Explosion or fire on water vehicle · Fractures and burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wastewater Specialties, LLC, 900 LA- 108, SULPHUR, LOUISIANA 70665
on , Fractures and burns, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
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Final narrative
Five workers of two employers (Wastewater Specialties, LLC and Westlake Chemical Lake Charles South) were hospitalized when a flash fire in a vessel occurred. Two employees were on an elevated platform welding a flange onto a 54-inch segment of process piping at the quench tower. Three other workers were engaged in a hydro blasting operation. Employee 1 suffered head trauma, lacerations, and burns. Employee 2 suffered a lower leg/ankle injury. The other workers sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns to face and torso, and fractures to their arms and legs.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedWater vehicle, unspecified
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