Starkville, MS ·
OSHA Injury Report: Columbia Industries LLC_Mississippi
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Columbia Industries LLC_Mississippi in 101 Airport Rd, Starkville, MS 39759 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Technician in fabricated structural metal manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Columbia Industries LLC_Mississippi
- Parent company
- Columbia Industries LLC
- Street
- 101 Airport Rd
- City
- Starkville
- State
- MS
- ZIP
- 39759
- On-site location
- N End Bay 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
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
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 332312: Fabricated structural metal manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 38
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 77,783
- EIN
- 412177061
- Establishment ID
- 1211047
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 08:00
- 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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