| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-10 | Gretna | La | ACME TRUCK LINE INC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee developed an inguinal hernia while lifting a set of hoses. | |||||
| 2020-08-11 | Gretna | La | Southern Electrical Corporation of Mississippi | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| Employees were utilizing boom trucks to transfer live power lines to a new pole. One of the employees reached out to another to grab a tool while simultaneously holding the power line and experienced an electric shock. The injured employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-02-06 | Gretna | Louisiana | M & L Industries, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was attempting to place a spacer in a forklift's hydraulic sleeve cylinder when the employee's hand was caught in a pinch point, fracturing and lacerating a finger. | |||||
| 2017-09-11 | Gretna | Louisiana | PeopleReady INC | Foot (feet) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in roadway |
| An employee was attempting to mount the step of a moving garbage truck when he missed the step and his right foot became wedged under the truck's wheel. He fractured his right foot with a possible amputation. | |||||
| 2017-07-18 | Gretna | Nebraska | Tradewell Pallet Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was driving a forklift to transport a dumpster full of wood scrap to a scrap pile. When he hit the trip lever to tip the dumpster forward, the bar came up and pinched his left-hand fingers between it and a forklift fork. His left middle and ring fingers were crushed and lacerated, and his ring finger had to be surgically amputated to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-04-25 | Gretna | Louisiana | Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee was loading his grocery-delivering cart at a customer's location when he lost his footing while tipping the cart over and fell backwards. The loaded cart fell on his right thumb amputating it above the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2017-04-10 | New Gretna | New Jersey | Viking Yachts | Arm(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell 11 feet from the hull of a vessel under construction to the floor below and was hospitalized for a fractured arm. | |||||
| 2017-01-24 | New Gretna | New Jersey | Viking Yachts | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee fell 9 feet from a catwalk while helping to move a boat. The employee sustained a fractured leg and a bruised arm and nose. | |||||
| 2016-08-29 | Gretna | Nebraska | TRADE WELL PALLET, INC. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was pushing a pallet into a pallet dismantling machine. The blade caught the pallet and pushed it back into the employee's left side causing internal injuries. | |||||
| 2015-11-30 | Gretna | Nebraska | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. (UPS) | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An delivery driver slipped on snow or ice when getting out of his delivery vehicle and fell on his hip, aggravating an existing condition. The employee was hospitalized for further treatment/surgery. | |||||
| 2015-09-29 | New Gretna | New Jersey | Viking Yacht Company Marina | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Indirect exposure to electricity |
| An employee received electrical burns to the right thumb and middle fingers when his wrench contacted the control module of an AC unit on a boat. | |||||