CHOPIN, LOUISIANA—
Martco LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Martco LLC , 1695 Highway 490, CHOPIN, LOUISIANA 71447 on — Fractures, affecting the pelvic region, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was positioned between a dynamic tamp table and a static structure when his body hit a switch that engaged the tamp table. The employee sustained a fracture to his left pelvic area.
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CHOPIN, LOUISIANA—
Martco LLC
At 8:00 a.m. on April 22, 2025, an employee was responding to a tracking fault on the bottom head of a six-head sander. While he was straightening the belt, his right hand was pulled in, wedged, and lacerated. He was hospitalized.
CLIFTON, LOUISIANA—
Martco LLC
An employee sustained an avulsion fracture to the right small toe when he used a pry bar (7'7" long by 1" square tubing) to apply friction on a belt against a head drum located 8' above the floor. As the pry bar was being removed from the drum, the extended end of the pry bar landed on the employee's right toe.
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