Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Associated Grain Terminals, Midstream Floating Barge, BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA 70037
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was disconnecting a rope from a barge. The employee's middle, ring, and little fingers were crushed between two barges. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was replacing a waterline and moving equipment with a loader when they were struck by a front-end wheel loader. They sustained arm and leg fractures.
An employee was selecting when they were struck by a pallet on another powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee sustained fractures to the left fibula and right ankle requiring hospitalization and surgery.
On October 5, 2020, an employee was pinned between a stand-up powered industrial truck and a storage shelf. The employee was hospitalized for possible broken ribs and facial lacerations.
An employee was preparing to unjam an auger shaft while standing on a forklift-elevated, job-made platform. The employee's wrench slipped off the equipment, causing them to lose their balance and fall. The employee landed on the ground 14 feet below and suffered fractures to the orbital bone, left elbow, and lower back.
An employee was walking past a crossover conveyor when a ramp came down and hit them in the back. The employee sustained a broken back vertebra, as well as a concussion, and was hospitalized.
An employee bent over to pick up a rubber mat from the ground. When he grabbed the corner of the mat, a rattlesnake hidden under it bit his left middle finger near the first knuckle. He was hospitalized.
An employee had been cleaning a grain bin. He walked across the bin and his left foot contacted an unguarded floor auger, resulting in severe lacerations to the foot. The auger was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
On September 23, 2025, an employee was monitoring a feed roller when they tripped and their right hand contacted the roller. The employee was hospitalized and their right hand was amputated at the wrist.
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.