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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2015 | Chad Pody Construction Co., LLC | RUSTON, Louisiana | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part | Fractures | Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 31, 2015 | Oxbow Calcining, LLC | BATON ROUGE, Louisiana | Contact with hot objects or substances | Second degree heat (thermal) burns | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Aug 31, 2015 | Evonik Cyro, LLC | WESTWEGO, Louisiana | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Aug 27, 2015 | Golden Nugget Lake Charles, L.L.C. | LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana | Fall on same level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Knee(s) | Hospitalized |
| Aug 25, 2015 | Prudhomme's Maintenance Service, Inc. | MONTZ, Louisiana | Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface | Fractures | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 24, 2015 | National Maintenance & Repair | HARAHAN, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 23, 2015 | SGS Petroleum Service Corp. | HAHNVILLE, Louisiana | Nonclassifiable | Cuts, lacerations | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Aug 18, 2015 | EAGLE DISTRIBUTING OF SHREVEPORT, INC. | SHREVEPORT, Louisiana | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway | Amputations | Foot (feet), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Aug 17, 2015 | ASAP Industries, LLC | HOUMA, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
| Aug 10, 2015 | THE MIGUES DELOACH COMPANY LLC | ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 10, 2015 | Byrnes Mechanical Inc. | CALHOUN, Louisiana | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Electrocutions, electric shocks | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Aug 9, 2015 | BOISE CASCADE COMPANY | LENA, Louisiana | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Amputation |
| Aug 8, 2015 | Walmart | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Fall on same level, n.e.c. | Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Aug 3, 2015 | Libbey Glass, INC. | SHREVEPORT, Louisiana | Other exertions or bodily reactions, unspecified | Hernias due to traumatic incidents | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 30, 2015 | Drill Cuttings Disposal Company | WESTLAKE, Louisiana | Contact with hot objects or substances | Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 30, 2015 | LG Barcus | SHREVEPORT, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 29, 2015 | heritage crystal clean | HAMMOND, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Multiple sprains, strains, tears | Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2015 | Foster Farms Corporation | FARMERVILLE, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 28, 2015 | Dillard's Inc | ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object | Fractures | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2015 | Mr. Snow | LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 28, 2015 | Superior Shipyard and Fabrication, Inc. | GOLDEN MEADOW, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Heat syncope | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2015 | Central Gulf Shipyard | NEW IBERIA, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Fractures | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2015 | Gesipa Fastners | VIVIAN, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 28, 2015 | RICHARDSON MASONRY & CONSTRUCTION, INC. | BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 27, 2015 | Echo Powerline LLC | BROUSSARD, Louisiana | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical burns, unspecified | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 25, 2015 | JOHNSON BROS. CORPORATION | LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana | Roadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified | Amputations | Leg(s), unspecified | Amputation |
| Jul 25, 2015 | Lansing Trade LLC** | LAKE PROVIDENCE, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 24, 2015 | Woodward Design + Build | PONCHATOULA, Louisiana | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 23, 2015 | Abhe and Svoboda | PORT ALLEN, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. | Hospitalized |
| Jul 20, 2015 | WEST FRASER SOUTH INC | JOYCE, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 20, 2015 | Performance Food Service | HOUMA, Louisiana | Fall, slip, trip, unspecified | Intracranial injuries, unspecified | Brain | Hospitalized |
| Jul 18, 2015 | Rucker Mechanical Contractors, LLC | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 16, 2015 | Telecommunications Management, LLC | SHREVEPORT, Louisiana | Fall on same level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 15, 2015 | UPS | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, unspecified | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 15, 2015 | United States Postal Service | MONROE, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Effects of heat and light, n.e.c. | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 14, 2015 | Railway Spine Productions, LLC | CHALMETTE, Louisiana | Exposure to environmental heat | Multiple effects of heat and light | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Prairie Contractors, Inc. | RAGLEY, Louisiana | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts | Electrical burns, unspecified | Leg(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 9, 2015 | GHX Industrial, LLC | WESTLAKE, Louisiana | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue | Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 9, 2015 | Cameron International Corporation | NEW IBERIA, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Amputations | Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c. | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Jul 9, 2015 | Railway Spine Productions, LLC | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Nonclassifiable | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Ankle(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 9, 2015 | United States Postal Service | CARENCRO, Louisiana | Other animal bites, nonvenomous | Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jul 8, 2015 | MARTCO L.L.C. | CHOPIN, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 8, 2015 | WEEKS MARINE, INC. | GOLDEN MEADOW, Louisiana | Entangled in other object or equipment | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Fingertip(s) | Hospitalized |
| Jul 4, 2015 | 735 BOURBON ENTERTAINMENT, L.L.C. | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jul 2, 2015 | Consolidated Grain & Barge, Inc. | BELLE CHASSE, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Loss of consciousness-not heat related | BODY SYSTEMS | Hospitalized |
| Jun 30, 2015 | Veolia Water North America | KENNER, Louisiana | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jun 30, 2015 | Archer Western | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified | Third or fourth degree electrical burns | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jun 30, 2015 | LoadTex, Inc. | SHREVEPORT, Louisiana | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet | Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified | Nonclassifiable | Hospitalized |
| Jun 24, 2015 | Dow Chemical Co. | PLAQUEMINE, Louisiana | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Hand(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
| Jun 23, 2015 | Winn-Dixie #1408 | NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana | Fall on same level, unspecified | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury | Head, 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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