Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1533581.015 - Kraton Chemical, Llc.

Inspection Information - Office: Mobile Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1533581.015

Report ID: 0418600

Date Opened: 05/26/2021

Site Address:
Kraton Chemical, Llc.
2 South Everitt Ave
Panama City, FL 32405

Mailing Address:
2 South Everitt Ave, Panama City, FL 32405

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 325194

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/26/2021

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/30/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1770783	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 135910.015

Event: 05/23/2021

Employee breaks leg in slip, fall off chemical tank platform

At 10:45 p.m. on May 23, 2021, an employee working as a chemical technician for a chemical manufacturer was opening a vent on top of a chemical storage tank. While stepping off of the platform beside the tank, the employee slipped and fell over 2 feet to the concrete below. The employee broken his left tibia and fibula and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broke, Broken, Broken Bone, Chemical, Concrete Surface, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fibula, Fracture, Leg, Manufacturing, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Operator, Platform, Raised platform, Slip, Slippery Surface, Tank, Technician, Tibia, Walk Platform, Walking Surface, Work Platform, Work Surface

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1533581.015	51	M	Hospitalized injury		Chemical technicians

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