Severe Workplace Injuries in Shreveport, Louisiana

Oct 25, 2025 · Jean Simpson Personnel Services, Inc. Hospitalized

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

Exposure to electric arc · Trunk and other upper extremities · Administrative, staffing and waste services

Aug 27, 2025 · Barnhart Crane & Rigging Hospitalized

An employee was working to refuel a crane. The employee was transitioning from the crane deck to a ladder and fell about 4 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained fractures in his right foot and was hospitalized.

Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Foot (feet), toe(s) · Construction

Jul 9, 2025 · AT&T Garage Hospitalized

An employee had been laying cable in the sun for a full work day and later became unconscious. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.

Exposure to environmental heat outdoor · Body systems · Information

May 21, 2025 · Bruckner's Truck & Equipment Hospitalized

An employee was going to take a truck for a test drive. He was exiting the truck and stepped on the top step. The step came loose and caused the employee to fall to the concrete ground. His head hit the bottom of the step of the truck next to him. The employee was hospitalized with a compression fracture to his T12 vertebra.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment · Back thoracic region · Manufacturing

May 6, 2025 · Alloy Piping Products, LLC Amputation

An employee was trimming 45-degree elbow fittings at a trim saw when his right hand contacted the blade, resulting in a partial index finger amputation.

Struck by running powered equipment (other) · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Mar 28, 2025 · 1846 Fairfield Avenue, LLC - The View Tower Apartments Hospitalized

An employee was performing janitorial activities and unclogging a toilet and drain line that had shop rags and paper towels in it. After snaking the line to remove the obstruction, he was using a drain cleaning product and after about 20 minutes he became dizzy and lost consciousness as he was walking out of the room. He fell to the floor and sustained two fractured cervical vertebrae and bruising to the spine. The employee was hospitalized.

Fall on same level (other) · Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck · Real estate and rental

Mar 3, 2025 · CHRISTUS Shreveport- Bossier Health System- Highland Hospitalized

An employee was walking toward the nurse's station when they tripped over a co-worker's feet and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a hip injury.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Health care and social assistance

Jan 27, 2025 · Genesis Energy dba Davison Transportation Services Hospitalized

An employee was on top of a tanker trailer preparing to load the trailer. The dome lid was under pressure and it struck the employee when it opened. He fell off the tanker to the concrete ground below, sustaining lacerations above the left eye, a laceration to the back of the head, six fractured ribs, and two fractured vertebrae.

Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact 6 to 30 feet · Multiple trunk locations · Transportation and warehousing

Nov 7, 2024 · FleetPride Service Center Hospitalized

An employee was running a diagnostic on the air bag suspension system of a customer's recreational vehicle (RV). The employee had rolled underneath the vehicle on an automotive creeper when the RV's suspension system gave out, pinning him between the creeper and the front axle of the RV and resulting in contusions to his chest.

Struck by other falling object (other) · Chest · Retail

Sep 4, 2024 · Genesis Energy dba Davison Transportation Services Hospitalized

An employee was walking across a tractor-trailer loading area dragging a transfer hose. The employee tripped and fell, landing on their left hip. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Transportation and warehousing

Aug 28, 2024 · FitzGerald Contractors, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was in an attic to evaluate the material required to reinstall a plumbing vent in a garage. The employee fell through the ceiling and landed 8 feet below on the concrete floor of the garage. The employee sustained a compression fracture to their L1 vertebra.

Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 30 feet · Back lumbar region · Construction

Aug 8, 2024 · Performance Foodservice Hospitalized

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack during a training exercise when it collided with a nearby racking system. Their left ankle was caught between a pallet and the pallet jack and fractured.

Collision with stationary object, nonroadway · Ankle(s) · Wholesale trade

Jul 17, 2024 · Purina Mills, Inc Amputation

An employee was cleaning an animal feed blender. The blender started and amputated the employee's right middle and ring fingers.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Apr 25, 2024 · Prolec GE USA, LLC Amputation

An employee was moving material by hand to be staged for a drill press operator when the machine contacted his right hand. He sustained a laceration to the ring finger, a degloving of the little finger, and an amputation of the thumb that required reattachment surgery.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Thumb(s) · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1744758

Apr 24, 2024 · Ronpak, Inc. Amputation

An employee was servicing a shear packer machine and sustained a partial finger amputation.

Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Other finger(s) (other) · Manufacturing

Feb 10, 2024 · Prolec GE USA LLC Hospitalized

The injured employee was moving a unit down a conveyor line to begin work at his work station. The unit became stuck on the rotating conveyor in front of the work station. To dislodge the unit, two other employee began to push and pry the unit forward. The conveyor rotated to be perpendicular with the work station. Once the conveyor was turned, the unit moved toward the injured employee and pinned them against their workstation, resulting in a punctured abdomen and liver hematoma that required hospitalization and surgery.

Compressed between running equipment and other object(s) · Abdomen · Professional and technical services

Feb 7, 2024 · Premier Constructors, Inc. Hospitalized

An employee was tied off with a retractable yoyo and lost his balance. The employee fell, causing the yoyo to lock. The cable then snapped and he fell 15-20 feet to the ground. The employee suffered fractures to the pelvis, leg, and right arm.

Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet · Multiple body parts (other) · Construction

Feb 4, 2024 · Performance Foodservice Hospitalized

An employee stepped off a powered pallet jack. The jack was still moving, and the employee suffered a broken ankle.

Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery · Ankle(s) · Wholesale trade

Jan 15, 2024 · The Glen Retirement System Hospitalized

An employee had just checked the gate in the front of the facility and was on his way back to the building when he slipped on ice on the concrete. The employee fell and suffered a hip fracture.

Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Hip joint(s) · Health care and social assistance

Nov 21, 2023 · Bruce Oakley Louisiana LLC Hospitalized

An employee was using an excavator on a barge to scoop and remove fertilizer product stored in the cargo area. As the employee was transporting the skid-steer by chains and hoisting equipment from the dock to the barge, the employee fell approximately 10 feet off the skid-steer bucket to the cargo hold area below. The employee suffered a concussion.

Fall on water vehicle · Brain · Manufacturing · OSHA inspection 1712634

Sep 7, 2023 · Alloy Piping Products, LLC Hospitalized

An employee was drinking water when a metal block struck the employee's left foot, fracturing it.

Struck by object or equipment · Foot (feet) · Manufacturing

Jul 25, 2023 · CenterPoint Energy Entex Hospitalized

An employee was working outside troubleshooting a gas leak and digging. The employee started to feel ill and was hospitalized with heat exhaustion.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Utilities

Jul 24, 2023 · Southern Components, INC. Hospitalized

An employee was operating a forklift when his arm was pinned between two bundles of trusses. The employee moved the forklift and walked a few feet then fell to the ground. The employee sustained a jaw fracture and an arm injury.

Fall on same level · Jaw, chin · Manufacturing

Jul 18, 2023 · Prolec GE USA LLC Hospitalized

An employee was making rounds in a facility when they were hospitalized for dehydration due to heat.

Exposure to environmental heat · Body systems · Professional and technical services

May 22, 2023 · JB James Construction LLC Hospitalized

An employee was bracing an extension ladder while his coworker installed a 10-foot, 40-45-pound pipe. The pipe fell onto the injured employee's head and he sustained a hematoma, C3 and C4 vertebral fractures and a forehead laceration.

Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person · Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders · Construction

Mar 23, 2023 · Benteler Steel and Tube Hospitalized

An employee was spotting for a side loader so it could place a bundle of pipe in a rack. The bundle shifted and rolled toward him. A pipe struck his head and right leg.

Struck by object or equipment rolling freely · Multiple body parts (other) · Manufacturing

Mar 6, 2023 · Core Plastech International Hospitalized

An employee was using a forklift to move metal rod bundles that were 31 feet in length and weighed 980 pounds. The forklift tipped over and caught the employee between it and the ground. The employee sustained a right leg fracture.

Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway · Leg(s) · Manufacturing

Feb 8, 2023 · Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. Hospitalized

On February 8, 2023, an employee was carrying a door in the millwork department when the door fell on his right foot. The employee's big toe was fractured, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Toes(s), toenail(s) · Retail

Dec 3, 2022 · Walmart Supercenter Amputation

An employee was being trained to use a baler machine. The baler machine malfunctioned and the middle plate became stuck in an upward position. As the employee lowered the plate, it fell onto his right hand, amputating the index fingertip.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Retail

Nov 27, 2022 · Gulf South Energy Services, LLC Amputation

An employee was changing the bearings on a measuring head wheel for a wireline unit. The new bearings were placed and as the wheel was lowered back into the housing, the wheel pinched the tip of the employee's finger, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects · Fingertip(s) · Mining, oil and gas