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Ascend Performance Materials, LLC

Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified — Fractures — DECATUR, ALABAMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Ascend Performance Materials, LLC in DECATUR, ALABAMA
Employer Ascend Performance Materials, LLC Report ID 20171211794
Address 1050 Chemstrand Avenue City, State ZIP DECATUR, ALABAMA 35601
Event Date December 12, 2017 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Jaw, chin
Event Type Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified Source of Injury Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 325199 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 34.63000, -87.02000

Incident Narrative

An employee was pressure testing a tanker truck and adjusting the tanker's wash-out cap when the cap contacted the employee's face. The employee suffered a broken jaw and lacerations to the chin.

Incident Summary

On December 12, 2017, a worker at Ascend Performance Materials, LLC in DECATUR, ALABAMA suffered fractures to the jaw, chin. The incident was classified as contact with objects and equipment, unspecified, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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