Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-07-18 | Saint Rose | Louisiana | BUNZL DISTRIBUTION SOUTHEAST, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
An employee was moving a pallet of boxes from a rack. A second rack rolled forward; the employee's left hand was pinned and the little finger was amputated. | |||||
2016-10-20 | Saint Rose | Louisiana | Southern Glazers, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was operating a hand held pallet jack when their foot got caught between the pallet jack and a steel storage rack upright. | |||||
2016-05-25 | Saint Rose | Louisiana | KIRBY INLAND MARINE, LP | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was loading a barge when he became ill due to dehydration. | |||||
2016-04-19 | Saint Rose | Louisiana | International-Matex Tank Terminals, Inc. | Head and neck | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
Employees were removing a loading arm from the loading platform and were using a rope to hold the loading arm in place. The rope snapped, which caused the arm to swing down and hit an employee in the chest. The blow knocked him off of the platform and onto the concrete below, a distance of approximately 11.5'. He fractured his neck vertebra and skull. | |||||
2015-04-21 | Saint Rose | Louisiana | Falk Renew Prager | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was assisting a mechanic in disassembling a gear box. The employee was holding an intermediate assembly inside the gear box when it shifted and created a pinch point between the assembly and the internal bore. The tip of one of the employee's index fingers was amputated. |