The US Coast Guard (USCG) has successfully airlifted an injured crewman from a Japanese-owned woodchip carrier off the coast of Oregon.

The unnamed man was medevaced from the 46,896-dwt Daio Papyrus (built 1995) about 10 miles west of Coos Bay on Sunday.

A USCG MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew hoisted the injured crewmember from the Panamanian flagged ship after he reportedly suffered a severe laceration to his head.

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