DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-05-17ReserveLaCBSL Transportation ServicesMultiple body partsExposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was washing a tank trailer. When he opened the rear discharge valve on the trailer, ethylenediamine sprayed onto his right torso and upper thigh causing second and third degree chemical burns.
2020-03-18ReserveLouisianaCBSL Transportation ServicesBODY SYSTEMSInhalation of harmful substance-single episode
A cleaning technician was cleaning a tank trailer that contained residual sodium bisulfide. As he was cleaning the tank trailer with hot steam, he began to experience shortness of breath.
2019-06-02ReserveLouisianaCARGILL INCFinger(s), fingernail(s)Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was securing empty barges when his right middle finger was caught between a mule rope and a barge cleat. He suffered an amputation to the finger.
2019-05-16ReserveLouisianaCBSL Transportation ServicesEye(s)Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee opened a container with dichloroacetyl chloride residue, which is acidic. When the container was opened, tank pressure was released and some product discharged onto the employee. The product got on his back, the side of his body, and his face. He suffered first degree burns and irritation to the body and face, and was hospitalized for redness/irritation to his eyes. Safety glasses were worn at the time.
2018-09-24ReserveLouisianaNational Meat & Provision Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was working on the packaging machine and suffered the partial amputation of the left index finger.
2018-09-06ReserveLouisianaADMForearm(s)Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employer was caught in a conveyor, suffering an amputation 4 inches below his right elbow. The conveyor was guarded with a gate at the time of the incident.
2018-01-10ReserveLouisianaDSC Dredge, LLCMultiple body partsStruck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
A winch drum was sitting on top of a piece of angle iron to keep it elevated. An employee was laying beneath the angle iron, blowing sand off the drum to prep for painting. He then used the drum to pull himself up from the ground. One side of the drum shifted and fell on him, lacerating his left cheek, right thumb, and behind his right ear and breaking his jawbone and right thumb.
2016-10-21ReserveLouisianaCargill, IncFinger(s), fingernail(s)Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was placing a hatch cover on a barge when it landed on and amputated the end of the employee's right pinky finger.
2016-06-30ReserveLouisianaDaily Equipment CompanyLeg(s)Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
An employee released the park brake on a forklift and went to get something from a van. The forklift rolled forward, striking the employee and breaking the employee's leg.
2016-06-08March Air Reserve BaseCaliforniaSouthwest Construction Company, Inc.Upper arm(s)Struck by object or equipment
An employee was power-washing the airfield surface when the water spray or the sharp edge of the spray nozzle lacerated his upper left arm. He was hospitalized.
2016-03-19ReserveLouisianaLabor Services, LLCFingertip(s)Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was closing a door to the tool room with a hook chain. The wind blew and slammed the door shut on the employee's lift index finger, amputating the employee's fingertip.
2015-10-16ReserveLouisianaWestern Concrete PumpingWrist(s)Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee fell 6' from a concrete pumping boom to the ground fracturing his left wrist and suffering a head laceration and bruising.
2015-06-13ReserveLouisianaCARGILLFingertip(s)Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was throwing away a piece of pipe that was oddly shaped and heavier at the base. He threw it into the scrap metal trash bin and it rebounded against his middle finger, still placed against the edge of the trash bin, amputating his right middle fingertip from the top joint down.