| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-17 | Reserve | La | CBSL Transportation Services | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was washing a tank trailer. When he opened the rear discharge valve on the trailer, ethylenediamine sprayed onto his right torso and upper thigh causing second and third degree chemical burns. | |||||
| 2021-01-19 | Malvern | Ar | Prime-Line Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was taking a panel from a conveyor when a chain popped off the track. A sprocket caught his hand and wedged it between the chain and UHMW (ultra high molecular weight polyethylene). The employee suffered two fingertip amputations on his right-hand. | |||||
| 2020-07-30 | Cantonment | Florida | ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC. | Head and trunk | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| A maintenance employee was removing a level control valve when he was sprayed with Hexamethylenediamine (HMD). The contents of the pipe were under pressure and the liquid was hot, but less than 100 degrees Celsius. The employee sustained chemical burns and possibly thermal burns to his face and back. | |||||
| 2019-03-13 | Decatur | Alabama | Ascend Performance Materials, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An opened valve sprayed hot, hexamethylene diamine (HMD) onto an employee, causing second-degree burns. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-10 | Atlanta | Georgia | Sterigenics US LLC | Multiple body parts | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was using a forklift to load a sterilization chamber with pallets of medical devices. As he drove out of the chamber, ethylene oxide gas exploded. The employee suffered second and third degree burns over his body and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-04-27 | Longview | Texas | Eastman Chemical Company, Texas Operations | Upper and lower limb(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was making his rounds when he identified a level indication in the vessel that he was not sure was accurate. He then drained the sit glass and the material (mineral spirits polyethylene wax and ethaline gas) ignited a flash fire, burning his left palm, both forearms, and his left calf. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-08-11 | Deer Park | Texas | Delta Companies Group | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was attempting to transfer product from a partially filled drum to an empty drum. He placed a valve in the bung of the partially filled drum to complete the task. When he opened the valve to initiate the pour, the valve came off, and hexamethylenediamine splashed on him, causing first and second degree chemical burns to his face/upper body. | |||||
| 2016-05-13 | Freeport | Texas | Kirby Corporation | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was disconnecting a vapor line and a cargo hose that contained trichlor ethylene when his knees buckled and he stumbled. He was hospitalized with heat exhaustion. | |||||
| 2015-10-30 | Shirley | West Virgini | Robey Excavating LLC | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| On October 30, 2015, at approximately 8:30am, an employee was hospitalized after being struck by a 14 inch diameter polyethylene pipe. The employee was raising a hydraulic jack on the McElroy 618 machine when the pipe under pressure released from the cradle and struck the employee in the face and chest. The employee's injuries were bruising of the chest, 12 to 13 facial fractures, loosened teeth, and a broken nose. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-08-15 | Pryor | Oklahoma | Pryor Chemical Company | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| Two employees were working on the well head to bleed pressure off a tank so that ethylene glycol could be added. The sight glass on the tank exploded and struck one of the employees in the face, causing a severe facial laceration and requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2015-06-24 | Plaquemine | Louisiana | Dow Chemical Co. | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee reached into a packaging scale to clean out polyethylene packaging pellets and the pneumatic gate closed on his right hand. | |||||