HARVEY, LOUISIANA—
Don Bohn Buick GMC
Explosion, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Don Bohn Buick GMC, 3815 LaPalco Blvd, HARVEY, LOUISIANA 70058 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was standing in the parking lot when he lit a firecracker and it exploded in his hand, causing a fracture, lacerations, and an amputation to the index and middle fingers at the first knuckle.
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