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2,358 OSHA severe injury reports in LOUISIANA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 2,358 workplace severe injury reports with employer names, locations, and incident details. Each report documents a hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss as reported to OSHA. Use the filters below to narrow results.
| Date | Employer | Location | Event | Nature | Body Part | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2017 | FERRARA FIRE APPARATUS, INC. | HOLDEN, Louisiana | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 28, 2017 | Bomac Contractors, Ltd. | NORCO, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Dec 27, 2017 | Brown's Dairy | HAMMOND, Louisiana | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Crushing injuries | Wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 27, 2017 | Rouses Enterprises, LLC | PONCHATOULA, Louisiana | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 27, 2017 | Westlake Chemical Lake Charles South | WESTLAKE, Louisiana | Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 26, 2017 | Ardagh Glass, Inc | SIMSBORO, Louisiana | Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 24, 2017 | Pratt Paper, LA LLC | SHREVEPORT, Louisiana | Entangled in other object or equipment | Amputations | Hand(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 18, 2017 | ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 15, 2017 | House of Raeford | CHOUDRANT, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Dec 13, 2017 | Sunland-Kori Services, LLC | EUNICE, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 12, 2017 | Wastewater Specialties, LLC | WESTLAKE, Louisiana | Struck by discharged object or substance | Cuts, lacerations | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 12, 2017 | Manno Electric, Inc | DARROW, Louisiana | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2017 | Service Seal llc | LAFAYETTE, Louisiana | Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified | Dizziness, lightheadedness, headache-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2017 | Pallets Associates, Inc. | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 11, 2017 | Leader Gasket Technologies, Inc. | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Dec 11, 2017 | JJJ Coordinating, LLC | CASPIANA, Louisiana | Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area | Hernias due to traumatic incidents | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 9, 2017 | Entergy Louisiana | HAMMOND, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 7, 2017 | Sid Richardson Carbon Co | ADDIS, Louisiana | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Dec 7, 2017 | Integrated Production Services, Inc. | ARCADIA, Louisiana | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Eye(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 6, 2017 | AECOM | FORT POLK, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 6, 2017 | Swift Transportation Company., Inc | TALLULAH, Louisiana | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle | Fractures | Foot (feet) and ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 4, 2017 | ALDRIDGE ELECTRIC, INC. | PLAQUEMINE, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Dec 3, 2017 | Plastipak Packaging, Inc | PINEVILLE, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Arm(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 1, 2017 | Pavestone Company, LLC. | LACOMBE, Louisiana | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 29, 2017 | Command Construction, L L C | METAIRIE, Louisiana | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 28, 2017 | Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | PINEVILLE, Louisiana | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 25, 2017 | Cenex Harvest States | BELLE CHASSE, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fractures | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 19, 2017 | EXXON-MOBIL COMPANY, USA | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nov 14, 2017 | Stine LLC | SULPHUR, Louisiana | Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hip(s) and leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2017 | CORE Construction | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Nov 11, 2017 | Turner Industries | WESTLAKE, Louisiana | Nonclassifiable | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Nov 7, 2017 | Acadian HomeCare | CROWLEY, Louisiana | Fall on same level due to tripping, unspecified | Cuts, lacerations | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 6, 2017 | Saia Motor Freight Line, LLC | MANSFIELD, Louisiana | Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c. | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Nov 5, 2017 | Hydro-Bolt, USA, LLC/dba Quad Pipeline | BROUSSARD, Louisiana | Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified | Fractures | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 5, 2017 | Southwest Airlines | KENNER, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 4, 2017 | Sun Industrial Group, LLC | BRUSLY, Louisiana | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrical burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Nov 3, 2017 | Big River Construction and Remodeling Co., Inc | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Cuts, lacerations | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 3, 2017 | Sun Industrial Group, LLC | HACKBERRY, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 1, 2017 | Corvias FP LLC | FORT POLK, Louisiana | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Oct 31, 2017 | Turner Industries, LLC | GARYVILLE, Louisiana | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Face, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 31, 2017 | Ternium USA, Inc | SHREVEPORT, Louisiana | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Fractures | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2017 | Inland Dredging Co, LLC | EFFIE, Louisiana | Water vehicle incident, unspecified | Fractures | Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 27, 2017 | SOUTHERN METER BOX, INC. | ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 25, 2017 | Rogers Premier Enterprises, LLC | WESTWEGO, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures and dislocations | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Oct 24, 2017 | T&J Torque & Testing, LLC | CHOUDRANT, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 23, 2017 | Atlas Blowpipe & Sheet Metal Works, Inc | METAIRIE, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 23, 2017 | York Torc & Test, LLC | CASTOR, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Oct 21, 2017 | EVANGELINE DOWNS RACETRACK & CASINO | OPELOUSAS, Louisiana | Kicked by animal | Fractures and dislocations | Multiple pelvic region locations | Hospitalized |
| Oct 19, 2017 | Kaolin/South Mill Mushroom Farms | HARAHAN, Louisiana | Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 17, 2017 | ACP, LLC | LAFAYETTE, Louisiana | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | First degree electrical burns | Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Frequently Asked Questions
OSHA requires employers to report all workplace injuries resulting in hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within 24 hours. Each report in this database includes the employer name, full address, a description of the event, the nature of injury, and a detailed narrative of what happened.
The most common severe workplace injuries include amputations, fractures, crushing injuries, burns, and multiple injuries. Falls, being struck by objects, caught-in/between incidents, and exposure to harmful substances are among the most common event types.
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