| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-06 | Belle Chasse | La | Associated Grain Terminals | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Transportation incident |
| An employee was disconnecting a rope from a barge. The employee's middle, ring, and little fingers were crushed between two barges. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-06-07 | Belle Chasse | La | CHS Myrtle Grove | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| An employee was helping to remove excess tools and equipment from a bucket barge unloader. A roller slipped as the employee was lifting it and pinched his right index finger, amputating the fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-08-25 | Belle Chasse | La | Zachry Group, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| A load lugger work crew was unloading a roll-off bin. An employee was removing a cable from the bin when the truck rocked backwards slightly. The employee's left leg was pinched between the tilted rails where the cables were attached, resulting in a fracture to his fibula and a laceration to his calf area. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2020-01-31 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | CHS INC - MYRTLE GROVE TERMINAL | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An electrician was retrieving an aerial lift from the dock. While driving the equipment back to the facility, the lift turned sharply, forcing the front right tire off the road and onto a levee. The lift tipped and ejected the employee from the basket. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures to the right leg including the shin and ankle. | |||||
| 2019-08-29 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | A-1 STEEL ERECTORS, INC. | Heel(s) | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder to remove an electrical box. When he opened the box, he was shocked and jumped off the ladder to the ground. He suffered two broken heels. | |||||
| 2019-06-07 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | Hutco, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was removing a gear from an engine using a crane. The employee was unhooking a come-a-long when the crane operator noticed tension on the gear box. The crane operator lowered the gear and the employee unhooked the come along. The gear box came loose, swung, and hit the employee, pinning him between the gear box and bulk head. He fractured his left arm and ribs on the left side. | |||||
| 2018-06-26 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | Zachry Industrial Inc. | Hand(s) and elbow(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was opening a 4-inch condensate line to replace a gasket. Hot condensate steam was released from the flange, burning the employee's elbow and hand. | |||||
| 2018-05-17 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | Phillips 66 Alliance Refinery | Upper and lower limb(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was removing a nitrogen line from a unit. The employee did not realize that the nitrogen hose was back-pressured with 30 psi of steam that originated from a manifold located at the north end of the unit. The steam caused second degree burns to the employee's right inner thigh and left arm. | |||||
| 2018-02-16 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | C & C Marine and Repair, LLC | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was cutting steel with a cutting torch when a piece of hot metal fell into their boot, burning the right foot and ankle. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | National Oilwell Varco Tuboscope | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee's hand was caught between a pipe roller and a wire brush machine, smashing and partially amputating his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-01-20 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | Insulation Technologies, Inc. | Arm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| An employee was removing a window pane on the third floor of a building when the window broke and the glass fell into the fold of the employee's arm, lacerating it and severing two veins. | |||||
| 2016-08-12 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | CHS Myrtle Grove | Foot (feet) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was helping attach a jib to a mobile crane by pushing on the jib. The jib was laying on the tip of the fork. The jib fell and hit the employee on the head and shoulder, and then landed on his foot, breaking three toes and two metatarsals in his left foot. | |||||
| 2015-10-23 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | Conti Enterprises | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was untangling the cable from the block of the crawler crane. Afterwards, the crane operator raised the block of the crane while the employee's hand was still on the cable. The employee's left ring and middle fingers were amputated. | |||||
| 2015-10-13 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was on the bow of a tug boat on the Mississippi River cleaning the cutter head. A large boat passed by causing a wave. The employee put his hand on the bit to catch his balance. The boat rocked up and his right pinky finger was smashed between the bit and the cutter head resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2015-07-02 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | Consolidated Grain & Barge, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee, who was wearing a life vest, fell from the deck of a barge into the waters of the Mississippi River and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-06-13 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | CHS, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c. |
| An employee was attempting to remove the chain from the bit of a barge transfer system when the transfer cable snapped up, pinning his right index finger between the bit and the chain. This action removed most of the fleshy tissue of his upper finger. He was hospitalized, and the remaining upper finger was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2015-02-13 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | Crescent Engery Services | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee put a valve into the hole of an oil well as part of the process to plug the well. Pressure built up behind the valve causing it to explode out of the hole. One of the employee's legs was severely injured and is being medically amputated. | |||||
| 2015-02-10 | Belle Chasse | Louisiana | CC 111 LLC | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| Employees were removing derricks while unloading a ship. A breasting cable got hung up on a derrick. When the employees pulled the cable, the pressure caused the line to snap. The line struck two of the employees along the right side of their faces. | |||||