Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-07-09 | Mc Intosh | Alabama | Brown & Root Industrial Services of Delaware, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee was showing another contractor an upcoming scaffolding job on the outside of an electrical substation. He was standing outside the barrier for a 15-kilovolt rectifier when his pants zipper came in contact with the barrier. Electricity arced from the rectifier to his right arm and then grounded to his zipper, causing electrical burns to his right upper body and pelvic region. | |||||
2020-05-03 | Mc Intosh | Alabama | Tate & Lyle Sucralose, LLC | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee removed a piece of pipe to clear a blockage. After removing the pipe, the employee backed away and removed his PPE. The blockage broke loose and he was splashed/sprayed with condensate/steam heated to about 180-200 degrees Fahrenheit. He was hospitalized with burns to his elbow and shoulder blades. | |||||
2020-03-20 | Mc Intosh | Alabama | Huntsman Advanced Materials, Inc. | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee slipped while transporting hot adhesive. The adhesive went into their glove causing second degree burns to the left hand. | |||||
2019-09-24 | Mc Intosh | Alabama | Mansfield Industrial Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
While doing scaffold work, an employee became overheated and started cramping. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration. | |||||
2019-08-11 | Mc Intosh | Alabama | BASF Corporation | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was loosening a hose from a rail car when the hose splashed sulfuric acid on the employee, causing chemical burns to the shoulder. | |||||
2019-03-02 | Mc Intosh | Alabama | Watco Company, LLC | Pelvis | Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident |
An employee was switching a railroad car to an outbound train. The employee was communicating with the conductor via radio. At some point the conductor lost radio contact with the employee. The railroad car made contact with the employee and knocked him down onto cross-ties and a rock. The employee sustained a broken pelvis (left side). | |||||
2016-09-12 | Mc Intosh | Alabama | Washington County Cogeneration Facility | Foot (feet) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was servicing and performing maintenance on a package boiler when energized thermal energy (high temperature water) breached the employee's boots and caused second-degree burns to the right and left feet. | |||||
2015-01-28 | Mc Intosh | Alabama | Olin Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
Employee was exposed to chlorine gas while performing a line break. He was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
2015-01-23 | Mc Intosh | Alabama | Olin Corporation | Multiple internal chest locations | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
Employee was hospitalized after falling from a 27-inch stepladder he was using to work on a piece of equipment. The employee fell and struck a piece of metal on another machine, causing him to break one rib and puncture his lung. The employee was admitted to Springhill Medical Center on Friday January 23, 2015. |