DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2020-10-16WacoTxSisk-Robb, IncorporatedNonclassifiableIndirect exposure to electricity
An employee cut into an electrical conduit wire while he was removing asbestos insulation from a demolition site. The employee was hospitalized for electrical burns.
2018-07-31DefianceOhioTotal Environmental Services LLCBODY SYSTEMSExposure to harmful substances or environments
Two employees became ill while removing asbestos tile. They were hospitalized.
2018-07-11DekalbIllinoisEHC Industries, Inc.Multiple body partsOther fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
On July 11, 2018, an employee was working from a mobile scaffold, about 12 feet above a concrete floor, to remove asbestos. He fell to the floor, fracturing his wrist and hip. The scaffold's guardrails had been removed at the time of the incident.
2018-04-23SavannahGeorgiaARC Abatement, Inc.Finger(s), fingernail(s)Entangled in other object or equipment
An employee was using a rope and pulley system to lower asbestos bags from the seventh floor of a boiler when the rope (which was wet) slipped in his hands and looped around his right thumb, severely lacerating it and resulting in a surgical amputation at the first knuckle.
2015-09-26MansfieldTexasIntercon Environmental, Inc.Back, including spine, spinal cordFall from collapsing structure or equipment
An employee was loading asbestos bags onto the scaffold and walking. The scaffold collapsed, struck him in the head, and knocked him down. He sustained a back injury.
2015-06-25BremenGeorgiaMagoba Environmental, LLCUpper and lower limb(s)Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was assisting in remediation work to include asbestos removal and duct work. The employee was on the roof of a gymnasium when the roof vent on which he was standing/sitting collapsed. The employee fell approximately 15 feet to the lower level. The employee broke his right ankle and right arm as a result of the fall.
2015-05-19CatoNew YorkJag Environmental LLC.NonclassifiableFall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee fell from a 15 foot roof surface opening while removing material as part of asbestos remediation. The employee was wearing a personal fall arrest system that initially engaged then failed, causing the employee to strike the concrete pad beneath him.