| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-07 | Syracuse | Ny | US Ecology | Nonclassifiable | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was cleaning debris in a confined space (vault). Electric power surged through wires, and the employee was burned. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-08-14 | Grove City | Oh | C. H. Bradshaw Co., Inc. | Brain | Explosion |
| On August 13, 2020, the employee was repairing a leak on an aluminum tanker truck that previously hauled gasoline and diesel fuel. The employee was welding the cracked area when an explosion occurred within the confined space of the tanker. The force from the explosion caused the front head of the tank to blow out toward the victim. The victim was crushed in the rear of the tank and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized for traumatic brain injuries, broken ribs and a broken collarbon | |||||
| 2020-03-05 | Stuttgart | Arkansas | Riceland Foods, Inc. | Pelvis | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| Employee 1 was using a front-end loader inside a concrete storage bin to scoop up a boulder of burnt soybeans that had clumped together. Employee 1 could not scoop the boulder into the front-end loader's bucket. The confined space attendant and a supervisor went into the storage bin to assist the front-end loader in scooping the boulder into its bucket. Another soybean boulder, weighing approximately 100 pounds, fell down and hit the attendant and the supervisor and they both sustained fractures | |||||
| 2019-05-07 | Groton | Connecticut | Electric Boat | Lung(s), pleura | Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet |
| A painter working in the sonar dome of a submarine was power washing in a confined space when they fell three levels (approximately 20 feet) through a 2' x 4' access hole. The employee lost consciousness and suffered a contusion to the back of the head and pneumonia from inhaled water. | |||||
| 2019-04-15 | Bangor | Pennsylvania | Apache Industrial Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
| An employee of Apache Scaffold was disassembling a scaffold when he fell 20-40 feet inside a confined space boiler, suffering multiple injuries. | |||||
| 2019-04-15 | La Porte | Texas | Cat-Spec, Ltd | Thigh(s) | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely |
| An employee was vacuuming catalyst inside a confined space. A piece of the catalyst rolled down from the pile and struck his leg, breaking the femur. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-15 | Roxana | Illinois | MILLER INDUSTRIAL SERVICE TEAMS, INC. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was vacuuming and washing a confined space hole when he suffered from carbon monoxide overexposure, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-03-02 | Springfield | Ohio | NAVISTAR, INC. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects |
| An employee was preparing for a confined space entry and got stuck between two pieces of process equipment resulting in a broken shoulder, lacerations and facial bruising. | |||||
| 2017-05-02 | Houston | Texas | Cat Spec | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee had entered a confined space in a reactor when he slipped on catalyst support media. As he fell, catalyst support beams (fire brick stacks) weighing approximately 80 to 100 pounds also fell and struck his legs, fracturing his right ankle, right fibula, and left fibula. | |||||
| 2017-04-15 | Newburgh | New York | C&S Wholesale Grocers | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning a charging pad for robotic machines, which was in a confined space. As the employee was exiting the charging pad, he placed his right arm and hand outside the charging pad area to push off. Another machine then crushed his right hand and lacerated his arm. | |||||
| 2017-01-23 | Beaumont | Texas | J T Thorpe Company | Multiple body parts | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| An employee was installing form boards inside a confined space cell. While working inside the cell, a piece of pipe (bell reducer) approximately 7" long, 8" diameter, and weighing 55 pounds fell approximately 35 feet and landed on the employee. The employee suffered a neck fracture and a left hand metacarpal fracture with a complex laceration over the web space. | |||||
| 2016-02-23 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | Souminen Corp | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee climbed an 8- to 10-foot ladder to open the door to a confined space. The door was under pressure, and as the employee opened the final latch, it came open and knocked the employee from the ladder. He fell approximately 8 feet, fracturing his skull, breaking several ribs, and puncturing a lung. | |||||
| 2015-08-07 | Reading | Pennsylvania | Carpenter Technology Corporation | Foot (feet) | Nonclassifiable |
| An employee performing work in a confined space sustained an amputation of his left foot. | |||||
| 2015-01-29 | Post Falls | Idaho | Ground Force Worldwide, LLC (Underground) | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to harmful substances or environments |
| Employee was painting the interior space on a 6000-gallon water tank. He was wearing a fresh air respirator; the compressor was outside with a line that ran into the confined space through an access point on top. The tank attendant didn't get a response so 911 was called and entry was restricted until the air was confirmed clear. By the time the all clear was issued, firefighters arrived and performed rescue operations. The employee was taken to Kootenai Medical Center. He had a pulse and was b | |||||