Lake Charles, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Southside Machine Works, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Southside Machine Works, Inc. in 500 Leger Road, Lake Charles, LA 70607 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machinist in machine shops.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Southside Machine Works, Inc.
- Parent company
- Southside Machine Works, Inc.
- Street
- 500 Leger Road
- City
- Lake Charles
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70607
- On-site location
- Westlake Chemical - South Plant
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Employee was uncoupling a pump
What happened
Employee did not use the proper tools to uncouple the pump. When he broke the seal of the pump the pressure cause the pump bowl to separate smashing the employees left hand between the pumb bowl and other equipment in the area
Injury or illness
Employee crushed left hand and finger(s)
Object or substance involved
The employees hand being smashed between pump bowl and surrounding equipment.
Summary line
Crusthing Left Hand and Fingers(s) while uncoupling pump
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machinist
- SOC code
- 51-4041: Machinists
- NAICS code
- 332710: Machine shops
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 96
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 208,712
- EIN
- 720919504
- Establishment ID
- 170053
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 08:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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