Struck by discharged object or substance · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Texas Petroleum Investment Co., 501 Tidewater Rd, VENICE, LOUISIANA 70091
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the upper arm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was flowing a gas well. An ice plug formed in the line (upstream) and restricted pressure downstream. The employee began bleeding off the line downstream and the ice plug released. This caused a pressure difference, sending the ice plug downstream. The ball valve that was used to bleed the line was blown off, striking the employee in the right bicep and causing a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedUpper arm(s)Valves, nozzles
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