| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-12 | West Monroe | La | Graphic Packaging International | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was switching valves on a pump in the recovery boiler area. While en route to the equipment, the employee entered an area where excavation work was being performed and that was flooded with 6 inches of cloudy water. The employee stepped into an inspection port that was waist high and sustained burns to the lower body from a hot water mixture. | |||||
| 2020-10-05 | West Monroe | La | WPS Industries | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On October 5, 2020, an employee was welding on a diverter gate that is positioned with bearings. When rotating the gate, the actuator cylinder shifted and crushed the employee's right ring finger. | |||||
| 2020-09-25 | West Monroe | La | Graphic Packaging International Inc. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was completing a quality check at the coating section of the paper machine. As the employee was clearing a coating buildup from the applicator roll, the employee's left hand was caught in a nip point between the applicator roll and coater roll and crushed. | |||||
| 2019-08-13 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Neighbors, LLC. | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet |
| An employee was going to turn the power off of an air conditioning unit located in the receiving area of the warehouse. The employee got into a bucket that was on top of a wooden pallet on the high-lift. The high-lift was extended about 25 feet into the air. As the employee reached towards the air conditioning unit, he stepped to the left side (front) of the bucket and the bucket slid off the high-lift. The employee fell to the concrete floor, landed on his left side (back), and hit his head on | |||||
| 2019-01-03 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Red Ball Oxygen Company, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was standing on the front of a utility trailer near the end of a forklift load that was being secured. Only one end of the load was secured when the forklift was removed. The load proceeded to lean over and fall toward the employee, knocking him to the metal fabricated loading dock. He suffered a broken leg, broken collarbone, shoulder blade contusions, and a collapsed lung. | |||||
| 2018-06-19 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Circle K | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee was at the register. She took a few steps back to look out the window and identify which gas pump the customer was on. When she stepped back she tripped over a box/crate on the floor and fell, landing on her right hip. | |||||
| 2018-06-18 | West Monroe | Louisiana | BANCROFT BAG INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was changing a metal wheel on a print cylinder transport while a coworker supported the side of the transport with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the employee's right index fingertip was caught between the metal wheel and the side of the transport, resulting in an amputation. | |||||
| 2017-03-09 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Graphic Packaging International | Arm(s) | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| An employee was working on a turbine to connect a dehumidifier to a generator unit. A localized flash-fire occurred resulting in burns to both of the employee's arms and a contusion on the left side of his head. | |||||
| 2016-05-03 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Graphic Packaging International, Inc. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was walking his preventative maintenance route on the wood chip conveyor belt. He reached a point where he heard a bearing making noise. The employee attempted to kick the roller with his right foot. When he kicked the roller he missed and his right foot and leg were pulled into the nip point between the roller and the conveyor belt. | |||||
| 2016-03-31 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Advantage Resourcing | Leg(s) | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
| An employee was mowing grass. He was startled by lightening and when he dismounted the riding mowing his leg was struck by the mower attachment. | |||||
| 2016-01-22 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Graphic Packaging International, Inc. | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was waiting for a sliced roll of paper to emerge from a paper machine winder. When the sliced roll emerged, the employee removed the side roll from the back roll and used tape to secure the side roll to the back roll. The employee then turned to get a core to place in the winder, at which time the side roll fell over, striking and fracturing the employee's lower left leg and foot. | |||||
| 2015-04-08 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Bancroft Bag INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was removing a printing press gear that was located in front of a gear that runs an ink roller. While performing this task, employees do not de-energize the ink roller gear because the ink will dry up. The employee's finger got caught between the gear being removed and the ink roller gear. The employee's left index finger was amputated, and two other fingers were injured. | |||||
| 2015-03-20 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Superior Swifting Services | Nonclassifiable | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was spotting a car (placing the car where he needed it) and was caught between the car and the dock. | |||||
| 2015-03-12 | West Monroe | Louisiana | LA Adriene Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| A carpet roll fell from a forklift onto an employee in the warehouse. The employee injured his ribs, legs, and back and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-02-19 | West Monroe | Louisiana | Graphic Packaging International, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| Two employees were attempting to take the forks off of a forklift. One employee was using a pry bar to lift the forks and the other employee was using his hands to push the forks. The pry bar slipped from under the fork, causing it to pinch the fingers of the employee who had been pushing the forks. One of the employee's fingers was amputated to the first joint, while another finger had the very tip pinched off. | |||||