POINT COMFORT, TEXAS—
Formosa Plastics Corporation - Texas
Exposure through intact tissue · Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Formosa Plastics Corporation - Texas, 201 Formosa Dr., POINT COMFORT, TEXAS 77978 on — Chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified, affecting the Eye(s).
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Final narrative
Two employees were removing a discharge hose on a portable pump. A 50% caustic solution sprayed onto the employees, one of whom suffered burns to the eyes as well as an abrasion to the side of the body where the hose struck them. The employee was hospitalized.
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POINT COMFORT, TEXAS—
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At about 3:00 p.m. on December 3, 2020, an employee was switching out a one-ton chlorine cylinder in an ethylene glycol unit when a chlorine leak developed. The employee inhaled chlorine gas and was hospitalized.
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An employee was handling a catalyst hoist. As he tried to stop the load from swinging, his left little finger was caught between the hoist and a handrail. The fingertip was crushed.
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Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
An employee was cleaning an auger when he dropped a tool in the machine. The moving auger amputated his finger as he attempted to retrieve the tool.
POINT COMFORT, TEXAS—
Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
Employee received 2nd and 3rd degree burns from hot liquid plastic while removing a plug.
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