Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kentwood Cooperative, Inc., 501 Railroad Avenue, KENTWOOD, LOUISIANA 70444
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), except finger(s).
Final narrative
In the feed mill warehouse, an employee was leaning up against a 36" industrial wall fan. The fan blade sliced through the steel enclosure and lacerated the employee's right palm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was walking on a tin roof to retrieve a pocketknife and fell through the roof approximately 25 feet to the ground. The employee sustained an open fracture to the left arm and a fractured hip.
An employee was welding a patch onto a fuel tank. A flash fire occurred when the employee passed the cutting torch over the tank. He received first and second degree burns to 15% of his body.
An employee was operating a steer loader, gathering parts to put together a feed bin. He pulled the steer loader up to the parts trailer. There was a vehicle parked close to the trailer. The employee got out of the steer loader, which was still running. His leg got jammed between the loader and the vehicle, resulting in a broken leg.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee was fixing an issue with seed cleaning equipment when he slipped on the ladder he was on. He went to catch himself and his hand went into a moving belt and pulley on the cleaner. The employee sustained the amputation of his right middle and index fingertips just below the fingernails.
At about 5:30 p.m. on September 23, 2025, an employee was unloading rubber mix material from a mixer. The employee's hand was caught by rotating parts in a discharge chute, causing a partial, soft-tissue amputation to a fingertip.
An employee was walking around a customer's truck. The truck door opened and caused the employee to trip and fall on a salt pallet. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the left arm.
An employee had delivered product to a customer and was driving a forklift to the rear of the delivery truck. The forklift jumped/bounced, sending the employee up into the air and back down onto the seat. The employee sustained a back fracture.
An employee was climbing an inspection ladder to observe the inside of a hopper. He slipped on the fourth rung, fell backward, and landed on his right foot on the ground about 38 inches below, suffering a broken right ankle.
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.
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.
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.
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.