OSHA Injury Report: Occidental (OxyChem) Taft LA

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Pushing the breaker panel out of the [REDACTED] building

What happened

On [REDACTED] a crew of Turner warehouse employees were tasked with removing an old breaker panel from the [REDACTED] room storage area. The breaker panel had casters on the bottom but was not able to be rolled out manually a forklift was then used to assist. As the forklift was transitioning from the grade of the building to the grade of the ground the breaker panel shifted east. The breaker cabinet leaned over and contacted a PPE storage cabinet. The Turner employee that was pushing on the east side of the breaker panel left hand was on the edge of the breaker panel. As the breaker contacted the storage cabinet the employee attempted to retract the left hand and received an avulsion laceration to the left index finger. The employee was taken offsite to Prime medical for evaluation and then to the Orthopedic for treatment.

Injury or illness

Avulsion to the left index finger

Object or substance involved

Metal edge on the breaker cabinet

Summary line

Employee received avulsion to left index finger when hand was contacted by breaker panel.

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.