| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-03 | Lake Charles | La | Gallo Mechanical, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| An employee was operating a scissor lift from about 20 feet in the air. A boom lift struck the scissor lift, which tipped over. The employee fell with the scissor lift, landing on the concrete floor and suffering a broken pelvis, broken lower vertebrae, a broken left elbow, and a brain bleed. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Lake Charles | La | Gulf State recovery service, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was standing on a 2' x 6' platform that was on a forklift, lifted to approximately 10 to 12 feet above the ground. The employee took a step to his left and the platform tilted. The employee fell to the ground and sustained two broken wrists and a fractured pelvis. | |||||
| 2021-09-07 | Lake Charles | La | Brock Services, LLC | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was moving from a scaffold ladder to the scaffold platform when he fell to the ground 15 feet below. He suffered a broken right wrist and broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-08-09 | Lake Charles | La | RND Metal, LLC | Wrist(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| A piece of sheet metal slipped from an employee's hand and cut the employee's right wrist. | |||||
| 2021-05-20 | Lake Charles | La | Gulf Machine Shop, Inc | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning up a yard. Some debris fell into his boot. He sat down on some stacked steel plates to remove it; a plate rocked, and as he tried to brace himself his left ring fingertip was amputated between two of the plates. | |||||
| 2021-05-05 | Lake Charles | La | LAKE CHARLES COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY | Fingertip(s) | Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport |
| An employee was holding the flip plate up on the trailer lift gate. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the flip plate and the lift gate platform and partially amputated. | |||||
| 2021-03-31 | Lake Charles | La | Billy Navarre Chevrolet Service | Foot (feet) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was descending a set of temporary stairs when they slipped and fell, resulting in fractures in their left foot. | |||||
| 2021-03-08 | Lake Charles | La | McManus Construction, LLC | Multiple trunk locations | Excavation or trenching cave-in |
| An employee was installing drainage culverts in a trench bank. The trench bank caved in on the employee, who suffered injuries to the lungs, spleen, and liver. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-01-25 | Lake Charles | La | Command Construction LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was connecting two concrete traffic barriers. As he was placing the securing pin between the two barrier pieces, one barrier shifted, pinching his hand between the two barriers. The employee sustained an amputation to the left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-01-05 | Lake Charles | La | Lake Charles Alignment & Brake Service | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was repairing a forklift when his middle finger was smashed between the hydraulic ram and the sides of the forklift. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery. | |||||
| 2020-09-29 | Lake Charles | La | Alfred Palma LLC | Head and trunk | Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet |
| On September 29, 2020, an employee was working on a warehouse roof. As he looked for an anchorage point, he fell through a skylight to the floor 12 feet below. He suffered a skull fracture and a spleen injury; he was hospitalized and his spleen had to be removed. Fall protection was being worn, but was not anchored at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2020-05-27 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | STS Aviation Services - Tank Tigers | Arm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inside a fuel tank preparing to clean it out using a high-pressure water hose. The water was turned on and the hose whipped around and hit the employee in the arm causing a laceration. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery on his arm. | |||||
| 2020-02-01 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | GOLDEN NUGGET LAKE CHARLES, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was unloading concert equipment using an automatic loader. The garage door on a ramp would not open; while the employee was trying to open it automatically, the automatic loader slipped, catching his right foot between the ramp and the I-beam underneath the garage door. His right second toe was medically amputated. | |||||
| 2019-05-23 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Landry's, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was cleaning/replacing blades on a potato slicer when the slicer caused a partial right thumb amputation. | |||||
| 2019-04-23 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Gulf Machine Shop, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A forklift was lifting a piece of scrap metal. The scrap metal cut the strap tying it to the forklift and fell onto an employee. The skin on the employee's right arm was removed. | |||||
| 2018-08-03 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Stine, L.L.C. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing down from a truck by stepping on the forks of a forklift when the employee slipped and fell on the forks, suffering a punctured lung and broken ribs. | |||||
| 2018-01-27 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Walmart | Multiple trunk locations | Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving |
| An employee was attempting to stop shoplifters when he was pushed down, injuring his back and hip (possible broken hip). He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-08-03 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Northrop Grumman Corporation | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was raising an aircraft maintenance stand with a pump handle when the pump handle broke off and the employee fell approximately 5 feet from the stand to the ground, suffering a broken hip. | |||||
| 2017-08-01 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Quality Labor Management | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was holding the end of a measuring tape near the base of an 800-pound switch gear that was on uneven ground. He was helping to measure the switch gear to relocate it when it teetered on the uneven ground and struck one of his left-hand fingers, fracturing it. | |||||
| 2017-07-18 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | CUSTOM METAL FABRICATORS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was adjusting the blades on a forklift and crushed a finger in a pinch point. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Angelico Construction Co. LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| An employee was walking on the roof when he fell 30 to 40 feet to the ground, suffering broken ribs, punctured lungs, and other injuries. | |||||
| 2017-04-11 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Volunteer Pastilles, LLC | Face | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| The employee was changing a spring on a motor former on the production line when hot product from the line splashed into the employee's face resulting in burns. | |||||
| 2017-04-01 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Coca-Cola bottling company | Foot (feet) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
| An employee was loading metal racks into a trailer using a lift truck when the employee's left foot was caught and fractured between the lift truck and the metal rack. | |||||
| 2017-02-15 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | SGS North America | Multiple face locations | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was walking to a sampling location when he tripped on a barge rib and fell, striking the steel beam with his face. He busted his teeth, fractured his nose, and punctured an artery, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2017-01-09 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Waste Management of Louisiana, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was mounting the rear riding step of a refuse truck when his hand entered the refuse truck hopper where the sweep blade was running. The sweep blade caught and amputated his right middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2016-08-22 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | McManus Construction, LLC | Head | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| While pouring concrete, an employee felt dizzy and lost his balance, possibly due to heat exposure, and fell backwards striking his head on an unknown object. He was hospitalized and required stitches. | |||||
| 2016-07-18 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Vic & Anthony's | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell while walking into the cooler and fractured their right hip. | |||||
| 2016-03-15 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Golden Nugget Lake Charles | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was removing a snake from the spa pool area while standing on a 6-foot A-frame ladder. The snake lunged at the employee and startled him. He attempted to step down on the ladder and missed a rung. He fell to the ground and suffered a compound fracture to the left ankle. | |||||
| 2016-01-25 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | R & R Construction, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
| An employee's right-hand ring fingertip/first knuckle was amputated by an excavator bucket while the employee was taking measurements under a tank. | |||||
| 2015-10-20 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Performance Aircraft Services | Wrist(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| The employee was preparing to operate the water stripper gun to perform a quick test prior to beginning work. During the test, a particle lodged in one of the newly installed jewel tip nozzles of the whip hose causing a sudden surge in pressure. This resulted in a failure of the whip hose (the pressure surged to 18,000 PSI and was rated for 22,000 PSI). High pressure water exited the hose from the break and struck the employee's wrist. | |||||
| 2015-08-27 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Golden Nugget Lake Charles, L.L.C. | Knee(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee left the casino floor and was walking down the "employee only" hallway towards The Dish (casino restaurant) when she fell and injured her knee. She was admitted to the hospital where she underwent knee surgery. | |||||
| 2015-07-28 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Mr. Snow | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee stuck her right hand into the covered (stout) part of the snow machine to remove stuck crushed ice. As she was removing her hand, the right middle finger was cut by a sharp metal object, resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-07-25 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | JOHNSON BROS. CORPORATION | Leg(s) | Roadway collision with other vehicle |
| An employee was aligning highway cones in the construction zone when his legs became pinned between a public driver's car and the rear end of the company's pickup truck, resulting in the amputation of his right leg and the possible amputation of his left leg. | |||||
| 2015-05-26 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | ABC Supply Co., Inc. | Thigh(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was exiting the forklift truck when he slipped and fell to the ground. The operator suffered a broken femur and was admitted to the local hospital. | |||||
| 2015-01-07 | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Labarre Associates, Inc. | Ankle(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| Employee was using a 5-6 ft extension ladder to access an exterior light fixture. Upon removing the light fixture, the fixture broke free of the wall and fell towards the employee's face. Employee attempted to dodge the falling fixture, causing him to lose his footing on the ladder. He fell from the ladder and was hospitalized with fractures to both bones in his right ankle. | |||||