Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202530416 - Employee's Leg Is Fractured When Struck by Metal Grate

Accident Summary Nr: 202530416 -- Report ID: 0950664 -- Event Date: 03/06/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313642407	03/08/2011	2911	324110	Conocophillips

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 a.m. on March 6, 2011, Employee #1, a coker operator, was cleaning the floor underneath Coker Number 3 at an oil refinery. He and a coworker were spraying the coke debris with water hoses into a sluiceway. He slipped and lost his footing. His foot landed on the end of a rectangular grate that covered the sluice pit opening. The grate moved, then gave way. He fell halfway into the sluice pit. As he was sitting on the edge of the opening with his leg inside, the metal grate slid down and struck his right leg, breaking the fibula and tibia. He was taken to Long Beach Memorial Hospital, where he underwent surgery. He was hospitalized for four days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CLEANING, SLIP, GRATING, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, STRUCK BY, REFINERY, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313642407			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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