PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS—
Brand Energy Solutions
Struck by discharged object or substance · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Brand Energy Solutions, 2555 Savannah Ave, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77640 on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was sitting on a pipe inside a tank, sandblasting. He put his hose down to slide forward and start sandblasting another area. The hose activated and injected the back of his left leg with sandblasting medium.
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PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS—
Brand Energy Solutions
Employees were building scaffold access under the switch deck by the coke chutes. Two employees were standing on a scaffold platform while passing scaffold material. The coke drum above them was being cut (washed down with water). Heated water left the coke drum through a chute and splashed the two employees. Both employees were hospitalized with first- and second-degree thermal burns to the shoulders and upper back.
CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS—
Brand Energy Solutions
An employee was prepping a blast pot for the next day and opened the top man-way. Pressure then escaped, causing the employee to be struck in the face by an unknown object. The employee sustained a laceration above his eyes and was hospitalized. The blast pot was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.
PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA—
Brand Energy Solutions
Employees were offloading pipe onto a pipe stand. An employee's hand was resting on the pipe stand and when the pipe came down, his hand was pinched between the pipe and the pipe stand, breaking his left index finger.
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS—
Brand Energy Solutions
An employee was performing gouging operations on the internal surfaces of a vessel when a flash fire occurred. The employee received burns to the upper chest, arms, and legs (approximately 44% of body) and was hospitalized for treatment of burns and smoke inhalation.
MONT BELVIEU, TEXAS—
Brand Energy Solutions
An employee was on top of a scaffold performing dry blasting operations. The employee was kneeling to reach the lower area and lost balance. The employee blasted the left hand and was hospitalized as a result of the injury.
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