Geismar, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: BASF Corporation Geimsar LA
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at BASF Corporation Geimsar LA in 8404 River Road, Geismar, LA 70734 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was ironworker in other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BASF Corporation Geimsar LA
- Parent company
- Turner Industries Group LLC
- Street
- 8404 River Road
- City
- Geismar
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70734
- On-site location
- 311010124009 BASF Geismar LA MDI unit in the 930 area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 47
Before the incident
Making a bolt up connection on two pieces of steel.
What happened
Two employees were working on a trapeze at ground level. The rigger involved in this activity was signaling the crane. They were in the process of standing the steel member up and making the boltup connection. At the time of the incident the injured employees finger was under the flange in the bolt hole at the bolt up location. The rigger signaled the crane down while also moving the steel member off a laminate mat to close the bird mouth. It is at this time the injured employee 's left ring finger was caught between the two steel pieces. This resulted in a significant laceration to the above mentioned finger.
Injury or illness
Left Ring Finger
Object or substance involved
Structural steel components
Summary line
Left Ring Finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Ironworker
- SOC code
- 47-2151: Pipelayers
- NAICS code
- 237990: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 412
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 857,856
- EIN
- 721513047
- Establishment ID
- 1489025
- Employer case #
- 73742
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 08:30
- 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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