Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-17 | Claymont | De | Cappelli Property Services | Foot (feet) | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee climbed inside a mulch blower to kick the mulch into a mower. He slipped and his boot became stuck. The motor fractured his foot. | |||||
2020-04-28 | Claymont | Delaware | Honeywell | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
At about 1:00 p.m. on April 28, 2020, an employee was checking a sulfuric acid railcar to ensure that it was empty before it was sent offsite for cleaning and decommissioning. The employee loosened the railcar's dip tube cap with a pipe wrench, then removed it. Residual pressure in the railcar sprayed about 4 pounds of acid into the employee's face, causing chemical burns to the employee's forehead, cheeks and nose. | |||||
2019-05-17 | Claymont | Delaware | HOME DEPOT #1602 | Brain | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
The injured employee was acting as a spotter in the parking lot for a lift operator that was loading a pallet of mulch into a customer's vehicle. The lift operator was positioning the load when the pallet of mulch shifted, toppled over, and struck the injured employee on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground. The employee struck his head on the pavement and was hospitalized for head trauma. |