Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-01	Slidell	La	Texas Roadhouse	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a blender to blend macaroni and cheese and amputated his thumb.
2021-03-26	Slidell	La	LeafFilter Gutter Protection	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was repairing a gutter at a customer's home. As the employee was climbing a 15-foot ladder, the ladder tipped over and the employee fell to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to the right elbow and hip.
2021-01-06	Slidell	La	Integrated Service Solutions LLC	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level
An employee was changing a lighting fixture from a scissor lift. He was shocked and fell out of the lift onto an aisle end cap. He was hospitalized, suffering from back injuries.
2020-10-15	Slidell	La	AT & T	Wrist(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
A service technician was on a ladder repairing an aerial telephone cable at a customer's home. While descending the ladder, the technician fell approximately 5 feet to the ground and broke his left wrist.
2020-09-14	Slidell	La	Eco Energy & Solar Solutions, LLC	Head	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was stapling insulation onto the side of a building under construction. The employee began convulsing and fell, lacerating their head and requiring hospitalization.
2020-03-08	Slidell	Louisiana	Walmart Supercenter	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was operating a cash register when a cord caught her foot and she fell. She was hospitalized, undergoing surgery for her broken leg.
2019-03-27	Slidell	Louisiana	Durward Dunn, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was cutting steel with a torch when their shirt caught on fire and the employee was burned.
2018-07-09	Slidell	Louisiana	Dial Equities, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was putting chlorine tablets in a pool's chlorinator. A reaction caused the release of chlorine gas; the employee inhaled the gas and was injured.
2018-02-15	Slidell	Louisiana	Waste Management of St. Tammany, LA	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
An employee was testing the repair on the slide cylinder of a refuse truck by operating the packer panel lever with his left hand. When he engaged the lever, the cylinder linkage malfunctioned and caused the lever to abruptly kick in toward the side wall of the truck body crushing the upper half of the left index finger between the lever and side wall of the truck body resulting in a contusion and fracture.
2017-02-27	Slidell	Louisiana	M & M BROADBAND SERVICES, LLC	Multiple body parts	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
While an employee was working on a utility pole to run a TV cable to a house, the pole broke and the employee fell about 15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a broken left femur and a lower back fracture.
2016-09-30	Slidell	Louisiana	Lowe's Home Centers, LLC	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was in a pallet trailer behind the store when he fell about 4 feet from the pallet trailer to the ground. He sustained severe head injuries, fractured ribs, a fractured eye socket, and a fractured sternum, requiring hospitalization.
2016-04-25	Slidell	Louisiana	HARD ROCK CONSTRUCTION, LLC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was a cutting a form board with a circular saw. The saw jammed and kicked back cutting the employee across the chest.
2015-02-27	Slidell	Louisiana	Achary Electrical Contractors	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was loading a ladder on the ladder rack of a truck. When the employee went to step down, his ring got caught on the rack and his finger was sliced open.