| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-07 | Cincinnati | Oh | Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| A contracted employee was brought on site to cap off an HDPE methane gas supply line due to leachate coming through the pipe. Hot leachate (150 degrees F) released from the pipe and struck an employee who was standing 30 feet away. The employee sustained first and second degree burns to the neck, chest, abdomen and arms that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-02-24 | Vandalia | Ohio | HERAEUS PRECIOUS METALS NORTH AMERICA DAYCHEM LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to other harmful substances |
| On February 24, 2019, while adding a chemical to a 300-gallon reactor, an employee was exposed to trifluoromethanesulfonate ester and had an allergic reaction. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-02-11 | Springfield | Missouri | Crossland Heavy Contractors | Multiple trunk locations | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was using a cutoff saw to cut a hole in the top of a digester tank. Sparks ignited the methane gas in the digester tank. He was thrown over a railing and fell. The methane gas explosion burned his back and midsection. | |||||
| 2015-04-30 | Houston | Texas | Tri Con Works, LLC | Nonclassifiable | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| A 3-foot perforated pipe was being taken out of a trench for assembly. The pipe had residual methane gas that was ignited when the McElroy fusion equipment was turned on. An employee was severely burned and required hospitalization. | |||||