MELVILLE, LOUISIANA—
JP Oil Holdings, LLC
Fall on same level due to slipping · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at JP Oil Holdings, LLC , 1911 Goudeaux Rd , MELVILLE, LOUISIANA 71353 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
The employee was reaching into a tool box and slipped and fell to the ground. During the fall, the employee grabbed the tool chain which caused the tool box lid to slam against his fingers resulting in a partial amputation of a finger.
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