GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA—
KAG Merchant Gas Group, LLC
Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at KAG Merchant Gas Group, LLC, 182 Norman Doucet Dr., GOLDEN MEADOW, LOUISIANA 70357 on — Fractures , affecting the Ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was loading/unloading product from a trailer at a customer location when he fell 10-12 feet from the top of the trailer to the concrete ground below. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle.
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FLUSHING, NEW YORK—
KAG Merchant Gas Group, LLC
An employee was checking the lowboy trailer and preparing to make a delivery. The employee slipped while climbing down the wet steps of the trailer and fell 3-4 feet. The employee landed on a small step stool at the bottom of the ladder and sustained two rib fractures, a lumbar compression fracture, and a left elbow contusion.
SPRINGVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA—
KAG Merchant Gas Group, LLC
On Monday, January 20, 2020, at approximately 6:45AM, an employee was exiting the cab of his truck when he stepped on an ice patch and fell, fracturing his left ankle. He was hospitalized and had surgery.
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