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
- Assembly
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
Preparing to weld a bundle support lug.
What happened
A second technician working on the same project stated that he was working on the other side of the bundle higher up and went to reposition the pumping portion of the porta power to make some room for himself to work. As soon as he moved the pump the ram and extension both came loose and began to fall.
Injury or illness
IP was hit in the head by the falling hydraulic ram.
Object or substance involved
hydraulic ram
Summary line
Closed Head Abrasion
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 #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 18:30
- 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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