Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-08-11 | Garyville | La | Excel Scaffold | Brain | Nonclassifiable |
An employee working as a scaffold helper was tasked with handing material to the scaffold workers. At the end of his shift, the employee felt ill and became unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized with swelling in his brain and elevated body temperature. | |||||
2020-08-05 | Garyville | La | Turner Industries Group, LLC | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was operating a manlift onto a levee dock ramp when the manlift began to slide down the levee for about 15 feet. The tires caught on the levee and the manlift flipped over sideways, causing the employee to land outside of the manlift basket. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg. | |||||
2019-01-24 | Garyville | Louisiana | Process Consulting Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fire |
A pressure gauge was removed while observing a pressure survey on the crude unit and an employee received first and second degree burns. | |||||
2018-08-13 | Garyville | Louisiana | St. John Fleeting, LLC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
An employee was walking when he lost his footing and fell back while his foot was in place, causing his left leg to break. | |||||
2016-10-19 | Garyville | Louisiana | Mistras Group, Inc | Multiple body parts | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
An employee was driving a golf cart when he lost control and flipped the vehicle. The employee sustained a broken collar bone, five broken ribs, and pulmonary contusions. A safety belt was not worn at the time of the incident. | |||||
2016-10-07 | Garyville | Louisiana | Turner Industries Group, L.L.C. | Multiple body parts | Exposure to harmful substances or environments |
On Friday, October 7, 2016, two employees were helping to decontaminate the blow down settling drum in the coker unit. In order to remove the check valve, one employee had to hold the back up while the other loosened the check valve. As the employee began to loosen the check valve, it suddenly came off and product sprayed out of the line onto the two employees. As a result, one employee received burns to his face and hands, requiring hospitalization. |