Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-03-25 | Buras | Louisiana | Star Service Inc | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional |
An HVAC technician was returning from lunch to a maintenance job at a home. He was showing a 9-millimeter firearm to another employee when it discharged, shooting him in the left leg. He was hospitalized with a wound to the knee and thigh. | |||||
2017-05-28 | Buras | Louisiana | Kiewit-Pittman, AJV | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was rigging material on a crane. After releasing the rigging, the employee's pinky was smashed between a headache ball and the main block of the crane, amputating the fingertip. |