| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-08 | Springfield | Oh | Duncan Oil Transportaion Solution | Multiple body parts | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on top of a truck filling a tank-wagon with diesel fuel. The tank exploded, causing the employee to suffer burns and a broken leg. | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 2020-06-28 | Kittanning | Pennsylvania | Appalachian Drillers LLC | Ankle(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| On a rig at a well site, a hydraulic line ruptured and sprayed diesel fuel onto a turbo, which caused a fire. Two rig employees hit the kill switch and jumped off of a 15-foot platform. One employee suffered a fractured ankle and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-02-05 | Mendon | New York | Active USA, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee poured a diesel fuel additive into his truck to prevent the fuel from gelling up in extremely cold weather. Afterwards, he placed the half-emptied bottle in the cab of the truck. While driving the truck he became ill due to exposure to the diesel fuel additive. | |||||
| 2019-07-24 | Daingerfield | Texas | Dial Lubricants, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| While using a forklift to elevate a 500-gallon tote to put 400 gallons of diesel fuel into the fourth compartment of the fuel truck, an explosion occurred and the employee was burned on the face, arms, hands, left side of the body and left leg. | |||||
| 2019-07-11 | Andrews | Texas | Drilling Fluid Solutions LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was washing the shaker screens when he felt short of breath and light-headed. The employee was hospitalized with pneumonitis that was induced by diesel fuel inhalation. | |||||
| 2018-09-15 | Atmore | Alabama | Swift Lumber, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Small-scale (limited) fire |
| An employee was burned when diesel fuel was thrown into the firebox of a kiln and a fire started. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-06-26 | Bedford | Pennsylvania | Penn Detroit Diesel Allison LLC | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was doing a compression test on an engine when diesel fuel was injected into his hand. | |||||
| 2017-04-04 | New Philadelphia | Ohio | GE WATER & PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was running a 30-minute boiler test on a diesel fueled boiler and caught the fingers on their right hand in the spinning belt and pulley. The boiler's diesel pump had been turned off but the belt and pulleys were still spinning. The employee's right middle finger was amputated below the first joint. The guard was not in place at the time. | |||||
| 2016-07-15 | Kutztown | Pennsylvania | Waste Management | Face | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was repairing a diesel fuel tank. He was burning off extra metal after the repair and the vapors ignited. The employee received second degree burns to the face. | |||||
| 2016-07-01 | Millinocket | Maine | Tolman Construction | Multiple body parts | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was transferring diesel fuel from the middle tank of a fuel truck to the forward tank using a barrel pump when a fire/explosion occurred. The fire/explosion threw the employee off the tanker to the ground and ignited his clothing, causing second and third degree burns to his body and arms. | |||||
| 2016-03-04 | Quincy | Illinois | Neil Oil Company | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was admitted to the hospital following a fire during the transfer of diesel fuel at a facility. | |||||
| 2016-01-11 | Alamo | Georgia | Carey Locke Logging Co., Inc. | Upper and lower limb(s) | Small-scale (limited) fire |
| An employee was hospitalized for burns to his hand and leg after attempting to start a "warming fire" at a work site using diesel fuel. | |||||
| 2015-12-03 | Broxton | Georgia | Shumans Brothers Logging, Inc | Multiple body parts | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee suffered burns to 45% of his lower body when a plastic bottle of diesel fuel blew up near him while he was trimming logs. | |||||
| 2015-04-04 | White Springs | Florida | Deep South Industrial Services, Inc. | Arm(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was pumping diesel fuel from a fuel cell in the back of a pickup truck when the fumes flashed. The employee suffered second degree burns to his left arm and minor burns to his head, face, and chest. | |||||