DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-02-17KennerLaBarriere Construction Co. LLCMultiple face locationsInjured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting an iron waterline pipe with a chop saw. The saw kicked back and struck the employee, lacerating the employee's face and neck and fracturing the jaw and teeth.
2021-01-18KennerLaPellerin Milnor CorporationFingertip(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was using a pry bar to adjust a dryer basket in a fixture. The employee's left ring finger was caught between the fixture and the basket, and the fingertip was amputated.
2020-04-09KennerLouisianaNext Solar Energy Tech, IncBODY SYSTEMSDirect exposure to electricity
An employee was shocked while working on equipment.
2019-09-23KennerLouisianaGootee ConstructionLower leg(s)Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a scissor lift from the ground using handheld controls. The lift turned and its right wheel struck the employee, breaking the tibia and another leg bone. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-06-25KennerLouisianaThe TJX Companies, Inc.Leg(s)Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee was recovering items in the men's department after the store was closing when she slipped on water on the floor, fell and fractured her right leg.
2019-02-14KennerLouisianaJackson Truck & Trailer Repair of LA., Inc.Hand(s)Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee had been using paint thinner to clean auto body parts. When he went outside to smoke, paint thinner on his gloves ignited and burned his hands.
2018-07-16KennerLouisianaTULANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALThigh(s)Fall, slip, trip
On July 16, 2018, an employee was traveling to the airport on a business trip. The employee fell at the airport, suffering a broken right femur, and was hospitalized.
2017-09-21KennerLouisianaResCareHead and trunkPedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
An employee was using a portable toilet when a nearby bulldozer reversed and struck him, injuring his head, chest, and pelvis.
2016-09-23KennerLouisianaDP Developers, LLCBODY SYSTEMSStings and venomous bites
An employee was loading tools into the trailer when he was bitten by an insect. He was later hospitalized when he had an adverse reaction to the bite.
2016-03-22KennerLouisianaPELLERIN MILNOR CORPORATIONFingertip(s)Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person
An employee was showing a second employee how to install a drive shaft onto a rotor plate. The drive shaft had to be aligned and seated onto the rotor plate by using a leather mallet and striking the drive shaft repeatedly. While attempting to stabilize the drive shaft, the second employee placed his index finger on the end of the shaft. The first employee struck the second employee's finger against the drive shaft with the leather mallet, crushing his left index finger, which had to be surgical
2016-03-03KennerLouisianaWoodward Design + BuildBack, including spine, spinal cordStruck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
An employee was checking on a mini-excavator being worked on by a subcontractor. As he walked around the mini excavator, a hydraulic failure caused the extended boom to drop and strike the employee in the upper back area, cracking vertebrae.
2016-01-30KennerLouisianaParty CityBrainOther fall to lower level
An employee was working from a ladder to put a box on top of a fixture. He fell off of the ladder to the ground, where a customer found him laying unconscious. He injured his head.
2015-06-30KennerLouisianaVeolia Water North AmericaNonclassifiableCompressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
A new employee was observing an experienced employee on how to connect a yard mule to a dump trailer. The fifth wheel on the yard mule and the king pin on the trailer did not engage. The driver did not realize that they did not engage and the injured employee was caught between the cab and the trailer. The injured employee was hospitalized.
2015-05-18KennerLouisianaSPX Transformer Solutions, Inc. BrainOther fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was chasing down fuel lines in order to decommission an oil cleaning rig. As he was doing so, he began stepping backwards toward an open side panel which had been used to access the trailer. He stepped out of the trailer and fell backwards approximately 49 inches onto the shop floor. He suffered severe head injuries and was hospitalized.
2015-05-18KennerLouisianaGlobal Source`BrainOther fall to lower level
An employee fell out the side of an 18 wheeler box trailer and hit his head on the concrete floor.