Avondale, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Avondale Global Gateway LLC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Avondale Global Gateway LLC in 5100 River Road, Avondale, LA 70094 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in marine cargo handling services.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Avondale Global Gateway LLC
- Parent company
- Avondale Global Gateway LLC
- Street
- 5100 River Road
- City
- Avondale
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70094
- On-site location
- Rail Track, Wyoming Yard Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
The employee was operating a Trackmobile attempting to pull a loaded railcar onto the railyard 's main track.
What happened
In order for the Trackmobile operator to pull the loaded railcar to the yard 's main track a rail switch (switch #4) had to be adjusted in a designated direction which allows rail traffic to proceed on the main track. The rail switch was inadvertently adjusted in the wrong direction allowing the Trackmobile to proceed on the back track where 3 empty railcars were staged. As the trackmobile proceeded on the back track it contacted one of the 3 staged railcars.
Injury or illness
The employee reported experiencing neck back shoulder and right breast pain along stiffness and posttraumatic stress disorder.
Object or substance involved
The employee reports being injured after the trackmobile that she was operating contacted the staged railcar on the back rail track.
Summary line
Operator Collided with empty railcars while trying to pull a loaded railcar down the main track with the Track Mobile
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- Nov-99: Managers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 488320: Marine cargo handling services
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 112
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 228,975
- Establishment ID
- 1294187
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:45
- Time of incident
- 14:35
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-07
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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