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Equistar Chemicals

Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment — Cuts, lacerations — BAY CITY, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Equistar Chemicals in BAY CITY, TEXAS
Employer Equistar Chemicals Report ID 2017065385
Address 17042 State Highway 60 South City, State ZIP BAY CITY, TEXAS 77414
Event Date June 13, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Cuts, lacerations Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment Source of Injury Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
Secondary Source Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Industry (NAICS) 325110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 28.80000, -95.93000

Incident Narrative

An employee was disassembling a boom truck. During the process, the boom truck moved and the last bolt securing the crane assembly to the boom truck broke causing the entire crane assembly to move. The employee was caught between the outrigger of the crane assembly and the truck fuel tank resulting in a right leg laceration.

Incident Summary

On June 13, 2017, a worker at Equistar Chemicals in BAY CITY, TEXAS suffered cuts, lacerations to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment, with boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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