Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-03-02 | Denham Springs | La | GPS Hospitality, LLC | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was taking product out of the freezer when she lost her balance and fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken femur. | |||||
2021-02-01 | Denham Springs | La | EC Cantillano Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a circular saw to cut plywood when his glove was caught by the blade. His left hand was pulled into the blade resulting in amputation of the index finger and a laceration to the middle finger. | |||||
2020-09-18 | Denham Springs | La | NTB-National Tire & Battery | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing |
One employee stabbed another with a pocket knife, causing abdominal wounds that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2019-06-17 | Denham Springs | Louisiana | Premier Concrete Products | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was banding foundation blocks. The tier lift came down on his foot, injuring his left fourth toe. | |||||
2019-01-13 | Denham Springs | Louisiana | Walmart Stores 935 | Upper and lower limb(s) | Shooting by other person-unintentional |
Two employees were on break sitting in a parked car. One employee accidentally discharged a gun, hitting the other employee's hand and leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
2017-08-15 | Denham Springs | Louisiana | Perfect Finish Concrete, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
While near a power line, an employee was holding the hose from the pump truck. He was electrocuted and received burns and internal injuries. | |||||
2016-08-07 | Denham Springs | Louisiana | U.S. Postal Service | Multiple arm locations | Other animal bites, nonvenomous |
While delivering mail, an employee was bitten by a dog on the upper and lower left arm. The employee was hospitalized and required stitches. | |||||
2016-02-05 | Denham Springs | Louisiana | Morgan Mechanical Services, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee working from a ladder at an elevation of approximately 8' fell from the ladder onto a carpeted floor and struck his head and back. He was admitted to the hospital with a skull fracture and cranial bleeding. | |||||
2015-02-18 | Denham Springs | Louisiana | Gator Millworks, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was shaping a piece of wood with a router. When the employee lifted the guard on the router to shape the wood, the tip of his right ring finger was amputated. |