Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-17 | Irving | Tx | Owens Corning Irving Roofing Plant | Nonclassifiable | Contact 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. | |||||
2021-04-12 | Vidalia | Ga | Dot Family Holdings LLC | Multiple head locations | Explosion 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. | |||||
2021-02-19 | Eau Claire | Wi | Automotive 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. | |||||
2018-08-23 | Summit | Illinois | M&K Employee Solutions | Multiple body parts | Contact 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. | |||||
2017-05-19 | Franklinville | North Caroli | U.S. Postal Service | Multiple body parts | Contact 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. | |||||
2017-05-17 | Epsom | New Hampshir | Newstress Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact 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. | |||||
2017-05-09 | Batesville | Arkansas | United States Postal Service | Multiple body parts | Contact 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. | |||||
2016-09-03 | Bushnell | Florida | American Medical Response | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation 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. |