PORT SULPHUR, LOUISIANA—
Performance Contractors, Inc.
Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Performance Contractors, Inc., Venture Global LNG, PORT SULPHUR, LOUISIANA 70083 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Thumb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing a 24" OD actuator valve that weighed 10,000 pounds from a structure on the fifth floor using a lattice crane. During the lift, the valve became hung up on the permanent handrail and their left thumb was caught between the valve and the handrail. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the thumb.
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A crew was using a chain fall system to rig up a hard stop (metal structural support weighing 695 lbs.). The injured employee was guiding it into position. The hard stop shifted and their right hand was caught between the suspended hard stop and the adjacent structural wall, resulting in fractured ring and little fingers.
PORT SULPHUR, LOUISIANA—
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An employee was walking back from the tool room through the scaffolding material storage area. The employee's pant leg got caught on one of the 8-foot long scaffold planks that was in a scaffold rack. The employee tripped on the scaffold plank and fell forward, landing on his left elbow. The employee sustained a compound fracture to his left arm above the elbow and was hospitalized.
PORT SULPHUR, LOUISIANA—
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A crew was using rope to move a 24" diameter blind flange from the receiving deck of elevation 4 to a lower location so it could be more easily accessed by a crane. The rope broke and the blind flange fell 15 inches to the receiving deck of elevation 3, landing on the injured employee's feet. Both feet were fractured.
MOUNT VERNON, ALABAMA—
Performance Contractors, Inc.
On January 27, 2025, an employee was performing housekeeping. He was moving his toolbox and felt a pain in his lower abdomen. The employee was hospitalized with a hernia.
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