Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Exxon Mobile Baytown Marine Terminal
Start: 5/5/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022053886 · 5/5/2022 · Exxon Mobile Baytown Marine Terminal

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Exxon Mobile Baytown Marine Terminal
Location: 5000 Bayway Drive, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77520
NAICS: 324110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was helping purge a product line with nitrogen. A piece of solidified plastic came out of the product pipeline at the open flange end and impaled the employee's hand.

Source

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