| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-02 | Natchitoches | La | Southwestern Electric Power Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was lifting a 330-pound transformer onto the bed of a vehicle. The transformer was set down on the employee's right hand, injuring the little finger. | |||||
| 2021-08-31 | Natchitoches | La | Shelton Energy Solutions, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was helping an equipment operator move a guide back into position. The employee's right foot was caught under the ram on the equipment when it was lowered, which caused an amputation to the toe about 1/4 inch from the tip. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-27 | Natchitoches | Louisiana | PILGRIMS PRIDE CORPORATION | Upper extremities | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was working on a eviscerator in the evisceration department of the processing plant and caught her arm in the machine. The injury required stitches. | |||||
| 2019-09-07 | Natchitoches | Louisiana | Pilgram's Pride | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was dressing chickens and got their arm caught in the machine resulting in a open fracture to the arm requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-04-01 | Natchitoches | Louisiana | Weyerhaeuser ELP | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was cleaning a reject from a press machine when the rollers came on. The employee's right index, middle, and ring fingers were caught between the rollers; she suffered a soft tissue amputation to the tip of the index finger, a missing nail on the ring finger, and a scratch on the middle finger. | |||||
| 2016-01-16 | Natchitoches | Louisiana | Brookshire Grocery Company | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a tenderizer machine and amputated the left index fingertip while removing a jam. | |||||
| 2016-01-14 | Natchitoches | Louisiana | Weyerhaeuser Manufacturing | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was attempting to align belts on the sort gate assembly machine so that the machine could run smoother. The machine's air pressure was not disengaged at the time. The pressurized machine knocked out the pin that holds the belts in line and hit the employee's hand, breaking the left index finger. The employee was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2015-11-20 | Natchitoches | Louisiana | Pilgrim's Pride, Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee lost balance and fell off a ladder breaking a leg. | |||||