Fractures

Name: Fractures at Occidental Chemical Corporation - Geismar Plant
Start: 9/20/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020098925 · 9/20/2020 · Occidental Chemical Corporation - Geismar Plant

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Skull
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Source: Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing

Employer

Name: Occidental Chemical Corporation - Geismar Plant
Location: 8318 Ashland Rd,, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
NAICS: 325180
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was conducting morning inspections in a caustic unit. A section of CPVC pipe 15 feet above broke off as a valve was being released, fell, and hit the employee in the head. He suffered a skull fracture and lost consciousness. He was hospitalized.

Source

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