Palmetto, FL ·
OSHA Injury Report: Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Port Manatee Facility
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Air Products and Chemicals Inc.- Port Manatee Facility in 2525 Inland Transport St., Palmetto, FL 34221 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was welding Tech in heat exchangers manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Parent company
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
- Street
- 2525 Inland Transport St.
- City
- Palmetto
- State
- FL
- ZIP
- 34221
- On-site location
- Fabrication
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 22
Before the incident
Working in the assembly area dressing backing rings with a 4 angle grinder and sanding disc.
What happened
When the employee adjusted the backing ring in the vise his elbow bumped the vise as he was turning which caused his hand to grasp the trigger on the grinder.
Injury or illness
Finger laceration and nail avulsion.
Object or substance involved
Sanding disc on 4 angle grinder.
Summary line
Stitches to right index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welding Tech
- SOC code
- 51-4121: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 332410: Heat exchangers manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 318
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 677,861
- EIN
- 231274455
- Establishment ID
- 301945
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 04:25
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-09
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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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