Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-02	Baton Rouge	La	Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was squatting down to knock some rubber buildup loose on the inside of a diverter feed hose when the valve diverted in the direction of his left hand, pinching the tip of his left middle finger between the diverter feed hose and the diverter housing. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.
2021-09-12	Baton Rouge	La	Deltech Corporation	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
During removal of a process strainer, the line became over pressurized and failed, spraying employees with extremely hot steam and condensate. An employee sustained third degree burns to the chest and legs.
2021-08-16	Baton Rouge	La	Blanco Brothers Construction LLC	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
An employee was ascending a ladder to perform roofing work when they fell off the ladder to the ground below, resulting in a lower back injury.
2021-08-12	Baton Rouge	La	Tuff Shed	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a miter saw. The blade severely cut his thumb as he was removing the piece of wood.
2021-07-26	Baton Rouge	La	Raygen Services, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was climbing down a ladder. The employee fell, landing on the ground about 12 feet below.
2021-04-13	Baton Rouge	La	Sulzer	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was power-tapping a hole in a pump stuffing/packing box using a vertical knee mill. The employee was wiping away metal debris with his gloved hand when the glove became entangled on the rotating tap and pulled the employee's fingers around, cutting through the glove. The employee's left pinky finger was amputated.
2021-04-06	Baton Rouge	La	Pinnacle Home Health	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was assisting a patient when they tripped and fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
2021-03-10	Baton Rouge	La	WATCO TRANSLOADING LLC	Wrist(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was adjusting an overhead door spring. He struck part of the door spring or bracket and suffered a wrist laceration that required hospitalization for surgery.
2021-03-10	Baton Rouge	La	Coca-Cola Bottling Company United	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was adjusting the guiderails inside a case packer when his left ring finger got caught between the groove and the railing, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization.
2021-02-17	Baton Rouge	La	Arc American Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was descending a power pole. He began transferring his primary safety to underneath a communication cable; his secondary safety had not clipped in and he fell to the ground about 15 feet below. He suffered a broken left wrist, a skull fracture at the base of the neck, and an injury to the left shoulder.
2020-10-12	Baton Rouge	La	United Rentals (North America), Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
A service technician was performing maintenance on a forklift when his fingers got caught in the carriage chains resulting in partial amputations to digits 4 and 5 on the right hand.
2020-09-17	Baton Rouge	La	Ronaldson Field Landfill	Multiple body parts	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
Two employees (mechanic and operator) were changing the wheels on a landfill compactor. The operator was operating a wheel loader and lifted a large metal compactor wheel off the ground to be installed on the compactor. The mechanic was signaling directions to the operator to align and set the wheel in place. While signaling and moving the wheel onto the machine, the wheel shifted on the loader forks and pinned the mechanic between the forks and the wheel. The mechanic suffered a fractured rib,
2020-08-18	Baton Rouge	La	Tuscan Stone Imports, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was unloading a piece of quartz from a truck. The quartz dropped onto his foot, breaking his toes.
2020-07-02	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Performance Contractors, Inc.	Shoulder(s) and back	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was assisting with hoisting piping by a crane. The piping struck the employee and caused the employee to fall 5 feet off a trailer to the ground. The employee suffered a partial dislocation of their left shoulder with a possible fracture, as well as L2, L3, and L4 transitional lumbar fractures.
2020-06-26	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	American Louisiana Group, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was on an order picker, pulling a tempered part from a top rack. The employee fell from the order picker at 6:45 a.m., landing about 15 feet below.
2020-06-19	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	EXCEL Contractors	Lower leg(s)	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was riding in a UTV when the steering mechanism malfunctioned as a left turn was being made. The UTV flipped and fractured the employee's lower right leg.
2020-06-10	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Rouses Enterprises, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A service clerk was helping a customer in the propane tank area. As he was exchanging a propane tank, a propane tank that was on a shelf fell and fractured the second toe on his right foot. He was hospitalized and had surgery on his right foot.
2020-06-04	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Commerical Metal Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was changing the chain tension on a machine. The chain caught his hand and amputated his right index finger. He was hospitalized.
2020-05-11	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	SIGNATURE FLIGHT SUPPORT CORPORATION	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was a team member inspecting an aircraft hangar. While opening the hangar doors, the employee's hand was caught between one of the hangar door panels and a support beam, resulting in a laceration and broken fingers.
2020-04-15	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Stupp Coatings	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle
A temporary employee was attaching ropes to piping coming off an assembly line. As he was positioning a rope on a 42-inch pipe, the pipe rolled and crushed his left hand. His left little and middle fingers were medically amputated.
2020-03-23	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	AT&T Services, Inc	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping
An employee was at a customer's home to repair a cable/internet line. While carrying his ladder to set up against a utility pole, he tripped and broke his ankle.
2020-02-07	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Stupp Coatings	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was working in a plant's coating area where pipes came down a rack. A 24-inch pipe rolled down the rack and did not stop at the bumper, rolling over the employee's entire body but stopping before reaching the head. The employee suffered a broken right leg and was hospitalized.
2020-01-03	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	WALMART-STORE #839	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was reattaching a customer's tire to the rim using a tire mounting machine. His right little finger was caught between the rim and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated without bone loss.
2019-09-20	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Republic Service	Wrist(s) and arm(s)	Other fall to lower level
A driver climbed on top of a garbage truck to close the doghouse door on the compactor. He slipped and fell, suffering a broken right wrist, a compound fracture above his right elbow, and a dislocation to the elbow. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-09-12	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Kohls Department Stores	BODY SYSTEMS	Bites and stings
An employee was bitten by an unknown bug while moving fixtures and products for merchandise setting, requiring hospitalization.
2019-08-20	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Stupp Bros., Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was hooking a load up to a crane when the employee walked into a conveyor line. A steel pipe was coming down the conveyor line and struck the employee, causing side and stomach contusions.
2019-08-02	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Capital City Staffing, LLC t/a AMMON Staffing	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
Employees were inspecting a joint of pipe on a rack. Another joint of pipe, rolling from the blast line toward the inspection rack, rolled over the stops and struck one of the employees, breaking his leg. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2019-07-31	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Compass Group, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was slicing potatoes with a food processor. The cutting blades caused amputations to three of the employee's fingers.
2019-06-14	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	GOVERNMENT ISSUE LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a saw when the blade amputated a half-inch of his fingertip, requiring surgery.
2019-06-11	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Capital City Staffing, LLC	Hand(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing rope from a pipe when the employee's right hand was caught and crushed between the pipe and a tire, requiring hospitalization.
2019-05-17	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	HWJ Legacy LLC	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee fell four to five feet off the ramp of a ramp truck and landed on his back. The employee was hospitalized for a partially collapsed lung.
2019-05-07	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Stupp Bros., Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment
A pipe slipped while an employee's hand was on it, breaking the employee's little finger.
2019-04-30	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Edgen Murray	Knee(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was walking from the side of the building toward the parking lot. As she entered the parking lot area, she tripped over a parking space marker (marker /speed bump in the front of the parking space to prevent vehicles from rolling forward) and fell to the ground, breaking her left kneecap.
2019-04-23	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Coca Cola Bottling Co.	Foot (feet)	Nonroadway collision with other vehicle
An employee was operating an electric pallet jack that collided with another forklift. The employee's lower left foot was injured on the other forklift's forks.
2019-04-16	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Turner Industries Group	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was helping his work crew perform maintenance on furnace slide valves. While the valve components and hardware were being disassembled, the employee's right middle finger was caught between the flange's slide plate and blind. The tip was amputated.
2019-03-21	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Scientific Systems, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving AC units with a forklift. As a unit was placed on a wooden block, it pinched the employee's right index finger.
2019-01-21	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Doyle Electric, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was setting up a portable desk in a jobsite trailer. His left index finger became caught in the hinge area of the desk and was amputated at the first knuckle.
2019-01-10	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Waste Pro	Lower leg(s)	Other jump to lower level
A truck driver jumped from the cab of the truck, at seat height, to the ground to avoid a fire and sustained a broken tibia and fibula.
2018-09-11	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Olinde's Furniture Baton Rouge	Forearm(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell while walking down a wet sidewalk in a parking lot. The employee broke both bones of the left arm below the elbow.
2018-09-04	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Christ Covenant Church	Hand(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking down a hallway that was just mopped when he slipped and fell. He attempted to break his fall with his right hand, splitting it on impact.
2018-08-29	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	MCINNIS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC.	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was working on a raised platform, tightening a pipe with a pipe wrench. As he was pushing the wrench forward, the wrench slipped, which carried him forward and caused him to fall approximately 3 feet. He fractured his right femur. The platform did not have guardrails at the time of the incident.
2018-08-02	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Chandler Electrical Services, LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
A temporary employee was on a ladder attempting to work with an electrical wire after placing a light in a ceiling grid when he fell to the ground, suffering a sore back. He may have been exposed to electricity.
2018-07-10	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	CMC Steel Fabricators, Inc.	Hand(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using a cart to move a bundle of rebar when the cart flipped. The employee tried to catch the rebar to prevent it from tipping over and injured his left hand.
2018-07-02	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Enterprise Holding Branch	Upper and lower limb(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was getting out of a 15-passenger van to go inside the office and retrieve keys to move a car to another location. He went out the back door of the van and exited backwards, mis-stepped, lost his balance, and fell backwards through the plate glass front of the building. He suffered deep wounds to his right leg and left arm (with arterial damage) and many smaller cuts on his arms, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-06-12	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	FLSmidth	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On June 12, 2018, an employee was installing a gear guard and began experiencing blurry vision and shaking. He was admitted to the hospital for heat-related illness.
2018-06-06	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	JAMES CONSTRUCTION GROUP	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
The injured employee was standing next to an I-beam that had been removed from a rebar mat. The I-beam fell to the ground and struck the employee's right foot causing four metatarsal foot fractures.
2018-06-04	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	84 LUMBER COMPANY	Brain	Other fall to lower level
An employee fell to the ground from the seat of a fork truck and struck the back of his head, requiring hospitalization for bleeding in the brain.
2018-06-02	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Oxbow	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion.
2018-04-24	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Chief Carriers, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
While stepping up onto a truck sidestep, an employee missed the step and fell less than 3 feet, suffering two fractured ribs and a possible bruised lung.
2018-04-19	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Our Lady of The Lake Hospital, Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was helping to open a door and got her left index finger stuck in the door latch. She pulled her finger away and amputated the fingertip.
2018-03-06	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	AMIkids Baton Rouge	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
After refueling and boarding a bus, an employee placed items into her purse, which was on top of the first seat of the bus, and decided to exit the bus to visually confirm that the fuel cap was secure. As she turned and made her way to the stairway, her right foot caught the corner of the cushioned partition that blocks the first seat from the stairway, causing her body to twist while simultaneously falling. She fractured her right ankle, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2018-02-27	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Coca Cola Bottling Co.	Thigh(s)	Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
An employee was traveling west on a forklift through a warehouse when he impacted another forklift traveling east. The impact was a glancing left front to left front. The injured employee continued to travel and impacted a parked electric pallet jack about 20 feet away. The employee suffered a fractured left femur that required hospitalization and surgery.
2018-02-22	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Mammoet USA South, Inc	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was un-tensioning a chain that was used to secure a crane counterweight to a trailer deck when the chain rolled and pinched the employee's left index fingertip between it and the counterweight. The employee's nailbed and ligament were damaged, requiring surgery.
2018-02-01	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Rawson Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Trip over an object without fall
An employee was testing and adjusting a valve assembly. As he was walking towards the valve assembly, that was mounted in a bench vise, his foot caught the air hose in front of the bench, causing him to lurch forward with his hands extended to catch himself. His right index finger entered the one-inch port of the valve as his left hand forced the 24 VDC supply leads connected to the solenoid operated valve to contact one another and short. When they shorted, the valve cycled and amputated the ti
2018-01-18	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Pathology Group of Louisiana, APMC	Upper arm(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was walking out the back door from the break room when she slipped on icy concrete and fell, hitting her right elbow on the ground. The fall caused a break in her upper arm that required surgery and hospitalization.
2018-01-18	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	United Rentals	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped and fell on ice while walking to a building, fracturing an ankle.
2017-10-12	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	JB James Construction LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was paving forms for sidewalks when his small left finger was smashed and fractured by a piston on a material loader.
2017-10-07	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Academy Sports + Outdoors	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Two employees were counting the safe at the end of a shift. One employee was bracing her hand against the open safe when the other employee closed the safe on her left ring finger, fracturing it.
2017-09-14	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	A C Plastiques	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was standing on top of a 12-inch-diameter pipe, attempting to hang a chainfall, when he lost his balance and fell backward onto a piece of horizontal pipe, puncturing a lung.
2017-08-11	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Alpine Well Service	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was servicing an oil rig when a rod transfer became hung up, came loose, and struck the employee, knocking him out of a rod basket. He landed face first on a tubing board and broke his leg, jaw, nose, and other facial bones.
2017-07-27	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Watkins & Williams Contractors	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was assembling a scaffold and fell approximately 12 feet resulting in a left hip fracture and a right shoulder contusion. A harness was not worn at the time of the incident.
2017-07-05	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Albertsons Companies	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee stepped on a wet floor, slipped, and fell on his lower back, fracturing his hip.
2017-06-23	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	FedEx Ground	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
An employee was bending to pick up a box when he felt a sharp pain in his back and blacked out.
2017-06-08	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	SOUTHERN VALVE SERVICE, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee used a crowbar to raise a valve part a few inches when his fingers entered a pinch point. The valve then fell apart, landing on and possibly amputating his fingertip.
2017-05-31	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Exxon Mobil	Nonclassifiable	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was performing electrical troubleshooting on a pump when an arc flash occurred, causing thermal burns to the employee.
2017-05-22	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	SMG/Raising Cane River Center	Hip(s)	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was throwing trash into an open top rolling dumpster and fell, breaking his right hip.
2017-05-10	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Averitt Express	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee's left big toe was crushed and fractured when a pallet slid off the forks of a forklift and landed on the employee's foot. The employee had surgery and was hospitalized overnight.
2017-05-08	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Stupp Corp.	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was removing filters in a blower's fan unit when the moving fan blade lacerated three fingertips and partially amputated the middle fingertip above the nail.
2017-04-13	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Turner Industries Group, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was weighing 55-gallon drums that were on a pallet next to a scale. When he tried to rotate a drum off the pallet and onto the scale, his right thumb was pinched between two drums, amputating the thumb tip.
2017-03-30	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	CVS Health	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading a pallet on a truck. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, suffering a broken bone.
2017-03-16	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	JO-ANN STORES, INC.	Hip(s)	Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown
An employee was involved in an altercation with another employee and fell suffering a hip injury.
2017-03-15	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	CYCLE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, L.L.C.	Ankle(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was working on the ground close to an excavator when the excavator bucket lowered and struck the employee resulting in a dislocated right ankle and possible cracked ribs.
2017-03-14	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	ADVANTAGE TECHNICAL RESOURCING, INC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
The employee was placing a rope by hand onto a 24 inch oilfield pipe. The pipe rolled over his right middle finger catching it between the pipe and the top of the pipe rack resulting in amputation of the finger.
2017-02-22	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Gulf Transport LLC	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level
While walking an employee tripped and fell from a height to the ground level. The employee sustained a broken right wrist and was hospitalized.
2017-02-10	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	PS WHOLESALE FLOORS, L.L.C.	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was trying to move granite slabs that were leaning against each other when he lost control of the slabs, which fell on and broke his right leg.
2017-01-25	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Lipsey's, LLC	Hand(s) and elbow(s)	Fall on same level
An employee was walking down a hallway and fell striking her head on the tile floor. The employee suffered a head laceration, a fractured elbow and a fractured finger.
2017-01-23	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY	BODY SYSTEMS	Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
At a staging area, an employee shoveling and spreading gravel began experiencing chest pains and shortness of breath. He was hospitalized.
2016-10-13	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee standing at the end of a production line reached inside a bin that contained 30-75 lbs. of rubber. A bin shifted, pinching the employee's finger between a bin and the roller. A piece of the skin on the employee's middle finger was pulled off.
2016-10-11	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Command Construction, LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
A front end loader drove over a heavy steel plate (the panel/side of a trench box) that was lying on the ground. The contact caused the panel to strike and break an adjacent employee's leg.
2016-09-27	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Lowes Home Center, LLC	Neck and back	Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
An employee was unloading drywall from a forklift. The weight of the drywall caused the forklift to tilt as the drywall was being moved off the forks. As soon as the drywall was fully removed from the forks, the truck tilted back in place and injured the employee, who suffered major swelling of the neck/spine and required hospitalization.
2016-09-27	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	SOUTHERN VALVE SERVICE, INC.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was using a lathe to machine a part, which was approximately 6" wide, 5" long, and 16 pounds, when the part came out of the lathe and impacted his abdomen.
2016-09-01	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff Disaster Services*	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was performing home inspections and was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.
2016-08-31	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Doyle Electric, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee had his feet up on a brace. The brace failed and the employee fell to the ground fracturing an arm and vertebrae.
2016-08-23	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	AMERICAN RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO., LLC	Leg(s)	Fall on water vehicle
An employee was operating a front end loader inside of a cargo hold on a ship docked midstream. As he exited the cab of the loader, he lost his footing on the step and fell to the floor of the cargo hold, fracturing his right leg.
2016-08-17	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Dolese Bros. Co.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee suffered from heat exhaustion and dehydration while driving.
2016-08-09	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Cox Communications	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
An employee was responding to a trouble call work order at the home of a customer. He was standing on and working from an extension ladder at an estimated working surface height of 15 ft. in order to remove and replace the drop (aerial cable) that was serving the customer's home. He cut the drop at the point where it was attached to the mid-span. The release of tension on the drop caused the mid-span to recoil, thereby throwing the employee from the ladder to the ground onto his right hip. He su
2016-08-03	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Family Dollar	Leg(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A car drove into a store and struck an employee, who suffered a broken leg.
2016-07-30	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	U.S. Postal Service	Nonclassifiable	Other animal bites, nonvenomous
An employee was bitten by dog.
2016-07-08	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	AAA Cooper Transportation, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
While standing on a loading dock to the side of a forklift, an employee was bumped by another forklift, fell down, and sustained a deep laceration to his left leg below the knee, requiring stitches.
2016-06-30	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Tri State Trenchless	Head and trunk	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was setting a piece of casing in a trench when the line-up tab broke, swung off the pipe, struck the employee in the head and chest, and pinned him between the pipe and wall.
2016-04-19	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Byron E. Talbot Contractor, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was guiding an 8" PVC water pipe that was attached by a synthetic sling to the bucket of an excavator. The pipe was being set in place when the sling slipped from the pipe. The pipe rolled on the ground and struck the employee in the leg, fracturing the employee's upper thigh bone.
2016-02-29	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	RL Hall and Associates, Inc	Multiple body parts	Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
An employee was loading a pallet into a pick up truck using a forklift. The employee placed the pallet onto the tailgate of the pick up truck, then got off the forklift and proceeded to push the pallet into the pick up. The forklift moved forward slowly and a fork struck the employee in the arm and pinned his arm. The employee suffered two cracked ribs and a fractured forearm.
2016-02-16	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Jacobs Field Services	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was stepping down from the crane operator's cab and fell to the ground, fracturing the right hip.
2016-01-28	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Deep South Crane & Rigging, LLC	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was attempting to center a winch drum spacer on a lathe. The winch drum spacer flipped off the lathe and fell onto his right foot resulting in injury. The employee sustained a contusion on upper part of right leg and had four toes amputated.
2016-01-20	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	J & C Machine Fabricating Inc.	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee's jacket sleeve got caught in a lathe pulling and twisting the employee's left arm and breaking it. The break required surgery to repair.
2016-01-12	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	CMC Steel Fabricators Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating a shear line to fabricate steel rebar when the rollers on the dump table stopped working. While attempting to diagnose the problem, his left glove was caught in the in-running nip point of the rollers' belt and pulley, amputating his left pinky fingertip.
2015-12-08	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Grady Crawford Construction Company	Knee(s)	Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was assisting another employee in moving a large plastic spool. As the employee was pushing the spool, a trackhoe that was compacting the dirt backed over the employee's left foot resulting in injury to the left knee.
2015-12-03	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Boh Bros. Construction Co., LLC	Ankle(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was assisting a pit fitter. When a track hoe operator adjusted a pipe approximately 300 feet away, it caused the pipe to fall off the pipe stand and strike the employee just above the left ankle. The employee's ankle fractured.
2015-11-24	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Associated Grocers, Inc.	Foot (feet)	Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
While stepping off an electric pallet jack, an employee's foot got caught between a loading dock platform and a metal barricade. The bone(s) above his big toe shattered. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery. The jack was in motion at the time of the incident.
2015-10-12	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Stupp Corp.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was changing the filter on a hot water system. The employee loosened the water filter cover and was burned on the chest, back and arms by hot water.