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OSHA Injury Report: TSS at Occidental (OxyChem) Convent LA

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at TSS at Occidental (OxyChem) Convent LA in Convent, LA 70723 resulted in days away from work. Employee was non Destructive Technician in all Other Specialty Trade Contractors.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

The technician completed an assessment of his work area and was beginning to descend the scaffold ladder.

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.

Broken left femur

Impact to the ground

Employee fell 10-12 ft from scaffold landing on his left hip breaking his femur.

Job description
Non Destructive Technician
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
238990 — All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
22
Total hours worked
46312
EIN
721510167
Establishment ID
613031
Employer case #
65822
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:40:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:13:29:00

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.