Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-09-11 | Dequincy | Louisiana | Ard Well Services, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was standing on the floor of a drilling rig while hooking up a Kelly hose to a pipe. The hose struck him below the left shoulder blade, and he rolled off the rig and fell to the ground. He suffered kidney trauma, broken ribs, and a liver laceration. | |||||
2019-07-19 | Dequincy | Louisiana | Waste Management of Lake Charles | Lower extremities | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in roadway |
A driver was backing a refuse truck down a dead-end street. Another employee attempted to mount the riding step on the left rear side of the truck while it was in motion. The employee slipped and was struck by the rear tandem wheels of the truck. The employee sustained fractures to the lower left ankle/foot that required surgical amputation and also sustained multiple fractures to the right leg. | |||||
2016-01-07 | Dequincy | Louisiana | Georgia Pacific | Leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was loading the kiln. A hook fell off of the rail car that enters the kiln. The employee attempted to reconnect the hook and caught his ankle in the rail car path resulting in a broken leg. |