Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-02-01 | Walker | Louisiana | The Martin-Brower Company | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was moving pallets of products on the warehouse floor. While repositioning an electric pallet jack, her foot was pinned between the pallet jack and an empty pallet. She was hospitalized with lacerations and fractures to the first, fourth, and fifth toes, requiring surgery. | |||||
2019-04-11 | Walker | Louisiana | The Martin-Brower Company | Ankle(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
A pallet jack went into motion without an operator, crushing an employee's lower leg against a piece of angle iron. The employee suffered an ankle fracture. The pallet jack was tagged out at the time. | |||||
2016-08-02 | Walker | Louisiana | Custom Ecology, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall to lower level |
An employee was dumping a load of waste when he fell into the solidification pit, suffering burns. | |||||
2016-07-08 | Walker | Louisiana | CB & I | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee working in the pipe yard felt discomfort and started cramping. He decided to take a break, but his legs buckled and he collapsed to the ground. He was hospitalized with a heat-related illness. |