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Performance Blasting & Coatings, L.P.

Fall, slip, trip, unspecified — Multiple types of open wounds — PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Performance Blasting & Coatings, L.P. in PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
Employer Performance Blasting & Coatings, L.P. Report ID 2017010029
Address 7200 State HWY 87 City, State ZIP PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77642
Event Date January 1, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Multiple types of open wounds Body Part Lower leg(s)
Event Type Fall, slip, trip, unspecified Source of Injury Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238320 Inspection # 1202085
GPS Coordinates 29.71000, -93.90000

Incident Narrative

An employee was blasting angles inside the cargo tank on the upper level of a scaffold. A 6-inch pipe approximately 24 inches above the scaffold deck was running horizontally behind him. During the process, he stepped backwards, lost his balance and fell backwards over the pipe as pressure remained on the hose. His legs went in the air during the fall the blaster blasted his right leg below the knee. The employee suffered a deep laceration and injection injury to his lower right leg.

Incident Summary

On January 1, 2017, a worker at Performance Blasting & Coatings, L.P. in PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS suffered multiple types of open wounds to the lower leg(s). The incident was classified as fall, slip, trip, unspecified, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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