Fractures

Name: Fractures at Ports America Louisiana LLC
Start: 9/12/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099531 · 9/12/2019 · Ports America Louisiana LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hip(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
Source: Cargo ship, freighter, passenger liner, ship, excluding sail-powered
Secondary source: Buckets, baskets, pails

Employer

Name: Ports America Louisiana LLC
Location: Ports America Nashville Terminal, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70115
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was hooking up cargo to a crane hook for discharge from a vessel. The ship moved, causing the cargo (rubber in a metal basket) to strike the employee, who suffered a broken left hip and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown