| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-27 | Port Neches | Tx | Lion Elastomers | Head and neck | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was unloading liquid caustic potash into a tank. When the hose was uncoupled, the employee was sprayed with the chemical. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered chemical burns to the neck and face. | |||||
| 2018-08-29 | Port Neches | Texas | Sterling Shipyard, LP | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to electricity |
| An employee was performing MIG welding on the bottom outside part of a vessel when the employee appeared to be electrocuted, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-08-28 | Port Neches | Texas | Huntsman Petrochemcial LLC | Face | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was disconnecting a braided metal flex hose that was supplying air to a furnace for the de-coking process. A supplier sent an alternate feed to the furnace, which required the furnace to remain online. The employee went to disconnect the flex hose from the furnace and received second degree burns to the face and first degree burns to the torso from steam/hot condensate. The line was not depressurized at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2018-01-04 | Port Neches | Texas | HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICALS, LLC | Leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking down a ramp and slipped on an icy surface, suffering a left leg fracture. | |||||
| 2017-10-03 | Port Neches | Texas | Lion Elastomers | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was sanding down a shaft with sand paper when his left middle finger and index fingers became caught in the lathe. His fingers had to be surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2016-05-23 | Port Neches | Texas | Newtron Beaumont, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was helping to inspect an electrical line and repairing a jumper that came off the transformer switch. The employee pulled two of the three switches to de-energize the pole line and then repositioned his bucket truck to get to the next switch. When he grabbed the wire to reinstall it onto the third switch, the switch was energized and caused third degree burns to his index, middle, and ring fingers on both hands. | |||||
| 2015-09-26 | Port Neches | Texas | TPC Group | Lower leg(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell down while walking, fracturing his left tibia and fibula. | |||||
| 2015-09-11 | Port Neches | Texas | Plant Solutions LLC | Mouth | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was cleaning with a water jet. He lost his balance and was sprayed with high pressure water. He suffered a cut on his mouth and skin abrasions on his neck. | |||||
| 2015-08-09 | Port Neches | Texas | Lion Elastomers | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was taking off the access panel of the E Line Coagulation Tank to clean the excess solids out of it. As the employee was doing that the residuals (adjusted pH hot water 150-160 degrees Fahrenheit, liquid latex, and 93% sulfuric acid) splashed onto the employee. The pH of the residuals was approximately 3.2. The employee received second degree burns down the right side of his body. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||