OSHA Injury Report: US Gyspum Fort Dodge

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Removing drain line flange from bottom of cbase reactor moving out of area to avoid slurry

What happened

Employee was dumping cbase reactor 1 during an emergency shutdown Shook out the dump hose to check for slurry draining out found none Started to remove the flange attaching the hose collar to the underside of the reactor As he was loosening the last bolt slurry began to run out of the reactor He was hit in the face neck and upper body and quickly moved away from the reactor When he jumped from the platform to the floor to exit through the doorway he felt a couple pops in his knee He crawled the rest of the way out to clear the slurry still draining Employee sustained some burns on the upper arms from the hot slurry and was unable to bear weight on his knee Employee was taken by plant vehicle to the ER for evaluation

Injury or illness

Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrainOverexertion Body Parts KneesLeft

Object or substance involved

Hot cbase slurry injured knee quickly exiting area

Summary line

Nature of InjuryIllness SprainStrainOverexertion Cause of InjuryIllnessFall or Slip Body Parts KneesLeft Object Substance Hot cbase slurry injured knee quickly exiting area

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.