Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ADM GRAIN COMPANY, 12710 RIVER ROAD, DESTREHAN, LOUISIANA 70047
on — Fractures , affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was helping to uncover a barge when a cable popped and hit the employee, causing him to fall approximately 2-3 feet into the water. The employee suffered a fractured left leg, a fractured rib, and lacerations above the left eyebrow, under the left armpit, and on the left triceps.
Hospitalized Trunk and other lower extremities Barge
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