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OSHA Injury Report: CITGO Lake Charles Refinery

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at CITGO Lake Charles Refinery in Westlake, LA 70669 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machinist in petroleum Refineries.

Establishment
CITGO Lake Charles Refinery
Parent company
CITGO Petroleum Corporation
Street
4401 Highway 108
City
Westlake
State
LA
ZIP
70669
On-site location
Operating Area
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
118

Performing maintenance on a valve

Employee was working on a valve when the coupling was freed. The shaft snapped back and caught thumb between the valve body and the top half of the coupling

Smash injury to right thumb

The valve coupling and body of the valve

Right thumb smashed between equipment

Job description
Machinist
SOC code
51-4041 — Machinists
NAICS code
342110 — Petroleum Refineries
Avg employees
1092
Total hours worked
2448441
EIN
731173881
Establishment ID
1093398
Employer case #
8644
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:30:00.000
Submitted
30JAN24:19:44:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.