Gonzales, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Smith Tank & Steel, Inc.
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Smith Tank & Steel, Inc. in 42422 Hwy 30, Gonzales, LA 70737 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was fitter in bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Smith Tank & Steel, Inc.
- Parent company
- Smith Tank & Steel, Inc.
- Street
- 42422 Hwy 30
- City
- Gonzales
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70737
- On-site location
- Westlake Plaquemine VCM Unit
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
Preparing to make a fit on [REDACTED] in scaffold under vent fan deck
What happened
While employee was getting ready to make a fit in the [REDACTED] unit on [REDACTED] the employee smelled an unusual smell similar to what is believed to be chlorine. Employee immediately climbed down a 30ft scaffold and notified operations to get first responders on the way chlorine had been released from somewhere within the unit not involving our assigned task.
Injury or illness
Coughing & shortness of breath
Object or substance involved
Chlorine
Summary line
Chemical inhalation from uncontrolled chlorine release within the unit
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fitter
- SOC code
- 51-2099: Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other
- NAICS code
- 332420: Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 465
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,180,548
- EIN
- 721410690
- Establishment ID
- 916926
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 09:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-10
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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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