DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-09-27Golden MeadowLaSuperior Shipyard and Fabrication, Inc.Head and trunkFall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet
While an employee was using a gangway to access a barge, the gangway collapsed and the employee fell 18 feet to the dry dock floor below. The employee suffered multiple injuries, including punctured lungs and severe head trauma.
2020-02-04Golden MeadowLouisianaDelmar Systems, IncFingertip(s)Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was returning to work from lunch. While talking to another employee on the other side of a closing access gate, the employee leaned against the gate before it completely stopped. His left hand was caught in the top roll bar of the gate, crushing the left fourth digit and requiring an amputation of the tip.
2019-07-19Golden MeadowLouisianaTetra TechnologiesLeg(s)Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was completing a fluid treatment process. The employee had just closed a 4-inch valve on a "T" manifold when he tripped and fell forward, striking the shin of his right leg against a valve handle and then landing on the ground. The employee's right leg sustained a spiral fracture requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2019-01-15Golden MeadowLouisianaLouisiana Machinery Company, LLC.Fingertip(s)Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was looking for a crescent wrench and dropped his flashlight. He reached for the falling flashlight and his hand contacted the fan blade of a running generator engine. The employee sustained an amputation to the right index fingertip and a laceration between the thumb and index finger on the right hand.
2018-05-16Golden MeadowLouisianaGulf Coast TanksSkullOther fall to lower level
An employee was putting nuts and washers on bolts while standing on an 8-foot A-frame ladder that was in the closed position when the ladder slipped. The employee fell and struck his head on the concrete below, suffering head trauma and a skull fracture.
2016-02-22Golden MeadowLouisianaEXPERT RISER SOLUTIONSAnkle(s)Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee attached a tagline on some pipe casing. When the pipe was picked up, his foot was tangled in the tagline, ultimately breaking his ankle.
2016-02-22Golden MeadowLouisianaCameron SolutionsFingertip(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was loading a filter into a casing while a coworker pushed the other end. The employee's fingers were pinched and his right-hand index and middle fingertips were amputated.
2015-07-28Golden MeadowLouisianaSuperior Shipyard and Fabrication, Inc.BODY SYSTEMSExposure to environmental heat
An employee passed out due to heat illness.
2015-07-08Golden MeadowLouisianaWEEKS MARINE, INC. Fingertip(s)Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was handling deck lines when his left ring fingertip got caught in a bit of the rope. There was no bone loss.