| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-20 | Fort Polk | La | Pride Industries | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was using a 15-foot ladder to access a chill water line on a ceiling. The employee fell from the ladder to the concrete floor, suffering a broken left arm, left leg, and hip. | |||||
| 2021-02-03 | Fort Polk | La | Pride Industries | Leg(s) | Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway |
| An employee was moving an aerial lift while inside the aerial lift when the lift hit a pothole. The basket bounced, causing the employee the hit the basket and fracture his right leg. | |||||
| 2019-06-24 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | AECOM | Head and trunk | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was welding on a newly fabricated fuel tank when a flash fire occurred. Residual fumes in the tank ignited and flames exited the tank opening, causing burns to the employee's face and chest. | |||||
| 2019-01-24 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | Valiant Integrated Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was helping a forklift driver position the forks behind a vehicle to be picked up. The forks were raised, and the employee's right thumb was crushed between them and the vehicle. | |||||
| 2018-06-05 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | Pride Industries | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee lost consciousness and fell to the concrete pavement while blowing grass off of the concrete with a grass blower. The incident may be heat-related. | |||||
| 2017-08-23 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | Abatement Services, Inc. | Upper arm(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| Employees were removing storefront glass panels when a panel broke into three pieces. The glass lacerated the injured employee's right bicep. | |||||
| 2017-07-26 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | Pride Industries | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee experienced heat-related illness and was hospitalized after working outside changing crossties on a railroad track. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | Corvias Military Living FP LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was exposed to mildew while replacing a cabinet that was damaged by a water leak. He had an allergic reaction and suffered respiratory irritation, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-08-08 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | URS Federal Technical Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing the shock absorber on a military truck when the replacement shock absorber shifted during installation and amputated 1/2 an inch of the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2016-06-24 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | URS Federal Technical Services-AECOM | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was holding and using a pressurized pneumatic grease gun when a leak in the line caused pressurized grease to inject into his left middle finger between the first and second knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-06-15 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | Bowhead Logistics Solutions, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On 06/15/2016, an employee was helping to relocate the forks on a powered industrial truck. The employee's left-hand ring finger was caught between the forks, resulting in an open fracture and partial amputation of the fingertip below the fingernail. | |||||
| 2016-04-11 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | Cubic Global Defense, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was riding an ATV to set fire markers. While making a left turn, the employee lost control of the ATV and fell on the road, suffering an injury. | |||||
| 2015-05-28 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | Savard Labor & Professional Staffing, L.L.C. | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| A temporary labor employee was using a grinder outfitted with a cutting wheel to cut metal truss material for the roofers. The employee's glove was caught by the spinning cutting wheel drawing the employee's hand into the cutting blade. The employee suffered lacerations to the wrist and hand area. The employee was sent to the hospital where he was admitted. | |||||
| 2015-03-04 | Fort Polk | Louisiana | Worthington Military Construction | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| The employee was carrying a piece of plywood on the second floor of the residential structure. The employee fell over the edge approximately 8 feet. | |||||