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A worker checking trucks as they entered the Motiva refinery claims one of the drivers purposely jerked the truck forward causing her to fall off and sustain injuries.
Patricia Rodrigue filed a personal injury suit against Headwaters Construction Materials LLC and Motiva Enterprises LLC on Sept. 4 in Jefferson County District Court.
According to the original complaint, on Sept. 5, 2006, Rodrigue was employed by Compass Environmental Inc. at the Motiva plant in Port Arthur. Part of her job included checking 18-wheelers as they entered the plant.
The trucks were carrying fly ash that was used for environmental remediation.
On the day in question, a truck owned by Headwaters Construction Materials came into the plant and Rodrigue stood on the steps of the truck to check the driver's paperwork, court papers say.
"Before she had the chance to get off the truck, the Headwater's truck driver popped the clutch and dumped plaintiff off of the truck," the suit states. "Plaintiff fell into a ditch that was located next to the roadway."
Rodrigue claims she tried to catch herself with her right hand, and her right wrist "was literally folded back over itself."
The woman underwent surgery and had a titanium rod inserted to repair her wrist.
In addition, Rodrigue claims she sustained a full thickness tear to her right rotator cuff that has not yet been surgically repaired.
"Plaintiff continues to have significant problems with her right wrist and shoulder," the suit claims.
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