Convent, LA ·
OSHA Injury Report: TSS at Occidental (OxyChem) Convent LA
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at TSS at Occidental (OxyChem) Convent LA in 7377 Highway 3214, Convent, LA 70723 resulted in days away from work. Employee was non Destructive Technician in all Other Specialty Trade Contractors.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- TSS at Occidental (OxyChem) Convent LA
- Parent company
- Turner Specialty Services LLC
- Street
- 7377 Highway 3214
- City
- Convent
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70723
- On-site location
- 646410119511 Oxy Convent LA Plant 31 between F5 and F6 boiler
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
The technician completed an assessment of his work area and was beginning to descend the scaffold ladder.
What happened
A TSS Inspections and NDE technician was tasked with taking UT readings in Plant 31 between the F5 and F6 boiler. The technician climbed the scaffold to the area where the UT readings were to be taken to assess the work area. Once he assessed the work area on the scaffold the employee exited the scaffold through the swing gate and attempted to descend the scaffold ladder. As he began to descend the scaffold ladder he fell an estimated 1012 feet to the ground landing on the left side of his hip.
Injury or illness
Broken left femur
Object or substance involved
Impact to the ground
Summary line
Employee fell 10-12 ft from scaffold landing on his left hip breaking his femur.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Non Destructive Technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 238990: All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 22
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 46,312
- EIN
- 721510167
- Establishment ID
- 613031
- Employer case #
- 65822
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 14:40
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-02
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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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