NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—
Beverly Industries, Inc.
Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Beverly Industries, Inc., 2601 Gentilly Blvd., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70122 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was raising a manhole cover/ring to the proper height when the cover/ring was caught on some cable and fell on the employee's right index finger, amputating the fingertip.
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