Geismar, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southern Region Geismar
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Southern Region Geismar in 4338 Highway 73, Geismar, LA 70734 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southern Region Geismar
- Parent company
- Hexion Inc.
- Street
- 4338 Highway 73
- City
- Geismar
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70734
- On-site location
- Maintenance Shop
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 44
Before the incident
Maintenance Technician was in the Maintenance Shop fabricating a housing to guard a pump coupling During that process he utilized a Metabo portable powered cutting wheel to cut approximately a 10 x 18 piece of 3 16 thick aluminum sheet metal out of a full sheet He was leaning into the piece of metal that he was cutting out and holding the body of the Metabo in his left hand and the handle with his right As the cut finished and the piece of metal fell to the floor it is suspected that he released the handle with his right hand and put his right hand forward to steady himself and the cutting wheel contacted his right thumb causing a laceration At the time of the incident in addition to his standard PPE he was wearing leather work gloves safety glasses and a face shield and ear plugs The associate was treated at a local occupational clinic and referred to an orthopedic specialist
What happened
Maintenance Technician was in the Maintenance Shop fabricating a housing to guard a pump coupling During that process he utilized a Metabo portable powered cutting wheel to cut approximately a 10 x 18 piece of 3 16 thick aluminum sheet metal out of a full sheet He was leaning into the piece of metal that he was cutting out and holding the body of the Metabo in his left hand and the handle with his right As the cut finished and the piece of metal fell to the floor it is suspected that he released the handle with his right hand and put his right hand forward to steady himself and the cutting wheel contacted his right thumb causing a laceration At the time of the incident in addition to his standard PPE he was wearing leather work gloves safety glasses and a face shield and ear plugs The associate was treated at a local occupational clinic and referred to an orthopedic specialist
Injury or illness
Laceration Cut Open Wound Hand Right Thumb
Object or substance involved
Powered Hand Cutting Tool
Summary line
Laceration Cut Open Wound Hand Right Thumb Powered Hand Cutting Tool Struck by
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 325199
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 44
- Total hours worked
- 96110
- EIN
- 130511250
- Establishment ID
- 1168457
- Employer case #
- 13
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 18FEB2025:20:38:00
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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