| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-06 | West Chicago | Il | Airgas Store | Fingertip(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On November 6, 2021, an employee was using a wrench to release pressure from a carbon dioxide supply pipe. The pipe had been venting and it suddenly stopped. As the employee was checking the pipe, it disconnected and smashed his right index, middle, and ring fingers. The employee suffered bruises too all three fingers and an amputated middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-05-15 | Morrilton | Ar | NATIONAL HEAT EXCHANGE CLEANING CORP. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| Two employees were in a confined space and noticed changes in the temperature and smell. They were exiting the confined space when they were overcome by carbon dioxide (CO2). They lost consciousness and were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-06-05 | Fort Worth | Texas | Linde PLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Ingestion of harmful substance |
| An employee was holding a small plastic cap in his teeth while preparing to take a carbon dioxide sample. The cap went back into his throat and became lodged in his trachea. The cap eventually became logged in his lung. | |||||
| 2018-07-31 | Weston | Colorado | T & S Excavating, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| Two employees were using a propane saw when they suffered carbon dioxide poisoning. They were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-09-02 | Lockbourne | Ohio | Continental Carbonic Product, Inc. | Jaw, chin | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was off loading liquid carbon dioxide from a truck to the tank when the pressurized hose disconnected and struck the employee in the face fracturing the jaw. | |||||