| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-31 | East Dublin | Ga | Darling Ingredients, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was priming a sump pump when hot water and steam were released burning his left arm and neck. | |||||
| 2020-08-20 | Tinker Afb | Ok | U.S. Department of Defense, Tinker AFB | Hip(s) | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
| An employee climbed onto the wing of a B-52 aircraft from an aerial lift to begin preparations for priming. The employee slid off the wing to the floor approximately 7 feet below. The employee landed on his knees then hit his head on the rear landing gear tire that resulted in an injury requiring stitches. The employee also sustained a possible fractured hip. The employee was wearing fall protection at the time. | |||||
| 2020-03-03 | Dublin | Georgia | WestRock Company | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was priming the seal water pumps for a paper machine. The employee removed a cap and was struck by discharging hot water, suffering first- and second-degree burns to the arms and back. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-09-21 | Grand Prairie | Texas | LEE LEWIS CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was priming bolts in a stairwell while standing on a 6-foot step ladder. He had a paint can in one hand and a paint brush in the other hand. He fell as he was descending the step ladder, breaking two ribs and suffering a collapsed right lung. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-01-25 | Lonoke | Arkansas | Remington Arms, LLC | Multiple body parts | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working at the centerfire priming area removing or cleaning excess primers out of the primer bowl when the primers exploded and the employee suffered multiple injuries including first degree burns and abrasions to the forearms, chest, and face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-01-13 | Lonoke | Arkansas | Remington Arms Company | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was checking the priming mix in the priming machine. When he opened the blast door to the machine, the cable supporting the counter balance for the door broke, causing the door to slam onto and amputate his left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-10-31 | Omaha | Nebraska | James Skinner Baking Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee amputated the right middle fingertip while priming an icing pump on the blue colored icing line. | |||||
| 2015-07-06 | Rupert | Idaho | Land View, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee came in contact with hot water (greater than 105 F) when a hose split while the employee was priming a pump in the neutral plant. The employee received 2nd and 3rd degree burns to his back and upper legs covering approximately 13% of the right side of his body. | |||||