911 Call, Gruesome Additional Details Released in New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board Outage Resulting in Serious Injury to Worker
Earlier this year in August, a seemingly innocent mylar balloon wreaked havoc on the city of New Orleans and caused serious injuries to the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board employee who was tasked with investigating it. Indeed, New Orleans residents, and people from all across Louisiana and the country, may recall that in early August, loose mylar balloons hit a number of power lines located near the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board’s Carrollton Plant, causing a boil water advisory on the East Bank and West Bank of New Orleans, causing a power outage, and causing a New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board employee to get seriously injured. The 911 call from employees at the Carrollton Plant from the day of the incident sheds more light, and gruesome details, on how the serious workplace accident occurred.
According to local news reports, details that have developed in the case of the serious workplace accident at the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board’s Carrollton Plant reveal a terrible and frightening scene. After the mylar balloons caused the power outage, the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board employee who was tasked with investigating the outage and getting the water pump back online was injured, requiring two employees from the plant to administer life-saving first-aid to the employee until EMS workers could arrive and take over. The worker is now said to have suffered from a “fall that resulted in a head injury” and the injured worker was described as “bleeding profusely” and “needing immediate help.” The worker was ultimately hospitalized as a result of his injuries.
Most New Orleans Employees are Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits if They are Injured on the Job
In light of the details that have emerged regarding the frightening accident at the Carrollton Plant, it is important for workers in New Orleans to know more about their rights under Louisiana workers’ compensation laws. Under Louisiana workers’ compensation laws, most workers (with some exceptions), are entitled to important workers’ compensation benefits to help them financially while they heal from a workplace injury and so they can return to work. These workers’ compensation benefits may include medical expense reimbursement for treating the injury, wage replacement compensation, for the time the injured worker is out of work, vocation training, and more. In order to get assistance in obtaining these important benefits in New Orleans, it is best to speak with an experienced Louisiana workers’ compensation lawyer as soon as possible about your workplace injury case.
The experienced New Orleans workers’ compensation lawyers at the law firm Lunsford Baskin & Priebe, PLLC are here to help victims of workplace accidents get workers’ compensation benefits due under Louisiana workers’ compensation laws. Do not hesitate to speak to an experienced Louisiana workers’ compensation lawyer about your case today. Contact Lunsford Baskin & Priebe, PLLC and speak to an experienced Louisiana lawyer about your case today.
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