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OSHA Injury Report: Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA in 21255 Highway 1, Plaquemine, LA 70764 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was pipefitter.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine LA
Parent company
Turner Industries Group LLC
Street
21255 Highway 1
City
Plaquemine
State
LA
ZIP
70764
On-site location
131010123549 Dow Chemical LAO Plaquemine LA Glycol 2

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Placed pipe in jack stands to prep for weld

What happened

Employees were working in the Vinyl [REDACTED] fab shop fabricating a piece of 3 inch pipe for Glycol [REDACTED] The employees placed a piece of 3 inchX 8 foot long pipe in the jack stands to grind fit and weld The injured employee grabbed the tube of the jack stand with his right hand and loosened the adjustment screw with his left hand in an attempt to level the pipe At that time the collar did not hold and the tube slipped down with the weight of the pipe and smashed his right ring finger between the pivot point of the collar and the jack stand head resulting in a laceration and fracture to the tip of the right ring finger

Injury or illness

Fracture to right ring finger and laceration to right ring finger

Object or substance involved

Jack Stand

Summary line

Fracture to right ring finger and laceration to right ring finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Pipefitter
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
237990
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
463
Total hours worked
963918
EIN
721513047
Establishment ID
354117
Employer case #
68655

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
16:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
25FEB2025:18:40:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.