Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126022.015 - Employee tears ACL in fall while restarting vacuum tower fur

Accident Summary Nr: 126022.015 -- Report ID: 0950671 -- Event Date: 12/07/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1472017.015	04/09/2020		324110	Valero Refining Company - California

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on December 7, 2019, an employee working as an operations systems analyst for a petroleum refinery was attempting to restart a BAP vacuum tower furnace (H4601). While adjusting the burners and air registers during a restart, the employee slipped and fell. The employee tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Adjust, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Dislocated, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Knee, Leg, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Refinery, Slip, Slippery Surface, Sprain, Started, Strain, Tear, Tower, Vacuum Vessel, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1472017.015	30	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Operations & systems researchers and analysts

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