| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-30 | Three Rivers | California | U.S Department of Interior - National Park Service (NPS) - Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park | Lumbar region | Thrown, fell, or jumped from animal being ridden |
| At about 4:00 p.m. on August 30, 2018, an employee was ridding a saddle mule when it spooked and ran up a hillside. He dismounted before being knocked off, landing on rocks and breaking two vertebrae in his lower back. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-03-03 | Three Rivers | Texas | Diamond Shamrock Refining Company, L.P. | Face | Fire or explosion |
| On 3/3/17, two employees were lighting the Stabilizer Reboiler Heater (21-H-205). An internal vapor ignition impacted the heater integrity and both employees that were in the process of lighting the heater were injured. One of the employees was admitted to the hospital for further treatment of burns to the face. | |||||
| 2017-03-01 | Three Rivers | Texas | Bureau of Prisons, Three Rivers Facility | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An inmate suffered the amputation of two fingers when they contacted the running belts of an air handling unit. | |||||
| 2016-01-24 | Three Rivers | Texas | VALERO THREE RIVERS REFINERY | Multiple face locations | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was removing a positive displacement diaphragm pump in the wastewater treating unit when potassium hydroxide splashed the employee's eyes and face. | |||||
| 2015-09-24 | Three Rivers | Texas | VALERO THREE RIVERS REFINERY | Multiple head locations | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was working on a heater when the fuel gas system detonated and caused a flash fire. The employee was burned on the right side of the face and ear. | |||||