity of the injury-“broken and displaced bones in his dominant hand”- Zeilinski was forced to end his career as a longtime commercial crab fisherman.