Fractures

Name: Fractures at LASALLE BIOENERGY LLC
Start: 12/11/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181212713 · 12/11/2018 · LASALLE BIOENERGY LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-chain

Employer

Name: LASALLE BIOENERGY LLC
Location: 4915 Highway 125, URANIA, LOUISIANA, 71480
NAICS: 488510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a drag chain conveyor. The equipment started and the employee was struck by the drag chain paddles causing fractures to both legs that required surgery and two fractured ribs. The conveyor was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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