Arlanxeo employee life flighted for non-life threatening burns
Published 4:28 pm Monday, October 16, 2017
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
Eric Williams/The Orange Leader
By Eric Williams
The Orange Leader
An Arlanxeo Orange Facility employee was reported to be in non life threatening conditions after having to be life flighted Sunday evening.
Orange Fire Department responded around 5 p.m., on Sunday, to the Arlanxeo Plant on Farm to Market Road 1006 in reference to an employee being burned.
The facility issued the following statement: ‘an employee was working on a small bleed valve connected to a process line when an ignition occurred causing the employee to suffer non-life-threatening Burns. The employee was reported to be in stable condition after the incident.
Acadian Ambulance Air Rescue responded to the scene to transport the victim to a burn unit for treatment as a precaution. Due to this incident there is no impact to the community from the incident and the plant is still operating in normal condition.
The safety of our employees and the community are always in the first priority at Arlanxeo Facility and we are continuing to further investigating this incident with our health and safety personnel.’
According to Caitlin Leopold, Communications Manger, the facility, Arlanxeo is a worldwide leading synthetic rubber company with approximately 3800 employees and a presence at 20 production sites in nine countries. The company’s core business is the development, manufacturing, and marketing of high-performance rubber used in the automotive and tire Industries, the construction industry, and the oil and gas industry. Arlanxeo was established in April 2016 as a joint venture of Lanxess and Saudi Aramco.
