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OSHA Injury Report: TSS at Westlake Chemical Plaquemine LA

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at TSS at Westlake Chemical Plaquemine LA in Plaquemine, LA 70764 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was foreman in all Other Specialty Trade Contractors.

Establishment
TSS at Westlake Chemical Plaquemine LA
Parent company
Turner Specialty Services LLC
Street
26100 Highway 405 South
City
Plaquemine
State
LA
ZIP
70764
On-site location
61641015052 Westlake Plaquemine LA VCM C Quench Tower
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was spraying water into the tower

At approximately [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] an employee was vacuuming out coke in the C quench tower located in the VCM unit. The vacuum hose was inserted into the manway of the tower and the employee stated that he was using an openended utility hose to spray water inside the manway to help break up the coke. While doing this the vacuum hose unexpectedly failed causing the hose to shift aggressively. The vacuum hose contacted the employee on the mouthlower jaw causing an injury.

Employee sustained a laceration to his chin below the lower lip

Vacuum hose

Employee sustained a laceration to his chin below the lower lip

Job description
Foreman
SOC code
47-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Wo
NAICS code
238990 — All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
67
Total hours worked
139090
EIN
721510167
Establishment ID
613032
Employer case #
74192
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
20:30
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.