DARROW, LOUISIANA—
Cooper Consolidated, LLC.
Fall, jump from water vehicle · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Cooper Consolidated, LLC., 3282 Irvin S. Cooper, DARROW, LOUISIANA 70725 on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a docked bulk carrier when a chain on the vessel near the gangway broke. The employee fell approximately 25 feet to a fender between a boat and a barge. The employee was hospitalized with head injuries and fractures to their left arm and a rib.
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DARROW, LOUISIANA—
Cooper Consolidated, LLC.
An employee was attaching a barge cover. The winch cable came loose and struck the employee on the left ankle, breaking it.
DARROW, LOUISIANA—
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While an employee was climbing off a barge that had just been unloaded, he fell head first onto a vessel deck. He suffered lacerations to the back of his head and his right knee.
DARROW, LOUISIANA—
Cooper Consolidated, LLC.
An employee was descending the aft port ladder of a derrick to remove a rope from the barge kevel when he slipped and grabbed the winch cable with his right hand. The cable was moving and his right hand was pulled into the snatch block, causing a laceration and amputation of two fingers.
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