OSHA Injury Report: Columbia Industries LLC_Mississippi

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Repairing a nitrogen gas line

What happened

Employee was attempting to repair a nitrogen gas line running from the outside bulk tank to the [REDACTED] machine. The connection point had multiple bushings to reduce the size of the fitting and some slight leaks were noted in the connections. While examining the line and trying to figure out what size fittings were needed the line was disconnected and terminated at a ball valve. Another employee was also working on securing the line in place to its final location with zip ties and accidentally knocked the ball valve open close to employees location. When the ball valve was knocked open it was roughly 2 to 3ft from employee and sprayed out some nitrogen (couldn 't really see it but could hear it per employee) employee reached up and shut the ball valve off again. No immediate effects were noticed so employee continued putting the new fittings together performed a leak check and continued on with her normal work for the day.

Injury or illness

Inhalation of nitrogen gas

Object or substance involved

Nitrogen gas

Summary line

Nitrogen Gas Inhalation

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.