Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-01 | Port Allen | La | Host Terminals | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area |
An employee was loading material from a dock onto a barge. A tugboat struck the barge. The employee was knocked off a ladder, hit the side of the barge, and fell into the water. The employee suffered broken ribs and a lacerated liver and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-11 | Port Allen | La | SOUTHERN PACKAGING, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was observing a wood chipper. A log cutoff was jammed in the conveyor belt coming from the merchandiser to the chipper. While working to free the jam, the employee's finger got caught between the log and the side of the conveyor. His left ring finger was amputated. | |||||
2020-07-30 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Louis Dreyfus Commodities, L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
An employee was helping install a loader storage bin. While hoisting the bin up, it slipped off, causing a laceration to the employee's left thumb that required surgery. | |||||
2019-08-12 | Port Allen | Louisiana | T.T. Barge Services Mile 237, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
An employee was carrying a pneumatic ventilation blower and slipped when stepping off one barge to another barge. The employee fell to the deck of the barge and the blower fell on his right thumb, crushing it and resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
2019-08-10 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Safeway Transportation, L.L.C. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
An employee was driving a trailer to deliver liquefied petroleum gas to customers when the gas leaked and the employee was exposed to gas inhalation. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-05-31 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Arcsmart, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
While terminating some cables in an electrical cabinet, an employee suffered second- and third-degree burns from an arc flash. | |||||
2019-03-06 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Polar Service Centers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was cutting on a dry bulk trailer with a 6-inch grinder. The grinder kicked back and cut off his left index finger at the second knuckle, as well as lacerating his palm. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
2018-08-21 | Port Allen | Louisiana | HOST TERMINALS, LLC | Ankle(s) | Trip over self without fall |
An employee was walking up a ramp to the office trailer when he rolled his ankle. | |||||
2018-06-09 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Center PointTerminal Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee was helping a contractor install a swivel and the swivel fell on his hand breaking the left index finger. | |||||
2017-06-15 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Fab Worx Fabricators, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Ingestion of harmful substance |
An employee was spraying penetrating oil under a truck when the oil entered his mouth. He suffered chemical burns to his mouth and lungs, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-02-21 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Vinson Guard Service Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
The injured employee was about to inspect a docked vessel and was accessing the vessel through a gangplank. While on the gangplank, an employee of the docked vessel opened the hatch door which pushed the gangplank off the vessel. The injured employee fell 40 feet into the Mississippi River and suffered multiple injuries to her body. | |||||
2016-07-19 | Port Allen | Louisiana | T. T. Barge Services | Lumbar region | Fall on water vehicle |
An employee working on a barge tripped and fell 4.5' to a lower deck. | |||||
2016-03-04 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Hulcher Services, Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was attempting to dismount a railcar by the side ladder when the railcar began to move along the tracks. The railcar collided with a pipe layer on an A-frame, crushing the employee's right hand between the pipe layer and the ladder of the railcar. The employee was hospitalized and required hand surgery. | |||||
2016-03-03 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Vecta Environmental Services, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
An employee was cleaning his boot with a high-power pressure washer when the washer lacerated the area above the right ankle. | |||||
2015-10-17 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Graham Packaging Company | Brain | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
A machine operator tripped over the floor-mounted automated palletizer sensor and fell striking his head on the palletizer machine. | |||||
2015-10-16 | Port Allen | Louisiana | TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, LLC | Thigh(s) | Injured by physical contact during horseplay |
Two employees were engaged in horseplay and one employee was knocked to the ground, suffering a left femur fracture. | |||||
2015-07-23 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Abhe and Svoboda | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee fell 5 feet from a ladder. His leg got caught in the ladder, and he landed on his back and hit his head on scaffolding. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-05-05 | Port Allen | Louisiana | Southern Packaging Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a pallet stacker when he placed his hand on a chain associated with the machine. His finger got caught in the chain; he pulled his hand away, amputating his right index fingertip. |