DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-06-05FarmervilleLaFoster Farms CorporationFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was unclogging a pump with chicken product. His right hand got caught in the pump, and the index and middle fingertips were amputated.
2020-06-23FarmervilleLouisianaFoster Farms CorporationBrainOther fall to lower level
An employee fell from a ladder to the concrete floor while performing maintenance work, suffering a head injury.
2020-02-24FarmervilleLouisianaFlying Jack's Contractors, LLCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
A carpenter was cutting 5-inch shims for a door jam project. While cutting on two saw horses, his saw kicked back and cut his left hand which was holding the wood board. He was hospitalized for a cut to his first and fifth digits and a severed tendon on the first digit that requires surgery.
2019-06-01FarmervilleLouisianaFoster Farms CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was climbing down a ladder when a nearby belt and pulley system caught his left hand, causing the amputation of the little finger.
2019-05-24FarmervilleLouisianaClaiborne Electric Cooperative, Inc.BrainStruck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A crew was cutting trees along a fence line when a branch fell and hit an employee on the back of the head.
2018-04-12FarmervilleLouisianaFoster farmsFingertip(s)Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was repairing a photo sensor on a pallet wrapper. As he was lowering the top plate onto the machine, the plate dropped onto one of his fingers, amputating the fingertip.
2017-06-09FarmervilleLouisianaFoster Poultry FarmsBODY SYSTEMSDirect exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
An employee received an electric shock while troubleshooting a marinade injector machine. Moisture and water had entered the 220V plug on the side of the machine, causing an instant shock and partial right-side paralysis to the employee.
2016-01-07FarmervilleLouisianaFoster Farms CorporationBrainHitting, kicking, beating, shoving
An employee was injured in a fight and suffered bleeding in the brain.
2015-07-28FarmervilleLouisianaFoster Farms CorporationFinger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Part of an employee's left thumb was amputated while operating a circular saw.
2015-02-23FarmervilleLouisianaFoster Farms CorporationFingertip(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
The employee was working at a production line where breast meat is inspected prior to packaging. The employee reached down and underneath a conveyor belt where her glove was caught in a pinch point, amputating her right index fingertip. The doctor described it as a de-gloving of the fingertip with removal of the bone tip.