Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-01-13 | Weiner | Ar | West Prairie Grain | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was cleaning the whitener system in a rice refinery machine. The system's blades amputated his right index and middle fingertips. | |||||
2020-04-28 | Pensacola | Florida | Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
At 7:15 AM, an employee was operating a refiner and was on the operation control end with his hand on the quick-release lever. The lever was in the up position when the quick release became disengaged and the lever came down on the employee's hand with force. The lever amputated his left thumb just above the second knuckle. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-03-20 | Corpus Christi | Texas | Dupre Logistics | Hand(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
While unloading a dump truck at a refinery, an employee's hand was crushed by the dump truck's gate. | |||||
2019-09-02 | Baytown | Texas | Exxon Mobil Baytown Refinery | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee came in contact with process fluid at a petroleum refinery. The employee suffered burns to the right arm and torso and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-26 | Rincon | Georgia | Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC | Hand(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was in the process of unclogging a drain valve on a paper machine stock refiner when the pulp material inside the valve sprayed out. The temperature of the pulp material was approximately 140 to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee sustained second degree burns to his left hand. | |||||
2019-08-20 | El Dorado | Kansas | Brandsafway LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was helping to assemble scaffolding near a fluidized catalytic cracker at a refinery. He began having heat-exposure-related symptoms. He was hospitalized and treated for low electrolytes and dehydration. | |||||
2019-07-07 | Cottonton | Alabama | WESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLC | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was assisting on a refiner in a paperboard mill. While his hand was in a drain, a valve was opened and hot water splashed onto and severely burned his right hand and wrist. | |||||
2019-02-10 | Roxana | Illinois | GRP Mechanical Company, Inc. | Face | Explosion |
At approximately 4:30 p.m. there was an explosion and fire while starting up a unit at a refinery. One employee was burned on the face. | |||||
2018-08-07 | Pasadena | Texas | Turbex | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable |
An employee began experiencing cramps while working at a refinery, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2017-02-03 | Gadsden | Alabama | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was running rubber through a refiner when his left hand was caught between a belt and the end roller, breaking four fingers and his wrist. The belt and roller were unguarded at the time. | |||||
2015-10-15 | Corpus Christi | Texas | Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi Refinery | Multiple face locations | Struck by discharged or flying object, n.e.c. |
On 10/15/2015, at about 10:00 p.m., an employee was taking a sample from a petroleum unit of the refinery. During the sampling process, the glass bottle ruptured and broke. The glass debris injured the employee's face and left eye. | |||||
2015-04-21 | Liberal | Kansas | National Beef Packing Co LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee noticed that there was a water leak on the Omasum washer/refiner. As he tightened a thumb screw, the door opened on a timer spraying the employee with 210 degree water on his left arm, chest and abdomen. |