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Houma, LA —

OSHA Injury Report: 108025 - Dredging Equipment Plant

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at 108025 - Dredging Equipment Plant in 1135 Lower Coteau Road, Houma, LA 70364 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was watch Engineer in document storage and warehousing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
108025 - Dredging Equipment Plant
Parent company
Weeks Marine, Inc.
Street
1135 Lower Coteau Road
City
Houma
State
LA
ZIP
70364
On-site location
320 Unloader

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Working with Power Tool

What happened

While operating a 4.5” angle grinder with a metabo blade the blade bound up resulting in a kick back lacerating the employees left middle finger at the knuckle. This injury resulted in 5 sutures.

Injury or illness

Laceration - Finger(s) | Hand | Left | Middle

Object or substance involved

Operating angle grinder while another employee was holding a turnbuckle and cable. The metabo blade jammed and kicked back. The kick back resulted in a laceration.

Summary line

While operating a 4.5” angle grinder with a metabo blade the blade bound up resulting in a kick back lacerating the employees left middle finger at the knuckle. This injury resulted in 5 sutures.

Employee and industry

Job description
Watch Engineer
SOC code
51-8021 — Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
NAICS code
493190 — Document storage and warehousing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
272
Total hours worked
680759
EIN
135475810
Establishment ID
1490657
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
13:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:20:02:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.