Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at American Commercial Barge Line, 5800 River Road, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70123
on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
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Final narrative
An employee was torch-cutting steel inside of a 75'-long by 18'-deep by 25'-wide barge, using oxygen/acetylene from a centrally located 75'-long gas-supplying line, when the employee suffered third degree burns from the waist to the neck.
An employee was cleaning a cordless drill. As they applied brake fluid to the drill and pulled the trigger, the fluid ignited. The employee suffered burns to the face, hands, and arms.
An employee was spraying glue to the floor of an enclosed cargo trailer. The fumes made contact with the heater causing a flash fire. The employee suffered burns to their face and right hand.
An employee was replacing a valve in the gas line to the fryer. The shutoff valve malfunctioned resulting in a gas leak that then ignited. The employee sustained burns requiring hospitalization.
An employee was working to set a polish rod in a stuffing box into seals. While the polish rod was being rotated to get past the seals, the suspended rotator assembly came loose, fell, and crushed the employee's left hand against the stuffing box. The employee suffered a laceration to the hand, as well as fractures to the thumb and index finger. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
After moving a barge lid, an employee was walking down the stairs on the barge when they slipped and fell approximately 15 to 20 feet, reuslting in a head injury.
An employee was assisting with loading product (sacks of dirt) onto a barge. The sack of dirt swung and pinched the employee between it and other sets of product on the barge. The employee suffered a neck compression injury and was knocked unconscious.
An employee was picking up a shipping container from a port. The employee got out of his truck to locate the container for the crane operator when the crane struck him in the leg. The employee's leg was amputated below the knee, just above the ankle.
An employee was attempting to remove the forks from the carriage of a non-functioning forklift. The carriage, along with the fork being removed, fell to the ground about a foot below, landing on the employee's gloved right hand. His index, middle, and ring fingertips were caught under the fork and degloved. The fingertips were medically amputated.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.