BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA—
Hutco, Inc.
Struck by discharged object or substance · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hutco, Inc., 222 Bayou Rd, BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA 70037 on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was abrasive blasting the side of a vessel while on a scaffold when they lost their balance and the blaster contacted their right hand, resulting in an injury that required hospitalization.
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