Koch Specialty Plant Services Inc

Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet - Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk - TEXAS CITY, Texas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Koch Specialty Plant Services Inc in TEXAS CITY, Texas
Employer Koch Specialty Plant Services Inc
Address 2938 5th Ave S, Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery
City, State ZIP TEXAS CITY, Texas 77590
Report ID 2023032279
Event Date March 13, 2023
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
Body Part Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source of Injury Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary Source Structures and surfaces, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 236210
GPS Coordinates 29.37933, -94.93797

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Incident Narrative

An employee had been removing baffle plates from a tower in a facility. While moving to an upper level on a scaffold, he lost his footing and fell approximately 8-9 feet to a lower level and impacted a handrail on scaffolding below. The employee sustained five fractured ribs on the right side and internal bleeding.

Incident Summary

On March 13, 2023, a worker at Koch Specialty Plant Services Inc in TEXAS CITY, Texas suffered internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk to the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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