Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at LAKE CHARLES COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, 2401 HWY 14, LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA 70601
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was holding the flip plate up on the trailer lift gate. The employee's left middle finger was caught between the flip plate and the lift gate platform and partially amputated.
An employee was performing maintenance on conveyor lines when he jumped out of the way of a moving rail-guided vehicle (RGV). He landed in the conveyor line and was then bumped by the rail-guided vehicle, causing him to strike an angle iron that was a part of a stationary conveyor. His stomach was crushed and the employee sustained a laceration to the abdomen.
An employee was troubleshooting a hydraulic piston on the wheels of a semi-trailer dump truck. The piston released and caused the trailer to move, crushing the employee's leg. The employee sustained fractures and contusions.
An employee was working on the attachment securing mechanism of a skid steer when their hand was caught by the mechanism. The employee was hospitalized with fractures and lacerations to three fingers on the left hand.
An employee was releasing a chain to open the rear flap of a dump truck when three of their fingers got caught between the chain and the truck, resulting in crush injuries.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 312111)
An employee was delivering beverages when he fell from the truck's liftgate to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist, a dislocated shoulder, and bruised ribs.
An employee was performing maintenance under a van. The van slipped off the jack and struck the employee, who suffered broken ribs in the left upper torso. The employee was hospitalized.
During scheduled preventative maintenance, an employee was searching for vertical bagger shafts. Upon locating a box thought to contain new shafts, the employee removed two high-powered magnets from bubble wrap. The magnets forcefully attracted to each other and amputated the employee's fingertip.
An employee was walking beside a pallet jack while operating it and became pinned between the pallet jack and some pallets. The employee sustained a fractured left leg.
An employee was replenishing product in a warehouse aisle. They collapsed and fell onto their back, striking their head on the concrete and suffering a laceration to the back of their head and injuries requiring hospitalization and brain surgery.
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.