Other fall to lower level unspecified · Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hutco, Inc, 15542 River Road, HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA 70057
on — Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries, affecting the Multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
A temporary employee was standing on scaffolding removing oxidation with a torch when they fell off and landed on an anvil on the ground, resulting in fractures to their L1 -L5 vertebrae and a left kidney laceration.
A temporary employee was tasked with pressure washing ships. The employee went to connect the pressure washer to an electrical terminal and received an electric shock. He experienced muscle cramps in his legs.
An employee was climbing a ladder to get from a pontoon to the dry dock when he lost his balance and fell approximately eight feet to the ground. The employee sustained a right ankle fracture.
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.
At about 8:00 a.m. on April 5, 2022, an employee was using lifting equipment to lift a pump that was to be repaired. The pump shifted and the employee's right hand was caught between it and a boat deck. The employee's right index and middle fingers were crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
An employee was attaching forks to a forklift when the forks dislodged and fell on the employee's foot. The employee sustained a fractured right big toe and a puncture to the right foot.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
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A temporary employee was operating a plastic strapping machine on an assembly line. The machine wrapped the employee, causing crushing injuries to their ribs and a kidney. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
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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.