DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-08-17IrvingTxOwens Corning Irving Roofing PlantNonclassifiableContact with hot objects or substances
An employee was driving a forklift, moving pallets of finished product. He smelled something burning or melting and got out of the forklift. He traced a trail of antifreeze to the back of the vehicle; steam then shot out of the back of the vehicle. The employee sustained second-degree burns.
2021-04-12VidaliaGaDot Family Holdings LLCMultiple head locationsExplosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was using a plasma cutter to cut the top of a barrel that had been filled with flammable liquid. The barrel, with residual antifreeze under pressure, exploded. The employee suffered a jaw fracture and a brain bleed.
2021-02-19Eau ClaireWiAutomotive Parts Headquarters, Inc.Hip(s)Fall on same level due to slipping
On February 19, 2021, an employee was loading a one-gallon container of antifreeze into the trunk of a delivery vehicle, slipped on ice in the parking lot, and fell sustaining a fractured left hip.
2018-08-23SummitIllinoisM&K Employee SolutionsMultiple body partsContact with hot objects or substances
An employee was servicing a truck from underneath when hot antifreeze/engine coolant poured onto him. He suffered burns to the face, arms, and chest.
2017-05-19FranklinvilleNorth CaroliU.S. Postal ServiceMultiple body partsContact with hot objects or substances
On Friday, May 19, 2017, at approximately 9:48am, an employee was driving her car on her rural delivery route when the car overheated. She parked the vehicle, got out, and attempted to raise the hood when hot antifreeze spewed out of the front grill and burned her from the waist down and on both wrists. She suffered second degree burns and was hospitalized.
2017-05-17EpsomNew HampshirNewstress Inc.Multiple body partsContact with hot objects or substances
An employee was operating a machine when it overheated, breaking an antifreeze line and spraying him with hot liquids. He received severe second degree burns to his shoulders, neck, and back area.
2017-05-09BatesvilleArkansasUnited States Postal ServiceMultiple body partsContact with hot objects or substances
An employee saw that the engine on his vehicle was running hot. He was adding fluids to the vehicle when the radiator cap blew off. Hot antifreeze spewed on him, burning his lower arm, chest, and abdomen. He was hospitalized overnight.
2016-09-03BushnellFloridaAmerican Medical Response BODY SYSTEMSInhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was driving an ambulance when a radiator hose broke, spraying antifreeze into the cab and causing the employee to suffer an asthma attack.