Sulphur, LA —
OSHA Injury Report: Westlake Petrochemical Sulphur LA
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Westlake Petrochemical Sulphur LA in Sulphur, LA 70665 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was boilermaker in other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Westlake Petrochemical Sulphur LA
- Parent company
- Turner Industries Group LLC
- Street
- 3524 Hwy 108
- City
- Sulphur
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70665
- On-site location
- 11101034019 Westlake Sulphur LA Petro 2 OSBL
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 160
Before the incident
Employee was unbolting a flat cap
What happened
A TIG employee was removing 4 flat caps to reinstall heads and spools on a spiralwound exchanger. 3 were removed without issues and he was unbolting the last cap which is about 6 inches off the floor when he was sprayed with hot water around his feet and ankles.
Injury or illness
Thermal Burns to his ankles and feet
Object or substance involved
Hot water
Summary line
Employee received burns to ankles and feet when the pressure released from under the flat cap sprayed out of the flange then settled.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Boilermaker
- SOC code
- 47-2011 — Boilermakers
- NAICS code
- 237990 — Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Const
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 347
- Total hours worked
- 721646
- EIN
- 721513047
- Establishment ID
- 873455
- Employer case #
- 67254
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 8:10:00.000
- Submitted
- 01MAR24:15:13:00
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.