Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Great Western Valve, Williams Gas Pipeline, JACKSON, LOUISIANA 70748
on — Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the Multiple body parts n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was preparing for a valve replacement project. He sustained burns on his hands, chest/shoulder area (top right), and face from an explosion. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts n.e.c. Source, secondary source unspecified
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was checking the level of liquid inside the distributor truck's tank when there was a flash explosion. The employee sustaining burns to 16% of his body.
An employee was visually inspecting the drive line for a conveyor. There was an explosion in the conveyor, and the employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to both forearms.
On August 4, 2025, at 7:00 AM, an employee was approaching an area to put out a fire with an ABC fire extinguisher when an unknown material exploded and contacted their face. The employee sustained a laceration to the right cheek with an object penetrating the nasal cavity. The employee was hospitalized.
Two employees were welding pipes on a structure when an explosion occurred. Both employees sustained burns and one employee's injuries were fatal. The second employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 332911)
An employee was repositioning a large casting with a chain. The chain slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in hospitalization with a fracture to his upper arm and a crushing injury to his thumb.
An employee was performing a machine set-up and had installed one set of holding jaws. His right index finger became caught in an air vise while re-clamping a part. The employee sustained a partial amputation above the fingernail.
Two employees were re-packing a butterfly valve. The valve was being held by a crane. An employee added air to the valve to close it. The valve moved and the other employee reached to steady it. His thumb was caught in the valve and the thumb tip was amputated.
An employee was preparing to install a production tree/master valve. The employee grabbed the bull plug and shook the production tree into place. The well blew out on the casing side. The pressure caused the production tree to fall over onto the employee, resulting in a fractured right leg.
An employee was manually moving a 30-pound valve. When he sat the valve down, it crushed his left index fingertip just above the nail and amputated it.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.