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2,376 OSHA severe injury reports in LOUISIANA.
OSHA Severe Injury Reports Database
Browse 2,376 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2017 | Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division) | HAMMOND, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 25, 2017 | Lipsey's, LLC | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Fall on same level, unspecified | Fractures | Hand(s) and elbow(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 24, 2017 | FC Staffing Inc | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 23, 2017 | FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources | Nonspecified injuries and disorders, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jan 23, 2017 | Coastal Drilling Company | NEW IBERIA, Louisiana | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 20, 2017 | University Health Shreveport | SHREVEPORT, Louisiana | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 20, 2017 | Insulation Technologies, Inc. | BELLE CHASSE, Louisiana | Injured by object breaking in hand | Cuts, lacerations | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 19, 2017 | Ouachita Biomass, Inc | LILLIE, Louisiana | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jan 19, 2017 | Boise Cascade | LENA, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 18, 2017 | Acadian Ambulance | COVINGTON, Louisiana | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode | Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jan 17, 2017 | Hard Rock Construction | METAIRIE, Louisiana | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Second degree electrical burns | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jan 13, 2017 | JBT Electric, LLC | MONTZ, Louisiana | Slip without fall, n.e.c. | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 9, 2017 | Waste Management of Louisiana, LLC | LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Jan 7, 2017 | Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc. | ABBEVILLE, Louisiana | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 6, 2017 | Goetz & Sons, Inc. | RAYVILLE, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Hand(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Jan 6, 2017 | Enviro Hydro Holdings, L.L.C. | ZACHARY, Louisiana | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jan 3, 2017 | Savard Labor & Marine, Inc. | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Struck by object or equipment, unspecified | Fractures | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jan 1, 2017 | Walmart | ROBERT, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 31, 2016 | TSD logistics Inc. | ADDIS, Louisiana | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Cuts, lacerations | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 26, 2016 | HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | GRAND CANE, Louisiana | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 26, 2016 | A-1 Electrical Contractors, Inc. | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet | Herniated discs | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 23, 2016 | Walmart 498 | JENA, Louisiana | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Pelvis | Hospitalized |
| Dec 21, 2016 | Hulcher Services, Inc. | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 19, 2016 | Savard Labor & Marine, Inc. | SAINT ROSE, Louisiana | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 17, 2016 | Northeast Louisiana Power coop | WINNSBORO, Louisiana | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical burns, unspecified | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Dec 13, 2016 | Turner Industries Group, LLC | WESTLAKE, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Stines lumber | SULPHUR, Louisiana | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Grady Crawford Construction Compnay, Inc. | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Advantage Resourcing | METAIRIE, Louisiana | Entangled in other object or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Dec 6, 2016 | Cooper/T. Smith | DARROW, Louisiana | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Dec 5, 2016 | Saenger Theatre Redevelopment Company, LLC | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Fractures | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 22, 2016 | Paul Transportation | DODSON, Louisiana | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle | Fractures | Multiple face locations | Hospitalized |
| Nov 21, 2016 | CAJUN CONSTRUCTORS | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 15, 2016 | Charles Holston Inc. | JENNINGS, Louisiana | Vehicle or machinery fire | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 14, 2016 | Carpenter and Paterson | WESTWEGO, Louisiana | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 14, 2016 | Cooper/T Smith Stevedoring Co. | DARROW, Louisiana | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. | Fractures | Forearm(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 14, 2016 | Warrior Energy Services Corporation | BROUSSARD, Louisiana | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Fractures | Head and trunk | Hospitalized |
| Nov 10, 2016 | Ochsner Medical Center West Bank Campus | GRETNA, Louisiana | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Nov 6, 2016 | Associated Wholesale Grocers | PEARL RIVER, Louisiana | Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident | Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Nov 4, 2016 | VACCO MARINE, INC. | HOUMA, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 3, 2016 | Alrich Corporation | KENNER, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Thigh(s) | Hospitalized |
| Nov 3, 2016 | Port-Agragrits Incorporated | SCOTT, Louisiana | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 2, 2016 | ISI Professional Services, LLC | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Nov 2, 2016 | Boise Cascade | LENA, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Crushing injuries | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Nov 2, 2016 | Autozone | SLIDELL, Louisiana | Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c. | Fractures | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Nov 1, 2016 | Foster Farms Corporation | FARMERVILLE, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Oct 31, 2016 | Stine Lumber Company | HARRISONBURG, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Cuts, lacerations | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 30, 2016 | River Parish Contractors, Inc | GARYVILLE, Louisiana | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely | Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Oct 27, 2016 | West Fraser | JOYCE, Louisiana | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Hospitalized |
| Oct 27, 2016 | Swift Transportation Co. Inc. | SLIDELL, Louisiana | Multiple types of overexertions and bodily reactions | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Lumbar region | 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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