# Fractures at Occidental Chemical Corporation - Geismar Plant
> OSHA SIR `2020098925` · 9/20/2020 · GEISMAR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Occidental Chemical Corporation - Geismar Plant
- **Location:** 8318 Ashland Rd,, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting morning inspections in a caustic unit. A section of CPVC pipe 15 feet above broke off as a valve was being released, fell, and hit the employee in the head. He suffered a skull fracture and lost consciousness. He was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*