Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-07-12	Metairie	La	Schwander Hutchinson Roofing, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was taking measurements on a rooftop and fell 9 feet to the ground. The employee sustained multiple broken bones.
2021-04-20	Metairie	La	Bernhard MCC	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was installing neoprene vibration dampeners under an air handling unit. The unit had been lifted about 1/2 inch off a concrete slab. It slipped off the lifting mechanism and crushed the employee's fingertip.
2020-09-11	Metairie	La	St. Louis King of France School	Ankle(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
A teacher lost their footing while walking in a classroom and fell. The teacher suffered a broken ankle that required surgery.
2020-09-02	Metairie	La	C.T. Traina, Inc.	Arm(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was working in the fabrication shop when he tripped and his left arm struck a piece of sheet metal. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery for a severed artery and tendon in his left arm.
2020-01-29	Metairie	Louisiana	STEWART INDUSTRIAL CONTRACTORS	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on scaffolding framing up a fur down (dry wall ceiling) and hanging sheetrock. The employee fell and was hospitalized for broken ribs and a leg contusion.
2020-01-03	Metairie	Louisiana	ATT	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working at a residential home. While ascending a ladder outside, the employee fell around 9 feet to the ground, requiring hospitalization for a possible rib injury and a collapsed lung.
2019-08-07	Metairie	Louisiana	Eco Energy & Solar Solutions, LLC	Upper and lower limb(s)	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was performing stucco work using a scaffold when the scaffold collapsed and the employee fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left shin, shattered ball area of a foot, and two fractures to a finger on the right hand.
2019-06-26	Metairie	Louisiana	Labor Finders	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After picking debris up outside between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., a temporary employee became overheated and was cramping up due to heat exhaustion.
2019-06-06	Metairie	Louisiana	Enterprise Holdings Branch 1401	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was seated in a car rental office lobby. He stood up, lost his footing, and fell, hitting the right side of his head on a glass wall and breaking his right hip on the floor.
2019-04-25	Metairie	Louisiana	Hancock Whitney Bank	Hip(s)	Fall on same level due to slipping
An associate was at this branch location to attend a managers' meeting on a rainy day. The associate entered the side door just before 2:00 PM and walked across the entrance rug. Her foot was in a cast and when she stepped onto the tile floor, she slipped and fell onto her left hip. She was hospitalized for a broken hip that required surgery.
2018-08-21	Metairie	Louisiana	Sam's Club	Heart	Hitting, kicking, beating, shoving
Two employees were arguing in the break room when one of the employees punched the other employee in the face. The injured employee's chest later began hurting, and he suffered a heart attack.
2018-08-15	Metairie	Louisiana	Bernard Brothers, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting wood stakes with a powered saw when it cut four fingers on his left hand.
2017-07-17	Metairie	Louisiana	AT&T	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was conducting a field safety observation. While he was observing a coworker, he started sweating heavily. He was hospitalized for severe dehydration.
2017-07-14	Metairie	Louisiana	Rouses Enterprises LLC	Forearm(s)	Indirect exposure to electricity
An employee was hosing down a wall in the warehouse when water from the wall leaked onto loose electrical wires or into an electrical outlet/light switch. When the employee opened the door to leave, he received an electric shock. He suffered second and third degree burns to the right forearm, requiring hospitalization.
2017-07-13	Metairie	Louisiana	UPS	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was delivering mail along a route in an open mail truck. Around 5 p.m., he began experiencing hand and leg cramps. The cramping persisted overnight and he was hospitalized the next morning for heat-related illness.
2017-07-01	Metairie	Louisiana	Command Construction, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was overcome with heat stress and was hospitalized.
2017-06-08	Metairie	Louisiana	Ricki Brown, LLC	Heel(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was six feet high on an extension ladder replacing siding. When he began to climb down, he lost his footing and fell to the ground, fracturing his heel.
2017-01-17	Metairie	Louisiana	Hard Rock Construction	Arm(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was operating an excavator machine approximately four feet from an above ground power line when the power line arced out and electrocuted the employee who suffered second degree burns on the right arm and a broken wrist.
2016-08-11	Metairie	Louisiana	Best Qulity Labor, LLC	Head	Fall through surface or existing opening 26 to 30 feet
An employee was installing insulation on a roof cavity between two purlins when he fell 30 feet through an opening to the ground, crushing his head.
2016-08-09	Metairie	Louisiana	Walgreens Co.	Hip(s)	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee descending a step-stool missed the last step, losing balance and falling to the floor. The employee suffered a possible broken hip.
2016-05-07	Metairie	Louisiana	Barriere Construction Co, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone
Two employees were hospitalized after being struck by a third party vehicle in a construction zone at or around 2:45AM the morning of May 7, 2016.
2016-02-01	Metairie	Louisiana	Command Construction, LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was helping to install ground pipe in a deep trench. He was outside of the trench box on top of the 60-inch, pre-cast pipe form and bracing pipe. A back hoe operator was attempting to move the trench box when a portion of it made contact with the employee's left foot, crushing and breaking it.
2015-09-18	Metairie	Louisiana	Renovate, Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was working on an enclosed balcony putting up flashing between the balcony and the porch. The employee went on the outside of the balcony. He was holding on to the railing when it became loose and he fell approximately nine feet to the ground below injuring the hip, shoulder, ribs and lung.
2015-09-15	Metairie	Louisiana	Harbor Freight	Knee(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was descending a ladder, lost balance and fell injuring his left leg and knee.
2015-04-30	Metairie	Louisiana	USPS	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was shutting a safe and got her finger caught in the door. Her fingertip was severed, requiring hospitalization and reattachment surgery.
2015-02-05	Metairie	Louisiana	Fleming Construction Company, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
Employee was attempting to pull a ladder out of a manhole at a sewer lift station. The manhole hatch cover fell on the employee and knocked him down the hole. Employee fell approximately 20 feet to the ground below.