Struck by discharged object or substance · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, of Wildflower Road and Windmill Road Cleburne , CLEBURNE, TEXAS 76031
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the eye(s).
Final narrative
A braided stainless steel hose (about 1 inch in diameter by 1 foot long) between fixed piping and the discharge side of a compressor on an odorant delivery truck ruptured. Debris from the ruptured hose struck a Chevron Phillips employee on the left side of the face. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing eye surgery.
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