Orange, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Orion Engineered Carbons
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Orion Engineered Carbons in 1513 echo rd, Orange, TX 77632 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in carbon black manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Orion Engineered Carbons
- Parent company
- Orion Engineered Carbons
- Street
- 1513 echo rd
- City
- Orange
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77632
- On-site location
- Near Reactor #5 Sample port upper deck.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 78
Before the incident
The employee was attempting to check a possible carbon black leak on reactor #4.
What happened
While investigating the leak the employee walked to the second deck and started traveling towards the leak he stepped onto a grating that immediately twisted and broke. His left leg went in between the floor opening and the edge of the grating scraped his leg but did not pierce the uniform clothing. Afterward the employee right ankle twisted and he fell to the grating floor and landed on his right knee. The employee then got off the grating floor walked to the control room and notified his immediate supervisor. The employee cleaned up the impacted area with scrape spray peroxide and bandaged the scrape with material from the first-aid cabinet. The employee has minor pain in his right ankle a minor scrape on his right knee and a minor abrasion on his left shin. The employee has denied medical treatment at this time.
Injury or illness
Abrasion Scratches (superficial) Leg Left Shin
Object or substance involved
Loose broken grating.
Summary line
Abrasion Scratches (superficial) Leg Left Shin Loose broken grating.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9011: Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 325180: Carbon black manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 40
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 125,526
- EIN
- 30614703
- Establishment ID
- 1101253
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 15:10
- 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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