DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-01-13WeinerArWest Prairie GrainFingertip(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.
2020-04-28PensacolaFloridaArmstrong 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.
2020-03-20Corpus ChristiTexasDupre LogisticsHand(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.
2019-09-02BaytownTexasExxon Mobil Baytown RefineryMultiple body partsExposure 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.
2019-08-26RinconGeorgiaGeorgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLCHand(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.
2019-08-20El DoradoKansasBrandsafway LLCBODY SYSTEMSExposure 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.
2019-07-07CottontonAlabamaWESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLCHand(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.
2019-02-10RoxanaIllinoisGRP Mechanical Company, Inc.FaceExplosion
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.
2018-08-07PasadenaTexasTurbexNonclassifiableNonclassifiable
An employee began experiencing cramps while working at a refinery, requiring hospitalization.
2017-02-03GadsdenAlabamaGoodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyHand(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.
2015-10-15Corpus ChristiTexasFlint Hills Resources Corpus Christi RefineryMultiple face locationsStruck 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.
2015-04-21LiberalKansasNational Beef Packing Co LLCMultiple body partsContact 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.