Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-14	Medley	Fl	McNeil Sales Services, Inc	Lumbar region	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was helping with crane operations while a heating system was being installed. The crane hook broke and hit the employee on the back, breaking bones in the employee's lower back.
2021-10-18	Vinton	Tx	Kyoei Steel, LTD	Hand(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
On 10/18/2021, an employee was working on heating inner racers with a heating torch. The hose leaked oxygen and a flash fire occurred in one of the lines, resulting in second degree burns to the employee's left hand that required hospitalization.
2021-09-23	Pottsville	Pa	Ashley Furniture Industries LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
A maintenance employee was attempting to unclog a bag sealer when his left index finger was caught between the heating element and clamp device, resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.
2021-08-07	Park Falls	Wi	Midwest Hardwoods Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
At about 2:15 a.m. on August 7, 2021, an employee was troubleshooting an overheating issue on a 56-inch circular saw. The saw was turned off. The teeth of the still moving saw blade made contact with the employee's left index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-02	Franklin	Wi	Nova Coil, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery
An employee was cutting heating element wire. The employee was adjusting the cutting blade when the piston arm activated and their finger was pinched in the machine, causing a laceration and a broken finger. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
2021-05-14	Tampa	Fl	Certified Slings, Inc.	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Contact with hot objects or substances
The injured employee was training another employee and they were heating and pouring zinc into wire rope sockets (spelter sockets). The injured worker stepped backward, lost his footing, and fell into the hot kettle, knocking it over. The employee sustained a third degree burn on his back that required hospitalization and surgery.
2021-04-29	Triadelphia	Wv	Silgan Plastics Corporation	Arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee changed out a press mold and heated a nozzle with a torch to purge the press out. After the employee was finished heating the nozzle, he went to close the front door when degraded plastic came out of the barrel and onto his right arm. The employee suffered burns to his arm that required hospitalization.
2021-03-03	North Aurora	Il	Marberry Laundry LLC	Arm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On March 3, 2021, an employee was feeding linen inside an ironer equipped with eight heating rollers, including belts. The employee was feeding the machine when a piece of linen got spooled around the machine, catching the employee's arm within the feed belts. The employee's arm curled around the belt, putting pressure onto the arm as the employee attempted to tug his arm out. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
2021-02-12	Bedford	Tx	Brookdale Senior Living at Eden Estates	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
A maintenance employee lost his balance and fell from a step ladder to the floor while checking a heating unit in the ceiling. The employee sustained fractures to his right ankle and tibial plateau.
2020-09-13	Mobile	Al	Amspec LLC	Hand(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was running a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) standard with laboratory equipment when the equipment was knocked off the counter, causing the quick connect to fail. LPG then released and was ignited by the equipment's heating element. The employee received first and second degree burns on the right and left hands.
2020-08-10	Milwaukee	Wi	Usinger's	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was changing the film on a machine when the employee's left middle and index fingers were pinched between the heating plate and die box, resulting in fingertip amputations.
2020-07-14	Elkhorn	Wisconsin	Hudapack Metal Treating, Inc.	Head and neck	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was inspecting the inside of an industrial heat treating furnace. A defective relay allowed natural gas to flow into an area of the furnace and the gas was ignited by the radiant tube heating system. The employee was directly in front of a fireball that came from the oven, and sustained second degree burns to the head, face, and neck.
2020-06-03	Huntsville	Alabama	AT&T	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
While placing a fiber line at a residential property, an employee became ill from overheating.
2020-03-25	Montgomery	Alabama	W&W AFCO Steel, LLC	Head	Fall, slip, trip
An employee was heating a tub girder when he fell to the ground, suffering a cut to the head that required stitches.
2020-03-10	Valdosta	Georgia	C. Terry Hunt Industries Inc.	Head	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was monitoring a welding heat prep operation for a large drum shell that was braced for support. The drum expanded during heating, and the brace failed and struck the employee, who fell to the concrete floor. The employee suffered a head injury requiring stitches and hospitalization.
2020-01-02	Newark	Delaware	CBRE, Inc	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee was servicing an elevated heating unit. The platform the employee was standing on came loose and the employee fell to the floor, suffering a broken right arm and a head injury.
2019-09-13	Calhoun	Georgia	DHM ADHESIVES, INC.	Multiple body parts	Explosion
An employee was performing maintenance on a TCU that was overheating when the TCU blew up. The employee received burns to the face, arm, hands, back of the neck, and hip.
2019-09-04	Denver	Colorado	Watermark Harvard Square LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating butter in a pan on a stove. When the butter burned, the employee placed the pan in the sink and poured water on it. The oil spattered and burned her face and arms.
2019-08-22	Cleveland	Ohio	Cleveland Clinic	Fingertip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was moving a heating coil when it fell on the tip of his right index finger. The fingertip was amputated.
2019-07-31	Lakewood	Colorado	Terumo BCT	Hip(s)	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was assembling parts in a clean room while wearing a new smock with a tightly woven hood. She became faint (possibly due to overheating), lost consciousness, and fell to the floor, breaking her hip. She was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.
2019-07-29	Weirton	West Virgini	ArcelorMittal Weirton, LLC	Brain	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was using a 60-foot long pole to knock a piece of steel scrap loose from the heating section of a continuous annealer after a strip break when a refractory brick came loose and fell, striking the employee's hard hat and causing a concussion. A second employee sustained a head contusion when the fragmented refractory brick bounced off the first employee's hard hat and struck him in the head. The first employee was hospitalized.
2019-07-24	Green Bay	Wisconsin	Northern Metal & Roofing Co. Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating tar with a propane torch. Tar and fire blew out of the tank when the valve came off. The employee suffered burns to the arms, legs and body.
2019-06-27	La Belle	Missouri	La Belle Dairy, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working outside most of the day landscaping, tilling, and laying out straw roll. He was driving a tractor tilling the ground when he started to feel exhausted, was excessively sweating, and felt like he was overheating. He went inside to drink some water. He felt nauseous and threw up. He was hospitalized with heat exhaustion, an acute kidney injury, and dehydration.
2019-05-14	Brownsville	Texas	INTERNATIONAL SHIPBREAKING LIMITED, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Employees were cutting heating coil pipes using an electric reciprocating saw inside a starboard cargo tank on a barge. Gasoline vapors ignited and employees received first, second, and third degree burns. Two employees were hospitalized.
2019-05-09	Chicago	Illinois	Alliance Refrigeration Co.., Inc. dba Alliance Mechanical Services, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing an A-frame ladder to access heating and air conditioning units on a building rooftop when the ladder wobbled and he fell off, requiring hospitalization.
2019-04-25	Gascoyne	North Dakota	PEBEN USA, Inc	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was doing a patch repair on a pipe and experienced an inhalation reaction to the epoxy material in the patch while heating it.
2019-03-27	Gonzales	Texas	Interstate Barricades and Markings	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against object or equipment
An employee was loading thermal paint into tanks for heating when he contacted the metal edge of the cover opening, severing his right pinky and ring fingers just below the nail.
2019-03-04	Montgomery	Texas	A#1 Air, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
An employee was at a single family home to repair the central heating system and fell through the ceiling to the ground below. The employee sustained injuries to the elbow and eye socket.
2019-02-07	Billings	Montana	Air Controls-Billings, INC.	Lumbar region	Other fall to lower level
A service technician was working on a rooftop heating/AC unit. The technician slipped on ice and snow and fell from the roof to the ground, suffering a crushed vertebra in the lower back.
2019-01-22	Farmington	New Hampshir	Cardinal & Glidden Oil Co., Inc.	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level
On January 22, 2019, an employee fell from the top of a heating oil truck, breaking several ribs and suffering a concussion.
2019-01-14	Altamonte Springs	Florida	Engineered Cooling Services	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was attempting to remove a scroll compressor and was pulling on the suction line while his helper was heating the solder joint enough to allow him to pull the joint apart. His helper was in the process of removing the flame when hot refrigerant oil sprayed onto the employee's face, forearm, and neck, causing burns.
2018-05-09	Baldwin	Illinois	Team Industrial Services	Multiple body parts	Explosion
An employee was working on a refractory dry-out project using a gas-fired heating method. During the process of lighting one of the burners, the bulkhead blew out. The employee suffered second degree burns to the face and hands, first degree burns to the throat and lungs, broken ribs, and a collapsed lung.
2018-04-02	Grayslake	Illinois	CIT Trucks Management Company, Inc.	Face	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating up a yoke nut on a piece of equipment. When he removed the nut, the differential fluid flared up and burned his face and hair.
2018-02-01	Palmyra	Missouri	Continental Casting, LLC	Brain	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was preheating a gooseneck with a torch on a machine when an electrical panel exploded approximately 6 feet behind him. He was knocked to the floor and found unconscious. He suffered bleeding, head trauma, and a broken arm, requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-12	Cedar Hill	Texas	Total Highway Maintenance, LLC	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating thermoplastic to open a pipe when the hot thermoplastic came through the joints and burned the employee, requiring hospitalization.
2018-01-09	Wellston	Ohio	General Mills	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
On January 9, 2018, an employee was working the pizza line at a facility that had a large heating unit running. The ignition for the burner unit control failed and shut off the ignition unit, but the natural gas remained on. Employees evacuated the work site and maintenance repaired the burner unit control switch. The employees then returned to work. The next day, the injured employee was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
2018-01-08	Lonoke	Arkansas	Remington Arms Company, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating water in a stainless steel work sink to perform a cleaning operation. The water began boiling, so the employee introduced cold water into the bottom of the sink to cool it down. The reaction of the cold and hot water and the force of the water going into the bottom of the sink caused the water to spew out from the sink and splash onto the employee. He sustained second degree burns to the front of both of his legs and a spot on his abdomen and right forearm. The water was
2017-09-16	Alma	West Virgini	Jay Bee Oil and Gas, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
On September 16, 2017, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee and two vendor employees were repairing a tank dike liner with a heating iron. Flammable condensate leaked from the plumbing at a hammer union on ground level going to the condensate tank. The heat gun ignited the vapors resulting in third degree burns to the injured workers' hands and face. One employee was hospitalized.
2017-07-25	Carnegie	Pennsylvania	Union Electric Steel Corporation	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating up an area on a cast work roll with a torch. Grease was sealed in a compartment on the work roll. When the compartment was heated, the employee was splashed with heated grease, suffering second degree burns on his neck, chest, and forearms.
2017-07-07	East Quogue	New York	Sunshine Solar Technologies	Lumbar region	Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
An employee was on a ladder servicing a solar heating unit when the ladder buckled and the employee fell approximately 10 to 12 feet to the ground, fracturing the L2 vertebra.
2017-05-31	Jacksonville	Florida	Sun State Nursery & Landscaping, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On May 31, 2017, an employee was performing landscape work outside when around 3:45 p.m. he started showing symptoms of overheating such as vomiting. The employee was hospitalized for heat stroke.
2017-04-20	Gahanna	Ohio	G Made, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was reheating food with a re-thermalizer when hot water splashed into the employee's face and eye, causing burns that required hospitalization.
2017-03-09	Sebring	Florida	Sebring Precast Products, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
The employee was heating the core of the precast tank using a propane tank. The flame went out. The gas built up so when she relit it there was a flash fire causing second and third degree burns.
2017-03-08	Chicago Heights	Illinois	Vae Nortrak North America	Nonclassifiable	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was heating and bending metal rail road parts when his shirt caught on fire resulting in second degree burns.
2016-10-06	Kingman	Kansas	Great Lakes Polymer Technologies, LLC	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was changing dies when a metal guard flipped down, causing the insulator on the energized 240V (die heating element) heater wires to break. The employee suffered an electrical shock to his shoulder, lost consciousness, and then collapsed forward, hitting his head on a metal track.
2016-08-30	Monroe	Ohio	PAC Worldwide	Hand(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was inserting a card into the blister pack machine when their hand was caught inside of the machine resulting in burns from the heating element (more than 400 degrees).
2016-08-04	Forest	Mississippi	Jack Batte and Sons	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee operating a forklift stopped because he thought the forklift was overheating. When he removed the radiator cap to check the water level, the hot water caused first and second degree burns to his chest and right arm.
2016-07-12	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Michael Facchiano Contracting, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was heating up a track frame pin with a torch. While the employee was removing the track frame pin, a hot bolt or part of the frame pin punctured an adjacent aerosol can of brake cleaner and the contents ignited into a ball of fame, causing thermal burns to the employee's lower left and right arms and face.
2016-07-08	Warwick	Rhode Island	National Refrigeration	Back, including spine, spinal cord	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee working on the heating/air-conditioning unit on a roof fell approximately 10 feet to the ground below. He injured his back and was hospitalized.
2016-06-29	Mount Pleasant	Texas	Pilgrims Pride Corporation	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was performing bagging operations. The employee reached into the machine to retrieve a melting bag and was caught by the heating bar resulting in the amputation of the right index finger.
2016-06-27	Johnstown	Pennsylvania	JWF Industries	Brain	Other fall to lower level
On 6/27/16, at approximately 11 a.m., an employee was walking upstairs on the way to clean the bathroom when he passed out and hit his head on the concrete floor possibly due to overheating. He was hospitalized with a concussion.
2016-06-15	Saint Louis	Missouri	Project Inc.	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was feeding/reloading the shrink wrap machine when he noticed that there was a paper jam. When he attempted to unjam the machine, the heating element and cutter caused third-degree burns to the back side of his right hand and fingers.
2016-04-21	Destin	Florida	Sandestin Investments, LLC	Multiple body parts	Vehicle or machinery fire
Two employees were working at a food preparation and heating cart when a flash fire occurred as they opened the door to the heating compartment, shooting flames out at the employees. One employee received second degree burns to the hands and face; the other employee received third degree burns to the hands and face.
2016-04-17	Auburn	Alabama	Borbet Alabama, Inc.	Head and neck	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was heating a mold with a natural gas burner when the hose came loose and caught on fire, burning the employee's face and neck.
2016-03-14	Augusta	Georgia	YANCEY BROTHERS, INC.	Face	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was using an oxygen and acetylene torch set to heat up the rollers on the excavator in order to change the tracks out on the equipment. While heating the rollers with the torch, the oil inside the rollers was heated. The pressure from the rollers and heat caused the heated oil to splash on the employee's face, causing second degree burns.
2016-02-18	Webb	Alabama	Qaulico Steel Company, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee was heating a 40-foot steel beam to adjust its camber when the beam fell over and struck the employee's right leg, breaking the tibia and fibula.
2016-02-13	New Castle	Delaware	Croda, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating and circulating a chemical batch in a process tank. The employee opened the automatic valve in the control room to begin the transfer of hot molten chemical material. Two bottom drain valves were left open on the transfer line spilling the hot molten chemical material onto the floor. The employee was hospitalized for second and third degree burns to the lower extremities and both hands and arms.
2015-12-28	Arvilla	North Dakota	One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder preparing to install a heating unit within a garage and fell, fracturing an ankle that required hospitalization.
2015-10-21	Boerne	Texas	K-Bar Services, Inc.	Multiple face locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
A company truck was overheating and an employee removed the radiator cap in an attempt to fix the problem. As he removed the cap, hot fluids exited the radiator and splashed into the employee's face, burning him. The employee was hospitalized.
2015-09-09	Olivette	Missouri	Vogel Heating and Cooling	Hand(s)	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
On September 9, 2015, at 8:50 a.m., an employee's bare hand made contact with an energized heating coil in a rooftop unit, resulting in second and third degree hand burns.
2015-09-03	The Woodlands	Texas	Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating a bag of soup. As she pulled the bag of soup from the kettle containing hot water, the bag of soup broke, causing first and second degree burns on her torso and left arm. She was hospitalized.
2015-07-19	New Martinsville	West Virgini	J & T Paving and Excavating, Inc.	Hand(s) and arm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was heating up sealer on a seal coating sprayer. The employee lifted up the lid of the sealer container and a flame shot out, burning the employee's left hand and forearm.
2015-07-08	Massillon	Ohio	Fresh Mark Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
While cleaning the blade on a slicer, an employee's hand slipped and got caught on a heating element. The employee was unable to free his hand from the heating element before the blade rotated, amputating a finger.
2015-06-10	Stuttgart	Arkansas	Riceland Foods, Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was discovered sitting in his car just after break. The employee was unresponsive and diagnosed with severe dehydration possibly due to overheating.
2015-05-18	Saint Francis	Kansas	Extreme Heat Hot Well Service, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
An employee was loading oil into the gun barrel while on a ladder. The gun barrel caught fire possibly from the electric heating element and ignited the employee's FR clothes. The employee received second degree burns on his forearm, his hand, and behind his ear.
2015-02-26	Paducah	Kentucky	James Marine Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was standing in a room next to the shaft alley of a boat on a dry dock where two employees were heating a steel coupling (shaft that holds the prop on the boat) using two rose buds with forced air and exhaust ventilation established. They were heating the coupling so it would expand and pop loose. After his shift ended, the employee called and reported difficulty breathing. He was admitted to the hospital where he was diagnosed with possible chemical pneumonia.
2015-01-19	Wheeling	Illinois	Handi-Foil Corp.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was helping another employee line up two heating plates that weighed approximately 2,000 pounds. The second employee signaled the forklift operator to set the plate down. When the forklift operator lowered the plate too quickly, the injured employee could not get his left thumb out of the way, causing the tip of his thumb to be amputated between the plates.
2015-01-14	Decatur	Illinois	Decatur Foundry, Inc.	Thigh(s)	Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
Employee backed up against a Salamander (heating unit) to get warm and caught the back of his right pant leg on fire. Employee suffered burns to the back of his upper right leg.