| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-04 | Carrollton | Tx | LMI Landscapes, Inc. | Lumbar region | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was working on a 10-foot ladder to help install an air compressor pipe. The employee leaned down to pass a tool to another employee when the ladder slipped and the employee fell to the concrete floor below, resulting in a vertebrae injury. | |||||
| 2021-09-09 | Zanesville | Oh | Shelly and Sands | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle |
| Employees were loading an air compressor onto a truck. The compressor rolled and trapped an employee's right hand against the truck. The employee suffered a crushing injury and an amputation to a finger. | |||||
| 2021-07-20 | Jaffrey | Nh | Air Compressor Technology, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was performing maintenance on an air compressor when their finger was caught in the belt and pulley resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-02 | Portland | Tx | Scott Air Condition | Head and trunk | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was replacing an air compressor. The employee was heating the tubing with a torch when the oil residue from the tube flashed and contacted the employee's face area. The employee's face cover caught fire, and the employee suffered first-degree burns to the face and chest. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-04-22 | Tupelo | Ms | B & B CONCRETE COMPANY INC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing belts on an air compressor. The motor pulley rotated, grabbing the employee's fingers and pinching them between the tightened belt and the pulley. The employee suffered a severed right index finger, a lacerated right middle finger, and a broken right ring finger. | |||||
| 2021-04-22 | Bushton | Ks | Hi - Plains Sand Inc | Hand(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
| An employee was hooking up an air compressor to a pickup. The air compressor started rolling on its tires, pushing the employee toward the pickup. The employee's hand was smashed, causing broken bones. | |||||
| 2020-09-01 | Bronx | Ny | Skanska ECCO Joint Venture | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker |
| At around 4:40 AM, two employees were hooking up an air compressor to the back of a pickup truck. Due to wet weather, the injured employee's hand slipped, causing the end of the compressor to fall, pinching his left middle finger between the arm of the compressor hitch and the top of his boot. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-08-31 | Janesville | Wi | Titan Reinforcing, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| On August 31, 2020, an iron worker was installing a steel wall curtain while attached to the steel wall curtain approximately 12 feet from the ground. The steel wall curtain was on an overhead crane and employees were making ties at certain points. When the steel wall curtain was released by the crane it overturned and the iron worker was either struck by the steel wall curtain and/or struck an air compressor that was on the ground where he fell. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs. | |||||
| 2020-08-05 | Miami | Fl | Equix Energy Services, LLC | Forearm(s) | Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker |
| An employee was moving an air compressor trailer by hand when it impacted the back of a vehicle. The employee's left hand was pinched between the air compressor trailer and the vehicle's hitch, resulting in a fracture above his wrist. | |||||
| 2020-07-13 | Boston | Massachusett | John Moriarty & Associates, Inc | Multiple body parts | Overexertion in lifting-single episode |
| An employee was lifting the trailer hitch of an air compressor and sustained torn muscles in his legs, hips, and buttocks. | |||||
| 2020-06-10 | Mingo Junction | Ohio | Total Equipment Company | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee had been performing maintenance on an air compressor. The employee was testing the voltage on the motor control panel when an arc flash occurred. The employee was treated for second and third degree burns to the arm and both hands. | |||||
| 2020-02-25 | Big Spring | Texas | JDub Energy Services, LLC | Multiple body parts | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was draining condensate from an air compressor when a catastrophic failure occurred on a check valve on a natural gas line. The natural gas began blowing toward the running compressor and the gas ignited causing an explosion. The employee was hospitalized for second and third degree burns to the face, hands, left leg, and left midsection. | |||||
| 2020-02-06 | Savannah | Georgia | J.C. Lewis Motor Company, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was working from a walk board that was elevated by two A-frame step ladders to place metal sheeting on the roof of a newly constructed protective structure for an outside air compressor. The employee fell about four feet from the walk board and was injured. | |||||
| 2019-07-13 | Shelocta | Pennsylvania | Howden Roots Compressor | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was working on an air compressor when a steel plate fell on his hand/fingers. The steel plate crushed his finger and he sustained an amputation injury. | |||||
| 2019-07-03 | Masontown | West Virgini | Instant Growth Hydro Seeding | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
| An employee was in a yard starting a gas-powered air compressor. As the compressor started, a flash fire burned his left arm and face. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-01 | Roberts | Wisconsin | County Materials Corporation | Brain | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| On July 1, 2019, an employee was using an air compressor to fill a forklift tire that was mounted to the forklift and attached to a single-piece rim wheel. While the employee was filling the tire it exploded and blew the employee back. The employee hit the wall and suffered a possible concussion. | |||||
| 2019-02-14 | Auburn | New York | Cayuga Milk Ingredients, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
| Employees were pulling electrical wires to facilitate the installation of a new air compressor. While pulling wires, the wall/barrier inside of an electrical cabinet contacted buss bars located in an adjacent cabinet creating an electrical arc blast. One Cayuga Milk Ingredients, LLC employee and two contractor employees were burned on the hands, neck, back and face. Two of the employees were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-02 | Pawcatuck | Connecticut | Metta Construction | Nonclassifiable | Fire or explosion |
| An employee was refueling a gas-powered air compressor. Fuel contacted the hot muffler and ignited. The employee suffered burns to the hands, face and chest. | |||||
| 2018-09-06 | Marietta | Georgia | First Transit | Nonclassifiable | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
| An employee was using an air compressor to add air to the compressor on a bus when the bus rolled, pinning him between it and a work truck. | |||||
| 2018-07-22 | Cedar Springs | Georgia | Republic Conduit, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was walking toward a disconnect to de-energize a plant air compressor that was making an odd noise when an oil line (that supplied lubrication for the compressor) burst, spraying hot oil onto the employee. He suffered burn injuries to his back, left forearm, and shoulder blade. | |||||
| 2018-07-20 | Cameron | West Virgini | Michels Corporation | Foot(feet) and leg(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was staging an air compressor that was set on a trailer in preparation to run a "pig" through a pipeline. The trailer wheels jumped the vehicle chocks and started to roll. The employee tried to grab the trailer to keep it from rolling. The employee fell to the ground and the jack stand for the trailer landed on the employee's legs. The employee suffered a fractured left leg and possible fracture to a right toe, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-06-18 | Winfield | Pennsylvania | New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
| An employee was providing air to support a bridge dismantling project. He began to walk to a truck where the air compressor was housed when his knee gave out at the top of a hill, causing him to slip down the embankment approximately 12 to 15 feet. He sustained knee injures and was hospitalized for surgery. | |||||
| 2018-05-30 | Tyler | Texas | Preferred On Site Fleet Services | Face | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was using the pull cord to start the air compressor when the cord snapped and he fell approximately three feet off the service truck. The employee sustained lacerations to the face as well as head and arm numbness. | |||||
| 2018-04-09 | Littleton | Colorado | Quality Stone Veneer | Hand(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee slipped and fell while moving an air compressor. The air compressor landed on his left his hand, pinning it to the ground. | |||||
| 2018-01-22 | Marshfield | Missouri | Insul USA | Nonclassifiable | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| One employee was in the back of a box truck while a second employee was standing outside when an air compressor exploded in the box truck's engine compartment. One of the employees was hospitalized with burns. | |||||
| 2017-10-10 | Morgan | Pennsylvania | Air Equipment Corporation | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was moving an air compressor when it fell on and broke the employee's foot, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-09-28 | Big Spring | Texas | Basic Energy Services | BODY SYSTEMS | Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less |
| An employee was attempting to unplug an air compressor from a wall when the electrical socket was pulled out of the wall. As he attempted to remove the plug, he received an electrical shock. | |||||
| 2017-09-16 | Millry | Alabama | Lassiter Lumber, L.L.C. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning an energized air compressor and sustained an avulsion injury to his right hand that required hospitalization and surgery to repair. The belt and pulley guard was not in place at the time. | |||||
| 2017-08-30 | Decatur | Illinois | Kelly General Construction Company of Decatur | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On August 30, 2017, at approximately 2:15 p.m., an employee was transitioning a process air compressor from the vertical to the horizontal position when the employee's fingers were caught between the compressor's round housing and the internal tube section, amputating the left ring finger above the first knuckle and the left pinky fingertip. | |||||
| 2017-08-29 | Independence | Kansas | VT Hackney, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was evaluating an electric air compressor. He removed the housing for the fan and put his hand by the fan to feel for air flow. The compressor was running at the time and the employee's hand was hit by the fan blade. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger. | |||||
| 2017-07-05 | Springdale | Arkansas | Tyson Foods Inc. | Brain | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was attempting to change a motor on an air compressor unit that was non-operational. As he attempted to disconnect the air hose, the coupler blew apart and struck him in the back of the head. He suffered multiple fractures and head trauma. | |||||
| 2017-05-24 | Saint Louis | Missouri | Dohrn Transfer Company | Nonclassifiable | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| Waiting for his truck tire to be repaired when the vendor's air compressor exploded, causing truck damage and shrapnel to strike the employee. He suffered cracked vertebrae and lacerations that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-05-18 | Kiln | Mississippi | Farris Concrete Pumping | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was cleaning out a concrete pipe using an air compressor to blow out the system. The air pressure inside of the pipe was relieved, causing the pipe to hit his chest and break his ribs. | |||||
| 2017-02-17 | Sidney | Ohio | American Trim | Lower leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On February 17, 2017, at approximately 7:45 AM, an employee was uncoupling a 2-inch airline from an air compressor when the pressurized line became unhooked and whipped around, striking the employee in the lower right leg. The employee suffered right tibia/fibula fractures. | |||||
| 2016-09-22 | Lake Wales | Florida | Trans Tech Energy, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was performing a vacuum procedure on a bulk 30,000-gallon propane tank. He was using an air compressor to blow air into the base of the container to create a tornado effect that subsequently vacuums the propane from the tank. A tool ignition source ignited the flammable gas, burning legs and face of the employee, who was 18 to 36 feet away from the opening. | |||||
| 2016-03-29 | Sitka | Alaska | Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was diving for 63 minutes at a depth of 37 feet when he felt ill. He surfaced and showed signs of carbon monoxide poisoning from a breathing air compressor. | |||||
| 2016-03-22 | Victoria | Texas | Texas Concrete Partners, LP | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee had just checked an air compressor that was mounted to the back of a pick-up truck. He slipped while exiting the back of the truck bed and fell approximately 3 feet, injuring his right hip. | |||||
| 2016-03-15 | Parrish | Alabama | Southern Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was removing debris from an air compressor when his hand contacted the compressor's rotating fan, fracturing and lacerating three fingers and amputating one finger. | |||||
| 2016-02-28 | Bastrop | Texas | Sames Bastrop Ford, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee's fingertip was amputated after contacting the belt of a running air compressor while attempting to repair the machine. | |||||
| 2016-01-05 | Bozeman | Montana | Big O Tires | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a large air compressor that was in front of the metal recycle bin behind the store. The air compressor moved faster than anticipated and smashed the employee's left ring finger between the compressor and recycle bin. The finger was surgically amputated. | |||||
| 2016-01-05 | North Haven | Connecticut | Medtronic | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was climbing a ladder to access and repair a piece of air compressor equipment when the ladder kicked off and came in contact with the structural surface. The employee suffered three non-displaced rib fractures and contusions. | |||||
| 2015-11-23 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Rustoleum, Inc. | Arm(s) | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
| An employee entered the shipping area to turn off an air compressor. When she turned to leave the area, she tripped over a platform scale on the floor and fell, breaking her arm. She was hospitalized overnight. | |||||
| 2015-08-28 | Williston | North Dakota | Swanson & Youngdale, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was sandblasting structural steel. He was using supply air from an air compressor when he felt lightheaded. He was hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure. | |||||
| 2015-08-12 | Ellendale | North Dakota | Green Iron Equipment | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was filling up the tire of a combine with an air compressor. The tire exploded and threw the employee approximately 16 feet onto the concrete floor. The employee sustained three broken ribs. | |||||
| 2015-04-16 | East Hampton | New York | Verizon | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was changing a jack-hammer in an air compressor unit and amputated his left ring finger. | |||||
| 2015-03-19 | Blue River | Colorado | Divison 7, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was burned on the face and hands while refueling a gas-powered air compressor used to spray insulation foam. | |||||
| 2015-01-06 | New Town | North Dakota | Strata Concrete Corporation | Face | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee sustained battery acid burns to the face while attempting to start an air compressor on the back of a service vehicle by boosting the battery with jumper cables. | |||||