Plaquemine, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Westlake Chemical Plaquemine LA
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Westlake Chemical Plaquemine LA in 26100 Highway 405 South, Plaquemine, LA 70764 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was welder in other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Setting up work area.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Two front upper teeth
Object or substance involved
Valve Flange
Summary line
Employee received two broken teeth when the wrench slipped forward causing his body to travel forward and contacted the valve flange.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Welder
- SOC code
- 51-4121: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- NAICS code
- 237990: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 265
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 550,401
- EIN
- 721513047
- Establishment ID
- 873453
- Employer case #
- 66319
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 08:10
- 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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