OSHA Injury Report: Dow Chemical Company SCO Hahnville LA

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

The employee had guided the tugger beam to the ground level using tagline and was standing nearby

What happened

Employees were tasked with removing convection tubes from F 14 Furnace pre heater in [REDACTED] 1 using a tugger beam crane and forklift A tube had been extracted and was on the tugger beam The tugger beam was then lowered to the ground for the crew to remove the tube While the tube was being extracted from the beam using the forklift and rigging the tugger operator called for the forklift to stop so the tugger end of the rigging could be removed When the injured employee reached in to remove the rigging from the tube the tube shifted towards the forklift causing tension on the cable resulting in pinching the employees right middle and ring fingertips between the tugger cable and snatch block sheave

Injury or illness

Pinch to Right middle and ring finger

Object or substance involved

Cable and sheave

Summary line

Pinch to Right middle and ring finger

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.