| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-15 | Lake Norden | Sd | Halme, Inc. | Hand(s) | Small-scale (limited) fire |
| Employees were burning yard debris (brush/shrubbery) in an open pit. Fumes from gasoline (used as an accelerant) ignited and exploded. One employee suffered first-degree burns to the face and second-degree burns to his hands. Another suffered second-degree burns to his face and third-degree burns to the hands. | |||||
| 2021-10-10 | Camden | Nj | Covanta Camden | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was checking the water levels in an ash discharger. When the employee opened the discharger's viewing door, hot ash and gas were propelled outward. The employee suffered second-degree burns on the face and neck, as well as first-degree burns on the forearms. | |||||
| 2021-06-02 | Portland | Tx | Scott Air Condition | Head and trunk | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was replacing an air compressor. The employee was heating the tubing with a torch when the oil residue from the tube flashed and contacted the employee's face area. The employee's face cover caught fire, and the employee suffered first-degree burns to the face and chest. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-20 | Omaha | Ne | AP Plumbing, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
| An employee was clearing soil away from an underground power line with a shovel. The shovel cut through the wire's insulation, resulting in an arc flash that caused first-degree burns to the employee's arms and neck. | |||||
| 2020-08-18 | Catarina | Tx | Mesquite Energy, Inc. | Hand(s) | Fire |
| An employee turned on a combustor at an oil and gas production site. A flash fire caused second-degree burns to the employee's hands and first-degree burns to his nose and ears. | |||||
| 2020-06-03 | Thomasville | Alabama | Thomasville Lumber Company, Inc. | Arm(s) | Small-scale (limited) fire |
| An employee was starting a fire in a boiler. The fire flashed back, causing first-degree burns to the employee's hands and second-degree burns to the arms. | |||||
| 2020-03-09 | Houston | Texas | Lindsey Electric, L.P. | Face | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was tightening bolts inside an electrical cabinet. An arc flash caused first-degree burns to the employee's face. | |||||
| 2020-03-02 | La Salle | Colorado | The Williams Companies | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| Employees were preparing a pig receiver and pig launcher. The block valves had been closed, and the receiver and launcher had been blown down; liquids were draining from the opening of the launcher. A forklift was being used to open the receiver hatch. The hatch struck the forklift's forks, and liquids at the receiver and launcher ignited. An employee suffered second-degree burns to the face and right hand, as well as first-degree burns to the left and right lower legs, and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-09-05 | Houston | Texas | Jolly Jorts LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was on an elevated walkway. When the employee opened a manway cover, wort boiled over from a brewery kettle, hitting the employee on the chest and abdomen. The employee suffered first-degree burns on the chest and abdomen, second-degree burns on the left arm, and third-degree burns on the abdomen. | |||||
| 2019-08-30 | Lutz | Florida | Zenith Business Group, Inc. | Arm(s) | Explosion |
| At 11:00 a.m. on August 30, 2019, an employee was clearing a lit burn pit. An explosion caused second-degree burns to both his arms and first-degree burns to his face and side. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-23 | Smiley | Texas | Bullet Oilfield Solutions, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was on the catwalk of a mixing plant at a completed well site. He was burned by a fire, centered on a forklift and a flowback tank that was releasing natural gas. He suffered second- and third-degree burns to his right hand and arm to the shoulder, his left hand, and his back on the right side. He also suffered second-degree burns to the right side of his face (excluding the eyes) and first-degree burns to his forehead. Personal protective equipment and flame-retardant pants were bei | |||||
| 2018-08-23 | Columbus | Georgia | Masterbuilt Manufacturing, LLC | Forearm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was pushing a cart, holding two fryers filled with hot oil, to a new position. Two of the cart's wheels broke off. Hot oil spilled onto the employee's lower left arm, causing first-degree burns. | |||||
| 2018-05-28 | Maywood | Illinois | Commonwealth Edison Company, dba ComEd | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| An employee was in an underground electrical vault, splicing a damaged electrical cable. A different 12-kilovolt cable (not the one being repaired) had an arc fault. The arc flash caused first-degree burns to the employee's face and second-degree burns to both hands. | |||||
| 2016-09-13 | Doral | Florida | SHAPE LOVERS, LLC | Head and neck | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On or about 9/13/2016 at 12:00 pm, an employee was reaching for a sheet pan with cooked bacon when the pan tipped over and grease fell on her, causing first-degree burns to her face and neck. | |||||