Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-14 | Houma | La | Stabil Drill Specialties, LLC | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
Employees were at the facility to perform hurricane cleanup and repair. The frame of a pull-down overhead door had been blown out during the hurricane. An employee was mounting a board to a bracket of the frame to then install a temporary vinyl curtain. The employee was standing on a pallet that was attached to a forklift and was approximately 8-10 feet above the gravel ground. When the employee struck the overhead door, it came loose and struck him, causing him to fall from the pallet to the gr | |||||
2021-06-22 | Houma | La | LineTec Services, LLC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was trying to free a utility pole section for disposal. The pole came loose, struck the employee, and knocked him off the trailer he was working from. He fell and struck his head on the ground, suffering head trauma, lacerations, and possible fractures. | |||||
2021-06-21 | Houma | La | LASHIP, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was installing handrails on a scaffold. While changing position, she fell, landing on the ground 14 feet below and suffering several broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a non-displaced vertebra fracture. | |||||
2021-04-08 | Houma | La | Lowe's Companies LLC | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level |
An employee was escorting a forklift driver in the outside lawn and garden area. The employee fell to the ground while walking and was hospitalized with fractures to the right wrist and hip. | |||||
2021-03-16 | Houma | La | Rouses Market #12 | Hand(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
An employee was cutting pig tails on a bandsaw. The saw lacerated the employee's right hand between the index finger and thumb, cutting into the palm. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery. | |||||
2021-03-10 | Houma | La | Rapco Fabrication | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Explosion |
An employee was spot welding an area under a boat. The welding equipment ignited vapors in a compartment that surrounded the gasoline fuel tanks and a vapor explosion occurred. The employee suffered a fractured skull, chest wall, ribs, and shoulder. The employee required hospitalization. | |||||
2020-09-01 | Houma | La | Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Upper and lower limb(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee tripped over a box of tiles while walking down an aisle. She suffered injuries to the right wrist and left knee and was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-19 | Houma | La | PERFORMANCE ENERGY SERVICES, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee pinched their right thumb between a wrench and a nut, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2020-06-22 | Houma | Louisiana | Academy Sports + Outdoors, Store 60 | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level |
An employee was retrieving shelving from the third row of warehouse racking. The employee lost their footing and fell, sustaining a fractured ankle. | |||||
2020-01-22 | Houma | Louisiana | Marshall's | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was operating a cash safe door. While the door was closing, it caught the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
2019-08-29 | Houma | Louisiana | Elite Workforce LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Water vehicle incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was installing an 11- by 2-foot steel plate onto the inside of a barge when the plate slipped and crushed two fingers on the employee's right hand, resulting in the amputation of the third and fourth fingers. | |||||
2019-06-10 | Houma | Louisiana | LASHIP, LLC | Lumbar region | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
An employee was bent down, welding retaining straps for drydock blocks, when a forklift knocked over a stack of blocks. The blocks rolled over and hit the employee, causing a lower back injury. | |||||
2019-03-23 | Houma | Louisiana | PCM Gulf, LLC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
An employee was carrying a pipe stand when he lost his footing and fell to the ground. The stand smashed his hand. His right ring finger was injured and had to be amputated. | |||||
2018-06-06 | Houma | Louisiana | CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was installing cable services at a customer's home and felt dizzy. The employee sat down, stood up and then lost consciousness possibly due to heat-related illness. | |||||
2018-03-12 | Houma | Louisiana | Bella Contractors | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a ladder to the ground, striking a metal garbage can and injuring his rib cage. | |||||
2018-03-05 | Houma | Louisiana | MASSE CONTRACTING INC. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
Employees were using a crane to put a spud in a barge. When an employee attempted to unhook the crane, the crane cable became caught and the block of the crane swung back and caught the employee's hand between the block and the spud. The employee's middle and ring fingertips were amputated. | |||||
2018-02-24 | Houma | Louisiana | LASHIP, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking to his working area and stopped to help a co-worker to flip the hatch cover weighing 80-90 pounds. The employee's right foot slipped and he lost his balance. The plate fell and smashed the employee's left ring and middle fingers. The ring finger had a laceration on the tip and the middle finger was amputated. | |||||
2018-02-01 | Houma | Louisiana | Terrebonne Folklife Culture Center | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was walking to her car in the dark, tripped over a parking bumper and fell. The employee was hospitalized for hip displacement. | |||||
2018-01-31 | Houma | Louisiana | Hutco, Inc | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonclassifiable |
An employee became ill while cleaning with a grinder, requiring hospitalization for an abdominal hernia. | |||||
2017-09-22 | Houma | Louisiana | ROUSES SUPERMARKET | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was unloading items in a warehouse loft area when he lost his balance and fell approximately 15 feet to the warehouse floor. He suffered multiple fractures to his left leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2017-05-16 | Houma | Louisiana | Offshore Energy Services | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was doing maintenance on a hydraulic tong. He was using his left index finger to remove water from the top of the tong's ring gear when the machine was activated. The tong began to rotate and pinched his left index finger, partially amputating it. | |||||
2017-04-13 | Houma | Louisiana | C & H Transportation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was helping a forklift operator load material onto his truck when his left hand was crushed between the trailer and mast of the forklift, fracturing and lacerating his index and middle fingers. | |||||
2015-09-23 | Houma | Louisiana | Gulf Island Marine Fabrication, Inc | Leg(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was pulling a come-along when the pad eye broke free and struck his right leg breaking it. | |||||
2015-09-14 | Houma | Louisiana | Complete Marine Services | Multiple body parts | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was pulling electrical wire onboard a marine vessel. A large hole was cut into the main deck to place the engine into the vessel. The employee fell into the hole breaking ribs and the right wrist. | |||||
2015-08-17 | Houma | Louisiana | ASAP Industries, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was sanding a pipe on a training lathe while wearing gloves. The employee's right glove got caught on the pipe and was drawn into the turning pipe, amputating part of his right thumb tip. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-07-20 | Houma | Louisiana | Performance Food Service | Brain | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was offloading product when he fell and hit his head. He was hospitalized for treatment and testing. | |||||
2015-05-29 | Houma | Louisiana | Marine Interior Systems, L.L.C. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonclassifiable |
An employee took a nap in his pickup truck in the shipyard parking lot because he felt sick. Coworkers found him on the ground next to his truck. He was subsequently hospitalized with a fractured C2-vertebra in his neck. | |||||
2015-03-24 | Houma | Louisiana | Energy Services International | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was working on a horizontal milling machine when the employee's finger got caught between the rotating chuck and the metal stationary platform. The machine was unguarded at the time. | |||||
2015-03-13 | Houma | Louisiana | ASAP Industries, LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was pressure-testing a sand separator in a test booth. The employee entered the test booth to remove a plug on the sand separator. Before entering, he turned off the water hose and turned on the high-pressure pump. As he removed the plug, a failure occurred. The employee sustained a broken arm, and the plug was embedded in his arm. | |||||
2015-02-21 | Houma | Louisiana | Dolphin Services, LLC | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was performing maintenance work on a crawler crane's ignition system while standing on the track which provided only 5.5 inches of surface to stand on. The mechanic slipped and fell approximately 59 inches and broke his right leg. He was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2015-02-06 | Houma | Louisiana | Offshore Specialty Fabricators | Wrist(s) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was working on an offshore barge and fell while trying to connect a hook to a lowered boom of a crane. The employee braced his fall with his hands, fracturing his right wrist. The employee was taken to the hospital by helicopter to receive treatment. A cast was placed on the employee's right wrist and he was kept overnight for observation. |