Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at EVANGELINE DOWNS RACETRACK & CASINO, 2235 CRESWELL LANE EXTENSION, OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA 70570
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was placing a horse into a starting gate. The employee's left index finger was crushed between the horse and the metal gate. The fingertip was amputated.
AmputationFingertip(s)Horses and other equines
More severe injuries at EVANGELINE DOWNS RACETRACK & CASINO
An employee had been roping a calf. The employee became tangled in a rope and was dragged by a horse. The employee sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung.
An employee was leading cows toward the milk parlor when a cow backed up, crushing the employee's right index finger against a metal bar of the staging area. The finger was partially amputated.
Employees were loading steers on a truck. One of the steers became angry, turned back, came off the ramp, headed towards the pen, and struck the pen's gate. One of the employees was standing at the gate, and the impact threw the employee backward. His head struck concrete and he suffered a fractured skull and eye socket.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 711212)
An employee was serving as a racing official during a race on a dirt track. He was standing behind a guardrail when a race car lost control and came in his direction. He was struck by the car and sustained a broken radius, dislocated ulna, and a punctured lower right stomach.
An employee was moving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) from storage to another location. The tire gripped the asphalt, causing the ATV to roll over. The employee was thrown to ground, resulting in rib and sternum fractures as well as a punctured lung. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was standing on a piece of plastic that was on top of a piece of metal while a second employee was drilling up through the metal. The drill bit then punctured the first employee's right foot.
An employee's hand was slammed in a bulldozer door as he left the vehicle. The employee's right ring and little fingers were injured; at the hospital, the tip of the little finger was amputated below the first joint.
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.