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OSHA Injury Report: Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA in Plaquemine, LA 70764 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was welder in other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const.

Establishment
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA
Parent company
Turner Industries Group LLC
Street
21255 Highway 1
City
Plaquemine
State
LA
ZIP
70764
On-site location
131010125506 Dow Chemical Plaquemine LA Laydown Yard 63
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Walking through laydown yard towards the crew van

Crew was instructed to go to laydown [REDACTED] to attempt to locate and retrieve valve handles for a permitted job in [REDACTED]. After locating the valve handles the injured employee walked approx. 10 back towards the van to retrieve Kroil lubricant and tools needed to remove the nut on the valve handle. The employee then tripped on the edge of a wooden pallet. The employee injured his 5th digit of his right hand while attempting to brace his fall.

Dislocation of 5th digit on right hand

Wooden Pallet

Dislocation of 5th digit on right hand

Job description
Welder
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
NAICS code
237990 — Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
210
Total hours worked
436992
EIN
721513047
Establishment ID
354117
Employer case #
73491
Date of incident
Shift started
5:30
Time of incident
9:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:13:28:00

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.