Raceland Raw Sugar, LLC
Other contact with non-running objects or equipment n.e.c. — Fractures — RACELAND, Louisiana
| Employer | Raceland Raw Sugar, LLC |
| Address | 175 Mill Street |
| City, State ZIP | RACELAND, Louisiana 70394 |
| Report ID | 2025021470 |
| Event Date | February 14, 2025 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Fractures |
| Body Part | Multiple leg locations n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Other contact with non-running objects or equipment n.e.c. |
| Source of Injury | Bucket, front-end, and pay loaders |
| Secondary Source | Unattached rail car |
| Industry (NAICS) | 311314 |
| Inspection # | 1804808 |
| GPS Coordinates | 29.73267, -90.59291 |
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Incident Narrative
The injured employee and a co-worker were moving a tank car loaded with molasses from the loading station to the designated side of the facility using a wheel loader to pull the rail car. The employees reached an incline and applied the handbrake. While they repositioned the wheel loader to push the rail car the remaining distance to their destination, the rail car started to move backward. The injured employee climbed onto the rear platform of the car to tighten the brake, but the rail car collided with the loader bucket and the employee suffered fractures to their right femur and tibia.
Incident Summary
On February 14, 2025, a worker at Raceland Raw Sugar, LLC in RACELAND, Louisiana suffered fractures to the multiple leg locations n.e.c.. The incident was classified as other contact with non-running objects or equipment n.e.c., with bucket, front-end, and pay loaders identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 4 severe injury reports involving "Other contact with non-running objects or equipment n.e.c." incidents in our database. Browse all Other contact with non-running objects or equipment n.e.c. injuries.
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