SCOTT, LOUISIANA—
Port-Agragrits Incorporated
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Port-Agragrits Incorporated, 1131 Delhomme Ave., SCOTT, LOUISIANA 70583 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was trying to bring cement into a silo. When he stuck his hand into a butterfly valve, the valve closed, smashing multiple fingers on his right hand. His middle fingertip was surgically removed.
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