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OSHA Injury Report: Westlake Petrochemical Sulphur LA

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

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.

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
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
160

Employee was unbolting a flat cap

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.

Thermal Burns to his ankles and feet

Hot water

Employee received burns to ankles and feet when the pressure released from under the flat cap sprayed out of the flange then settled.

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
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.