| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-25 | La Place | La | DENKA PERFORMANCE ELASTOMER, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was on a 2-foot step ladder removing a pneumatic cylinder. He fell from the ladder, and on the way down his left side contacted a nearby brine pump. He suffered two broken ribs and a punctured lung on the left side of his body. | |||||
| 2021-07-02 | La Place | La | Atmos Energy | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle |
| An employee was riding a Segway reading meters. As the employee was riding between two poles a wire that was hanging between the poles knocked him off the Segway. The employee struck his head and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized with a neck laceration. | |||||
| 2020-09-30 | La Place | La | DuPont Plant | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
| On September 9, 2020, around 10:15 p.m. the injured employee was assisting a Dupont ENI mechanic repair a breaker by holding a flashlight for the mechanic when an arc flash occurred causing burns to the injured employee's face and hands. | |||||
| 2019-08-12 | La Place | Louisiana | BD LaPlace, LLC | Pelvis | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was removing a tundish with a remote overhead crane when the tundish fell off the crane and struck another employee against a second tundish on the floor. The injured employee suffered a broken pelvis. | |||||
| 2018-05-02 | La Place | Louisiana | BD LaPlace, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| At approximately 12:50 p.m. on 5/02/2018, an employee was operating a remote control crane in the rolling mill. He and three other mill employees were changing out a mill stand. He had the remote control box for the crane hanging from a strap around his neck. When the stand is slid out of position for removal, an opening to the flume approximately 2' x 5' is exposed until the stands are swapped and a new stand slides into position. While positioning the crane to pick up the entry box, the employ | |||||
| 2018-03-02 | La Place | Louisiana | Cooper Consolidated, LLC | Hand(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was changing the air can on a crane swing drum when the drum turned and caught the employee's right hand between it and a beam bracket. The bracket runs across the drum. | |||||
| 2017-07-31 | La Place | Louisiana | bayou Steel | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| While an employee was removing a steel stall with a chain to load on a crane, the steel stall shifted causing the amputation of his left index finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-27 | La Place | Louisiana | DENKA PERFORMANCE ELASTOMER, LLC | Multiple head locations | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was observing a distillation column. He walked inside an area that was barricaded by a scaffold and fell approximately 25 feet, hitting a pipe on the way down. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture, facial fracture, back injury, and also needed sutures. | |||||
| 2017-02-16 | La Place | Louisiana | Cooper Consolidated, LLC | Wrist(s) and elbow(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was changing the boom cable on a drum. He was standing between the boom drum and the holding drum on the frame below. While feeding the dead end of the cable with his left hand, he was using his right hand to balance himself on the drum. In the process, his right hand slipped and was caught between the cable and the drum. He was then pulled down and flipped over. He landed on the floor between the drums, dislocating his right elbow and fracturing his right wrist. | |||||
| 2016-04-21 | La Place | Louisiana | Bayou Steel, LLC | Head | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was troubleshooting a cable drum when the drum was activated. The employee's harness was caught by the cable, which flipped him over the drum. He landed on his head, suffering a 3-inch head laceration. | |||||
| 2015-06-23 | La Place | Louisiana | Ochsner Health Systems | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee placed their hands at the end of the MRI table while a coworker was moving the table to position a patient for testing. The employee's finger got wedged and amputated by the movement of the table. | |||||
| 2015-02-16 | La Place | Louisiana | ARCELORMITTAL LAPLACE, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was assisting in the positioning of a table that is used to guide steel forms. A crane and signalman were used to pick up and position the table. The employee went under the table to ensure that it was going to set level and the table was set down on the employee's left middle finger. Later that day the tip of the finger was removed by a doctor. | |||||