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OSHA Injury Report: Houston Polymers Terminal

Skin disorder · Job transfer or restriction

On , a skin disorder at Houston Polymers Terminal in La Porte, TX 77571 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was pACKAGING OPERATOR in general warehousing and storage.

Establishment
Houston Polymers Terminal
Parent company
Katoen Natie Gulf Coast, Inc
Street
10925 SH 225
City
La Porte
State
TX
ZIP
77571
On-site location
HPT 5 Manual Line 5
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Skin disorder (code 2)
Days restricted or transferred
48

employee was climbing down from the manual line 5 as he was setting up the packaging machine for packaging operations for the day. as he was climbing down he step on the 3rd step from the bottom and slip and trip and fell down on the floor hitting his left hand and head

employee was coming down from the manual line ladder as he was coming down employee stated that he slipped on the 3rd step of the ladder of manual line 5 due to the fall from 3rd step onto the ground employee injured his left hand 3rd digit and hit his head when falling down.

employee injured his left hand 3rd digit and hit his head when falling down.

packaging and debagging machines ladder

employee was coming down from the manual line ladder as he was coming down employee stated that he slipped on the 3rd step of the ladder of manual line 5 due to the fall from 3rd step onto the ground employee injured his left hand 3rd digit and hit hi

Job description
PACKAGING OPERATOR
SOC code
53-7064 — Packers and Packagers, Hand
NAICS code
493110 — General warehousing and storage
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
217
Total hours worked
625955
EIN
222092160
Establishment ID
225266
Employer case #
IK25-0291
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
19:40
Filing year
2025
Submitted
21JAN26:21:10:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.