Geismar, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Methanex Geismar LA
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Methanex Geismar LA in 4279 LA Hwy 73, Geismar, LA 70734 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was rigger in other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Methanex Geismar LA
- Parent company
- Turner Industries Group LLC
- Street
- 4279 LA Hwy 73
- City
- Geismar
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70734
- On-site location
- 131010122546 Methanex Geismar LA G1 Unit
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 180
Before the incident
Giving hand signals to [REDACTED] to fly valve in place.
What happened
A rigger was working on a scaffold lowering a check valve in place. During this activity the valve contacted the hand of the rigger which was on a horizontal member of the scaffold. This contact resulted in an injury to the employee 's left hand.
Injury or illness
Injury to three middle fingers on left hand
Object or substance involved
Valve striking his hand.
Summary line
Employee received a fracture to three fingers on his left hand when a valve shifted then contacted his hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Rigger
- SOC code
- 49-9096: Riggers
- NAICS code
- 237990: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 675
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 1,404,388
- EIN
- 721513047
- Establishment ID
- 873401
- Employer case #
- 64858
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:30
- Time of incident
- 10:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-01
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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