Acadian Ambulance

An employee was going to a residence to provide emergency medical treatment to a patient with shortness of breath. The employee began having breathing problems and suffered poisoning once inside the residence, where the patient had set off insect foggers.

An employee was drying and finishing vehicles when a vehicle door closed on their left middle fingertip and amputated it.

An employee was climbing down from a tractor trailer bed when they lost their footing and grabbed onto the roll-up door to stop the fall. The roll-up door then fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a hand fracture that required surgery.

An employee was attempting to remove a tarp from a flatbed trailer when the trailer handle struck the employee in the chest, resulting in two broken ribs and a punctured lung.

An employee was near a backhoe while the operator was getting a broom. The broom handle struck the lever that actuates the swing of the backhoe bucket. The bucket then struck the injured employee, pinning him to the outrigger. The employee suffered crush injuries to the chest.

The injured employee was being trained on loading trucks in the load out bay. The injured employee and his supervisor climbed the stairs that run parallel to the truck and trailer, walked to the upper platform used for observation and sample taking, and saw that the lid of the grain trailer was closed. The employees began working to open the lid which appeared to be stuck due to cold weather. The injured employee pulled on one of the pivot arms that connect the lid to the main body of the trailer. As the lid began to open, the employee s right hand slipped down on the pivot arm and his index finger was caught between the pivot arm and the base of the pivot arm. The employee s right index finger was fractured and three nerves were severed. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee exited the ambulance van she had been driving and went to lower the hydraulic wheelchair ramp/lift on the side of the vehicle. The lift would not lower into position. She went around to enter the van to continue troubleshooting the lift when the van began to roll backward as the employee was partially out of the driver s side door. She reached in to stop the vehicle but the transmission shifted into reverse. The van turned and backed across a residential street, dragging the employee approximately 15 feet until it went up on a curb and the employee s left leg was pulled under the left front tire. She was hospitalized with fractures to her right wrist, right hand, and left fibula.

An employee was responding to an emergency call at the end of a pier when they stepped into a gap in the pier boards, resulting in a broken tibia, fibula, and ankle.

On February 19, 2025, an employee was stepping off a 4-foot metal table when he lost footing and fell to the concrete shop floor, resulting in a hip injury.

An employee was getting into the ambulance after responding to a call, slipped on the wet running board and fell to the ground. The employee struck their head and sustained a concussion.

An employee was lifting a patient weighing approximately 400 lbs. and fractured their L5 vertebra, requiring hospitalization.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.