| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-26 | Hammond | La | Masterliner Inc | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was working on a nip roller machine when their right foot became caught in the machine, resulting an a toe amputation. | |||||
| 2021-08-19 | Hammondsport | Ny | O'CONNELL ELECTRIC CO. | Multiple body parts | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet |
| Two employees were on a utility pole, shifting position and equipment, when the pole broke. The employees fell 15 feet. Employee 1 suffered a broken jaw, a broken nose, and a broken vertebra and was hospitalized. Employee 2 was treated and released. | |||||
| 2019-08-31 | Hammond | Louisiana | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was descending a ladder when his hand was caught in a shackle. He received a laceration to the right palm, near amputation to the right ring finger, and a fracture/dislocation of the right middle finger. | |||||
| 2019-02-16 | Hammond | Louisiana | AAA Rent All | Eye(s) | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| After being removed from a charger, a dead forklift battery exploded in an employee's face. The battery acid caused an eye injury. | |||||
| 2019-01-14 | Hammond | Wisconsin | Guy Metals Inc | Lower leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was loading a metal pipe on a flatbed semi-trailer when the employee fell off the side of the flatbed semi-trailer. After the employee fell off the trailer, the pipe shifted position, rolled off the trailer, and landed on the employee's left leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured lower left leg. | |||||
| 2018-08-18 | Hammond | Louisiana | Roehl Transport | Head and trunk | Nonclassifiable |
| An off-duty employee felt ill and pulled his truck over in a store parking lot to sleep in the cab. He was found unresponsive after falling in the parking lot, suffering head and rib injuries that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-01-17 | Hammond | Louisiana | Southern Foods | Ankle(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking across the street going toward the main entrance of the plant when he slipped and fell on the icy road, breaking his right ankle. | |||||
| 2018-01-15 | Hammond | Louisiana | Energy Dispatch | Upper and lower limb(s) | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
| An employee was delivering fuel to a store when his pants caught on fire. He sustained burns to both legs and his left hand. | |||||
| 2017-10-11 | Hammond | Louisiana | Ferrellgas | Nonclassifiable | Fire |
| Two employees were filling cylinders when a flash fire occurred. They suffered first and second degree burns. One employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-02-11 | Hammond | Louisiana | SUNSHINE STATE DAIRY FARMS, LLC | Foot (feet) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working with a palletizer to restock pallets of milk crates when his foot was caught and crushed between the pallet and a catwalk. | |||||
| 2017-01-27 | Hammond | Louisiana | Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division) | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was observing a switch operation during troubleshooting and got a finger caught in the motor belt resulting in two fingertip amputations. | |||||
| 2016-08-25 | Hammond | Louisiana | Charter Communications, LLC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was in training requalifying for ladders. The employee was climbing an extension ladder, got dizzy due to heat stress, and fell about 15 feet. | |||||
| 2016-08-01 | Hammond | Louisiana | Louisiana 1st Choice Auto Auction, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee suffered a possible heat related injury. | |||||
| 2016-04-02 | Hammond | Louisiana | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| While using a water hose to wash down a piece of equipment, an employee contacted the equipment and amputated the left thumb. | |||||
| 2016-03-12 | Hammond | Louisiana | Charter Communications, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment while moving it |
| An employee was installing cable when a piece of the metal strains went into his finger. His finger became swollen, and he was hospitalized with an infection. | |||||
| 2016-01-25 | Hammond | Wisconsin | Guy Metals Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| At approximately 2:30 p.m., on 1/25/16, an employee operating a metal polishing machine lifted a curtain to wipe down the feed rollers on the machine. The employee's left-hand little finger was caught between the feed roller and the metal plate and had to be surgically amputated at the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2016-01-15 | Hammond | Louisiana | Sanderson Farms Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee amputated the left ring fingertip while operating a deboning machine. | |||||
| 2015-12-19 | Hammond | Oregon | BERGERSON CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to connect alligator clips to a battery inside of a welding machine. The machine was running and the fan severely lacerated his right index and middle fingers. The index finger was also dislocated. | |||||
| 2015-09-23 | Hammond | Louisiana | Walmart | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| Two employees were moving a shelving unit. The unit slipped and fell onto the employee's right big toe fracturing it. | |||||
| 2015-07-29 | Hammond | Louisiana | heritage crystal clean | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee fell from the top of drums loaded on the rear of his service truck while trying to reach absorbent materials. He struck the shelves in the truck, straining and tearing a back muscle. | |||||
| 2015-05-16 | Hammond | Louisiana | Community Motors, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was sanding a golf cart belt with sand paper while the golf cart was running. The belt caught his fingers and pulled them into the system, amputating his left-hand middle and index fingertips. | |||||
| 2015-04-10 | Hammond | Louisiana | Charter Communications, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was attempting to hang a 365' drop from the house to the connector wire. He placed his ladder on the strand and proceeded to climb it. The ladder began to slide sideways; the employee started climbing down but was thrown off the ladder at an elevation of approximately 10 feet. The employee landed in a ditch and suffered a compound fracture of the leg. The ladder was at an approximately 40-degree angle when the employee was thrown from it. | |||||
| 2015-03-02 | Hammond | Louisiana | Louisiana Machinery, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing a pump from a roller machine. He took his gloves off to remove bolts. The 86-lb. pump slipped; he went to grab it, and his finger was sheered off between the pump and the frame of the machine. | |||||