Orange, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Solvay Specialty Polymers, LLC.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Solvay Specialty Polymers, LLC. in 4059 FM 1006, Orange, TX 77630 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was chemical Process Operator in pipe, rigid plastics, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Solvay Specialty Polymers, LLC.
- Parent company
- Solvay
- Street
- 4059 FM 1006
- City
- Orange
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77630
- On-site location
- Halar Unit Effluent Tank
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was stroking a valve in an attempt to clear a plugged process line.
What happened
The line to the Effluent Tank was plugged and the employee attempted to clear the 2 plugged line with Nitrogen. The employee opened the Nitrogen to pressure up the line and climbed to the top of the tank to stroke the valve on the 2 feed line. After stroking the valve for a second time the plug broke free causing Nitrogen to feed the base of the tank through the dip tube. The tank was full and once Nitrogen entered the tank hot water sprayed out of an opening inspection manway and sprayed the employee with hot water causing burns to his right hand and leg.
Injury or illness
Burns to the right hand and leg.
Object or substance involved
Hot water
Summary line
Burns to right hand and leg from hot water.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Chemical Process Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9011: Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 326122: Pipe, rigid plastics, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 72
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 141,929
- Establishment ID
- 626959
- Employer case #
- 23-Jan
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:30
- Time of incident
- 13:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-11
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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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