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 Gonzales, LA 70737 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was helper 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
- Helper
- SOC code
- 51-9198 — Helpers--Production Workers
- NAICS code
- 332420 — Bulk storage tanks, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 465
- Total hours worked
- 1180548
- EIN
- 721410690
- Establishment ID
- 916926
- Employer case #
- 6
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 9:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 10JAN24:16:12:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.