| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-09 | Hampshire | Il | Custom Pak Illinois, Inc | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was working with a machine that was filling small tubes with methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP). He pulled out the pickup tube and the chemical splashed on him, causing second-degree burns to his shoulder, chest, arm, and stomach. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-02-11 | Park City | Ks | Wichita Trailer Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee went to inspect a trailer and was exposed to methyl chloride, which caused the employee to lose consciousness. A coworker went to help the employee and they were also exposed to methyl chloride and lost consciousness. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2018-03-07 | Ixonia | Wisconsin | Bryant Products, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Explosion |
| An employee applied methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) to a metal washer and was attempting to weld the part when an explosion occurred. The pressure from the explosion released the washer, which struck the employee in the shoulder and the side of his face. | |||||
| 2017-08-15 | Acworth | Georgia | Chief Container Co., Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Ingestion of harmful substance |
| An employee ingested Dimethyl Ethyl Amine and Rhodolian 675 (defoamer) after drinking from a cup that he believed contained soda. | |||||
| 2017-06-07 | Fargo | North Dakota | O'Day Tank & Steel LLC | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was cleaning a paint gun using MEK (methyl ethyl ketone), when the high-pressure stream of MEK was injected into his left palm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-10-19 | Tifton | Georgia | Triest Ag Group, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was relieving residual nitrogen pressure on returned empty product cylinders and was exposed to methyl bromide vapors. The employee suffered second degree chemical burns. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2015-08-31 | Westwego | Louisiana | Evonik Cyro, LLC | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| On the ground level of the methyl acrylic acid (MAS) unit, an expansion joint became over-pressurized and exploded. An employee in the area came in contact with MAS. One employee received chemical burns on his face, left arm, left mid-back, and left shoulder and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-05-07 | Tucker | Georgia | EMORY HEALTH CARE | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee experienced dizziness while mixing bone cement containing methyl methacrylate. The employee was hospitalized due to a low heart rate. | |||||
| 2015-02-17 | Rome | Georgia | Lewis Chemical Company | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee, unloading lauryl dimethyl amine from a truck, was sprayed with the chemicals. The employee received burns to the face, neck, and abdomen. | |||||