105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

McDermott

Stings and venomous bites · Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at McDermott, 26270 LA 405, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA 70764 on — Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.

An employee was stung by a bee and had a severe allergic reaction.

Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Bees, hornets, wasps

McDermott

An employee was standing on some small pipes, lining the flange on the top of a pump skid on a foundation about 3 feet high. He lost his balance and went over the side of the skid, fracturing a vertebra in his neck.

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7-11 Inc.

An employee was emptying and cleaning a trash container when he noticed a bite on his ribcage. The employee was hospitalized for a poisonous spider bite.

REI Electric

An employee was bitten by a copperhead snake while loading firewood.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

An employee was working an investigation. He pulled a trash can from a suspect s house and was bitten by fire ants. On the way back to the office the employee developed hives and went into anaphylactic shock. The employee was hospitalized.

MIKE PUSATERI EXCAVATING INC.

An employee was stung multiple times by bees while they were in a field. He suffered a severe allergic reaction and was hospitalized.

Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC.

An employee was picking up brush and debris for storm restorations when their left index finger was bitten by a copperhead snake.

3S Services, LLC

An employee had been cleaning the work area. While lifting a saw, the employee's index finger was lacerated by the saw blade. A tendon was cut and required surgery.

Roby's Propane Gas

An employee was delivering home heating fuel when bees came from the ground and stung the employee's face, neck, torso, and hands. The employee proceeded to shut off the oil flow before losing consciousness. They were hospitalized due to an anaphylactic reaction.

Myers Trucking, Inc.

An employee was using a torch to loosen a bolt on a water trailer. Natural gas was present in the water and it ignited, causing a fire. The employee sustained third-degree burns to their upper leg.

Weatherford U.S., L.P.

An employee had been conducting crane operations. The employee went to stop a piece of oil and gas equipment for tubular running from falling over to the ground. Their right hand was caught between a rolling ladder and the equipment, resulting in fractures to the index and middle fingers. They were hospitalized and the middle finger required surgery.

Helmerich & Payne IDC Inc

An employee was working to install a drive belt on a water pump. He was holding the belt on both sides of the pulley, working to route it over the top. As he pulled down with his right hand, the pulley rotated and the belt slid over it, pulling his left little finger between the pulley and the belt. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip as well as a fracture to the ring finger.

Kisatchie Midnight Express

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

Jean Simpson Personnel Services, Inc.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

Calvary Industries Inc

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.