Severe Workplace Injuries in Plaquemine, Louisiana

Sep 17, 2025 · PSC Group LLC Hospitalized

An employee was applying pressure to a tank car loaded with caustic soda solution for post-load leak testing. He twisted the valve plug to check it for leaks when it broke free, releasing the caustic soda solution through the opening. The employee suffered chemical burns to both eyes and to his respiratory tract.

Exposure through intact tissue · Head and neck · Manufacturing

Aug 8, 2025 · Team Industrial Services, Inc Amputation

An employee was performing bolting activities with a wrench. The employee's left index finger was caught between the wrench and a flange, and the fingertip was partially amputated.

Injured by object held or wielded by person · Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Mar 18, 2025 · Turner Industries Group Hospitalized

Two employees were removing a pressure safety valve when chlorine gas was released. The injured employee suffered upper respiratory irritation due to the chlorine gas.

Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift · Body systems · Construction · OSHA inspection 1812983

Jan 28, 2025 · Catalyst Handling Resources Hospitalized

An employee was returning to work after his lunch break. While crossing the street, he was struck by a contractor's pickup truck. The employee was hospitalized with two intracranial hemorrhages, two rib fractures, and a bruised spleen.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Head and trunk · Wholesale trade

Sep 18, 2024 · Excel Group Hospitalized

An employee in the rail yard was struck by the corner of a slow-moving railcar and lost their balance. The employee grabbed onto the side of the railcar to regain their balance and sustained an avulsion injury to the left thigh and a broken right ankle.

Non-passenger struck by rail vehicle · Ankle(s) and leg(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1777037

Jun 25, 2024 · Westlake Chemical & Vinyls LLC Hospitalized

An employee was opening a valve when they fell from a 3-foot stair riser platform and sustained broken ribs.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Rib(s), oblique area · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1778155

Feb 28, 2024 · Turner Industries Group, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was adjusting a 36'' pipe wrench when a cable supporting a piece of pipe caused it to move forward and strike his face. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to left eye area.

Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object · Eye(s) · Other services

Nov 13, 2023 · Walmart, Inc. Store #0401 Hospitalized

An employee slipped on rainwater on the ground, fell, and suffered a broken left knee.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Knee(s) · Retail

Oct 27, 2023 · Wellbuilt Environmental Solutions, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was using a 20,000-pound per square inch (psi) pressure washer when they sustained a laceration between their right thumb and index finger from the water pressure.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Hand(s), except finger(s) · Construction

May 9, 2023 · Rouses Market Hospitalized

An employee was drinking water when the cap came off and became lodged in their throat, requiring hospitalization.

Choking on object or substance · Body systems · Retail

Apr 7, 2023 · Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations, LLC at Hospitalized

An employee was retrieving an item from his vehicle when he slipped and fell on the concrete. The employee was hospitalized for a left tibia/fibula injury.

Fall on same level due to slipping · Lower leg(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Mar 21, 2023 · SHINTECH LOUISIANA LLC Hospitalized

An employee was directing a forklift that was unloading a box truck when the forklift struck the employee on the right leg.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Nov 5, 2022 · Shintech, Inc Hospitalized

An employee was vacuuming drums into a hopper and stepped away while a nearby steam drum was being blown down to control level. Upon returning to the task, the employee stepped into an unguarded trench that contained hot water and sustained bilateral first and second-degree burns from the thighs to the toes.

Other fall to lower level · Lower extremities (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1633365

Mar 16, 2022 · SNF Flopam, Inc Hospitalized

An employee found a leak at the wash cap on top of a tanker trailer. The employee was trying to tighten the cap when it blew off. It struck the employee in the face, causing facial fractures and avulsed teeth.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Multiple face locations · Manufacturing

Jun 15, 2021 · Amsted Digital Solutions Hospitalized

An employee was installing equipment on a rail car. The employee developed heat-related illness and was hospitalized.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Manufacturing

Feb 9, 2021 · Repcon, Inc Hospitalized

An employee was dismounting from the bumper of a pickup truck. As the employee was stepping off, the bumper components slipped out from under him, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained a closed fracture of his left ankle, requiring surgery.

Other fall to lower level · Ankle(s) · Construction

Jan 21, 2020 · Petrin Corporation Hospitalized

An employee was leaving his station for lunch after completing construction of a scaffold. While stepping over a pipe, he tripped and fell, twisting his leg and breaking his left tibia and fibula.

Fall on same level due to tripping over an object · Lower leg(s) · Construction

Oct 24, 2019 · Repcon, Inc Hospitalized

An employee was transporting two sections of 3-inch schedule 50 piping. While the employee was offloading the trailer and moving the pipes from a pallet to cribbing, a pipe slipped and fell onto the employee's right foot; the employee then fell while turning, hitting the ground and suffering a broken fibula and tibia.

Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Lower leg(s) · Construction

Aug 28, 2019 · Flopam, Inc. Hospitalized

While leaving after shift ended, an employee ran off the road while exiting the facility's parking lot and was found unresponsive and/or incoherent. The employee was hospitalized due to heat-related illness.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Manufacturing

Aug 15, 2019 · Turner Specialty Services Hospitalized

An employee was hydroblasting the tubes in a spare condenser with a lance. As he moved the lance from one tube to the next, the lance engaged, jumped back, and lacerated the employee's right hand.

Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Hand(s) · Mining, oil and gas

Aug 7, 2019 · Replacement Parts Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was on a ladder attempting to put a belt on an exhaust fan when the fan began spinning. The pulley popped out and hit him on the head, knocking him off the ladder. He suffered a cervical spinal cord injury.

Struck by dislodged flying object, particle · Back, including spine, spinal cord · Other services · OSHA inspection 1422166

Jul 25, 2019 · Toyo USA, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was walking down concrete steps from a 19" concrete platform. On the last step, the employee's left foot stepped on the front edge of the step, causing the employee's right foot to roll. He lost his balance and continued to step down. His body and leg moved in a twisting motion, causing a break in his right tibia as his right foot impacted the ground. He did not fall down. He then sat down on the step and radioed for help.

Trip on uneven surface without fall · Lower leg(s) · Manufacturing

Mar 5, 2019 · SGS Petroleum Service Corporation Amputation

An employee was connecting railcars. The employee's right foot/ankle was caught between the railcar connection devices, causing crushing injuries that required hospitalization and surgical amputation.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Dec 1, 2018 · XPO Logistics Hospitalized

An employee driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) had paperwork on the PIT and the papers flew off. The employee stepped off the PIT to retrieve the paperwork and the PIT struck the employee's right lower leg, fracturing it.

Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle · Lower leg(s) · Professional and technical services

Oct 15, 2018 · TURNER INDUSTRIES Amputation

Four Turner employees were working to remove discharge piping to make modifications. While removing the piping from pumps, the crew placed the pipe (approximately 300 lbs.) onto a cart. It rolled unexpectedly and pinched an employee's left ring finger between it and the cart rail, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Fingertip(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Oct 4, 2018 · SGS Petroleum Service Corporation Hospitalized

An employee fell from the end platform of a railcar to the ground, 4.5 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

Fall or jump from rail vehicle-transportation incident · Ankle(s) · Manufacturing

Sep 27, 2018 · SNF Flopam, Inc. Amputation

An employee was removing a pipe plug and attempting to clear debris from a rotary valve when the valve amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fingertip(s) · Manufacturing

Aug 29, 2018 · DIAMOND PLASTICS CORPORATION Amputation

An employee's right hand entered a machine and was amputated.

Caught in running equipment or machinery · Hand(s) (other) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1343576

Aug 8, 2018 · Westlake Chemical Hospitalized

An employee was attempting to clear a plugged pipe when a 3/4 " threaded nipple blew out, causing the contents of the line and flush water to strike the employee. He suffered thermal burns on his abdomen, hands, and arms.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Jul 30, 2018 · Mac-Nett Industries, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was using a 3,000-psi hose attached to the side of his vacuum truck. Water from the hose struck and lacerated his hand.

Struck by discharged object or substance · Hand(s) · Administrative, staffing and waste services