JENNINGS, LOUISIANA—
Gulf Island Shipyard, Inc.
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified · Crushing injuries
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Gulf Island Shipyard, Inc., 111 Bunge St., JENNINGS, LOUISIANA 70546 on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was helping to move a 5-foot-long pipe when the pipe smashed the employee's left pinky finger, requiring hospitalization for surgery.
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