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OSHA Injury Report: Westlake Chemical Plaquemine LA

Injury · Other recordable case

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

Establishment
Westlake Chemical Plaquemine LA
Parent company
Turner Industries Group LLC
Street
26100 Highway 405 South
City
Plaquemine
State
LA
ZIP
70764
On-site location
131010123513 Westlake Plaquemine LA Unit CA
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Setting up work area.

An SWS employee was attempting to tighten a bolt on a valve flange using the closed end of a 1 combination wrench. The employee placed the closed end of the wrench on the nut and proceeded to push the wrench downwards and away from himself. While doing this the wrench slipped causing the momentum of his body to travel forward. The employees face made contact with the valve flange resulting in an injury to his teeth.

Two front upper teeth

Valve Flange

Employee received two broken teeth when the wrench slipped forward causing his body to travel forward and contacted the valve flange.

Job description
Welder
SOC code
51-4121 — Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
NAICS code
237990 — Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
265
Total hours worked
550401
EIN
721513047
Establishment ID
873453
Employer case #
66319
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:10:00.000
Submitted
01MAR24:15:13:00

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.