| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-23 | Bunker | Missouri | ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT, LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| An employee was operating an ATV while inspecting vegetation in a utility right of way. The ATV was traversing a hill when the left front tire dropped off into a washout area. The ATV rolled over and landed on top of the employee. The ATV remained running as the employee worked to free himself. The hot muffler was just above the employee's back while he was under the ATV and caused third degree burns on the right side of his back. | |||||
| 2020-02-23 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Holly Frontier LLC | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was operating a storm water lift pump and hot water condensation blew out of the atmospheric muffler vent onto the operator's back causing first and second degree burns. | |||||
| 2019-07-31 | Yorktown | Texas | Circle 8 Crane Services, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was waiting for a crane to bring him lifting chains so that he could attach them to a compressor being swapped out at an oil well site. He lost his balance and struck a muffler, which his fall protection was tied off to; the muffler fell to the ground and carried him with it. He suffered broken ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-01-02 | Pawcatuck | Connecticut | Metta Construction | Nonclassifiable | Fire or explosion |
| An employee was refueling a gas-powered air compressor. Fuel contacted the hot muffler and ignited. The employee suffered burns to the hands, face and chest. | |||||
| 2017-07-28 | Ronkonkoma | New York | Federal Aviation Administration | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was welding a muffler onto a backup generator and something got under his glove and into the skin on his right finger. The employee was hospitalized the next day for an infection. | |||||
| 2016-10-17 | Apopka | Florida | Environmental Painting Alternatives, Inc. | Hand(s) | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
| An employee was refilling a gas powered pressure washer when some gasoline spilled onto the hot muffler and ignited, burning his hands. | |||||
| 2016-07-30 | Green Bay | Wisconsin | Bay Fabrication Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was troubleshooting a CD 4.2 muffler pack machine when it was cycled resulting in the amputation of the left middle fingertip between the frame and machine arm. | |||||
| 2016-05-24 | Pensacola | Florida | Pensacola Stevedore Company, Inc. | Arm(s) | Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was checking the fluids on a forklift when he lost his footing. His right arm was impaled by the forklift's muffler guard, tearing an artery, tendons, and muscles. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-04-09 | Ama | Louisiana | ADM Grain River System, Inc. | Leg(s) | Explosion or fire on water vehicle |
| An employee was operating a crane to load grain onto an ocean-going ship when a hydraulic hose failed and caused a fire after contacting a muffler. The employee exited the cab of the crane and landed on a catwalk, breaking the right leg. | |||||
| 2016-02-29 | Houston | Texas | HOUSTON REFINING LP | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was troubleshooting a furnace when hot condensate that had built up in the vertical muffler of a steam vent line splashed onto the employee and caused first and second degree burns to the employee's back, shoulders, arms, posterior and legs. | |||||