| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-24 | Mobile | Al | Southern Grease Hauling, Inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Overexertion involving outside sources |
| An employee suffered a back sprain while moving a lid from a septic tank. | |||||
| 2021-01-26 | Saint Johns | Fl | Empire Tree Experts, LLC. | Leg(s) | Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway |
| On January 26, 2021, two employees were trimming trees from an articulating boom lift, about 20 feet high. The lift drove over a septic hole, tilted, and fell; both employees jumped out. One of them suffered a broken right leg. | |||||
| 2020-10-07 | Orlando | Fl | Mears Destination Services | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was emptying the septic tank on the back of the bus. When the employee went to close the service door, his right hand was caught in the engine's fan belt resulting in amputation of the right ring fingertip. | |||||
| 2020-06-05 | Social Circle | Georgia | Masterack, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was powder coating racks in a paint booth. The employee lost consciousness in the paint booth and was hospitalized for acute respiratory failure, heat stroke/malignant hyperthermia, acute renal failure and septic shock. | |||||
| 2017-04-13 | Branson | Missouri | PRO FINISH PAINTS, LLC. | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level |
| On 4-13-17, two employees were working in an aerial lift when it ran over a septic tank cover. The cover then collapsed, causing one employee to be catapulted out of the lift and the other to slam into the guardrails of the lift. | |||||
| 2017-01-12 | Foristell | Missouri | C. J. Concrete Products | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental cold |
| An employee was installing an aerator for a residential septic tank system when he became trapped in the aerator precast risers for approximately 26 hours with overnight temperatures below 30 degrees. He suffered kidney failure, hypothermia, frost bite, and edema. | |||||
| 2016-04-20 | Eliot | Maine | ER Construction, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was replacing a residential septic system using an excavator. He placed his left hand on the bucket of the excavator to gain leverage as he moved an object with his foot. His force against the bucket caused the bucket to move. The movement of the bucket created a pinch point between the bucket and "thumb" of the bucket. His left ring finger was caught and crushed in the pinch point. | |||||
| 2015-10-27 | Topsham | Maine | Precast Concrete Products of Maine, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee stripping forms off a 2,000 gallon septic tank crushed three fingers on his right hand between the stripping bar and the concrete tank. | |||||
| 2015-10-23 | Pottsville | Arkansas | Peterson Concrete Septic Tanks & Storm Shelters | Eye(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was using a hoist to lift a steel lid for a concrete septic tank. The hook slipped out of the chain hoist and struck the employee in the eye resulting in the loss of the eye and a fractured eye socket. | |||||
| 2015-08-18 | Orange City | Florida | Allen Plumbing & Backflow Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was standing beside a truck watching the septic tank get pumped out. The employee bent to pick up the hose and was bitten by a coral snake on the right index finger. | |||||
| 2015-06-19 | Eufaula | Oklahoma | Foresee Ready-Mix Concrete | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was changing the oil and air filter on a septic tank truck. The employee turned and slipped, falling approximately 3.5 feet to the ground below. He was hospitalized for injuries to his back. | |||||
| 2015-05-12 | Norfolk | Virginia | CTR Corporation | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee received a minor burn on the arm while performing hot work in a CHT septic tank. Later, the employee developed a severe infection in the arm and received treatments including drainage and antibiotics. | |||||