Geismar, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: OxyChem Geismar LA
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at OxyChem Geismar LA in 8318 Ashland Road, Geismar, LA 70734 resulted in days away from work. Employee was scaffold Builders in other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- OxyChem Geismar LA
- Parent company
- Turner Industries Group LLC
- Street
- 8318 Ashland Road
- City
- Geismar
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70734
- On-site location
- 161010118008 Occidental Chemical Geismar LA DEMIN Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
Before the incident
Employee was placing scaffold material inside of the tank before he entered into the tank to build the scaffold.
What happened
While staging material to build a scaffold inside of the B Bed tank in the Demin room a Turner scaffold builder inadvertently knelt down on a piece of rusted metal that was on top of the tank by the man way. The metal went through the employee 's knee pad and punctured his right knee.
Injury or illness
Puncture to the right knee
Object or substance involved
Rusted piece of metal
Summary line
Puncture to the right knee
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Scaffold Builders
- SOC code
- 47-2151: Pipelayers
- NAICS code
- 237990: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 296
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 615,156
- EIN
- 721513047
- Establishment ID
- 1489037
- Employer case #
- 74174
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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