| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-21 | Harahan | La | MARSIGLIA CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Head and trunk | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was installing a sheet metal roof. The employee stepped on a section of the sheet metal roof and it gave way, causing the employee to fall 15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a brain hemorrhage, severe facial fractures, a rib fracture, and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2020-09-22 | Harahan | La | Economical Janitorial and Paper Supplies | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on an auto picker machine approximately 10 feet in the air selecting orders. The employee lost balance and fell to the ground resulting in a fractured hip, femur and ribs. | |||||
| 2020-03-05 | Harahan | Louisiana | Economical Janitorial & Paper Supplies, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| While using an order picker machine, an employee fell 12-15 feet to the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a broken back, ruptured spleen, and multiple rib fractures. | |||||
| 2020-02-20 | Harahan | Louisiana | Capstone Logistics LLC | Leg(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when the jack pinned his leg against a rack. He suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2019-09-19 | Harahan | Louisiana | Nu-Worx | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee fell from a roof to a lower-level roof 12 to 15 feet below when a lifeline broke. The employee suffered a fractured collarbone and wrist and bruised ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-04-19 | Harahan | Louisiana | Spherion Temp Agency | Foot (feet) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| A temporary employee was parking a pallet jack and stepped off the jack when it rolled on top of his right foot, pinning it against a guardrail. He suffered pain in his right foot. | |||||
| 2019-03-03 | Harahan | Louisiana | COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY UNITED, INC. | Lower leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| Two pallet jacks collided. One of the pallet jack operators was hospitalized with a fractured and lacerated lower right leg. | |||||
| 2018-06-15 | Harahan | Louisiana | RackMasters, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 16 to 20 feet |
| A RackMasters employee and a temporary employee were in a scissor lift at an elevation of approximately 20 feet, using a hand-held tool to unscrew angle joints and dismantle a rack. They were removing the final piece of the rack, which was against the wall of the facility (almost flush with the wall), when the rack became loose, fell, and hit the scissor lift. The scissor lift then fell over and the two employees jumped when it was about 2 feet from the ground. The employees suffered a spinal fr | |||||
| 2018-03-19 | Harahan | Louisiana | Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. | Leg(s) | Nonroadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was operating a pallet jack when he collided with a second pallet jack, breaking his right leg and requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-09-22 | Harahan | Louisiana | Veolia North America | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was removing a motor from the top of a pump inside a wastewater lift station. A come-along was turning the motor to free it from its housing on the pump when the employee's left hand was caught between the motor's bottom edge and housing on top of the pump, amputating the left ring fingertip and lacerating the little finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-14 | Harahan | Louisiana | Concordia Wood Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting a board on a table saw when the saw amputated two of his fingers. | |||||
| 2016-08-04 | Harahan | Louisiana | Truck Pro | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was talking with a coworker when he suddenly fainted and experienced seizures. He was hospitalized with heat-related illness. | |||||
| 2015-12-18 | Harahan | Louisiana | CINTAS CORPORATION | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was getting out of his delivery truck and slipped resulting in injuries to both knees that required surgery. | |||||
| 2015-12-17 | Harahan | Louisiana | Ochsner Health Center - Elmwood | Leg(s) | Injured by physical contact with other person in sporting event or physical training |
| An employee broke a leg during athletic training when they impacted another person. | |||||
| 2015-11-17 | Harahan | Louisiana | The Hiller Companies, Inc. | Brain | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was walking out the door when a gust of wind caught the door. She tried to grab the door and fell striking her head. The employee was hospitalized with a head injury. | |||||
| 2015-10-22 | Harahan | Louisiana | Walle Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was operating a dye punch machine and amputated the second, third and fourth fingers on the left hand. | |||||
| 2015-08-24 | Harahan | Louisiana | National Maintenance & Repair | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was welding inside of a wing tank for about 30 - 40 minutes. He came out of the void at about 1500 hours feeling lethargic and weak and was assisted to the cool down area. The employee left the cool down area and went to the office where the decision was made to take him to the hospital. He was diagnosed with heat illness and treated with fluids. He was officially admitted to the hospital at about 2000 hours. The injured employee was wearing leathers, a welding shield, and glove | |||||
| 2015-06-11 | Harahan | Louisiana | Truck Pro | Lumbar region | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On June 11, 2015, an employee was standing on a forklift changing out the seals on the mast. The employee stepped backward, striking the level that lowers the mast with his back. The employee was pinned under the mast and fractured the lumbar region of his back. | |||||
| 2015-05-21 | Harahan | Louisiana | Ochsner | Thigh(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee slipped/tripped and fell in the concrete parking lot while running to his automobile in the rain at an administrative building. The employee severely strained his right hamstring and sustained an abrasion on his right knee, as well as abrasions on the palms of both hands. | |||||
| 2015-02-27 | Harahan | Louisiana | Coca-Cola Refreshments | Leg(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c. |
| An employee suffered a fractured left leg and was hospitalized due to being struck by an automated guided vehicle. | |||||