Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Name: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels at GRAND ISLE SHIPYARD, LLC.
Start: 12/2/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241211081 · 12/2/2024 · GRAND ISLE SHIPYARD, LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lung(s), pleura
Nature of injury: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
Source: Utility poles
Secondary source: Fall protection equipment

Employer

Name: GRAND ISLE SHIPYARD, LLC.
Location: 3810 West Lakeshore Drive, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70808
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a field light for a football field. The employee was descending the light pole when the lifeline broke and he fell approximately 22 feet to the grass below. The employee sustained a fractured left arm and a punctured lung.

Source

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