Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-09-24 | Philadelphia | Pa | U.S. Facilities Inc. | Lung(s), pleura | Exposure to other harmful substances |
An employee was exposed to sewage while removing and replacing a sewer pipe. The employee became ill and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-30 | Lawton | Oklahoma | GEO, LAWTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was retrieving his radio from a sewage grinding pit when the grinder crushed the tip of his little finger, causing an amputation. | |||||
2015-11-11 | Seguin | Texas | NELSON LEWIS INC. | Face | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was working on a crew, installing and pressure-testing PVC lines for a sewage line. The PVC pipe struck the employee's face, causing severe damage. | |||||
2015-11-04 | Oregon | Ohio | C & W TANK CLEANING INC. | Multiple face locations | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was pulling the jet rooter line from a storm sewage line when the jet rooter line became stuck on a piece of tile. As the employee continued to pull, the line came loose and the brass tip on the jet rooter snapped back striking the employee in the face. The employee suffered fractures to the orbital and maxillary bones. | |||||
2015-10-07 | Rockford | Illinois | Alpha Controls & Services, L.L.C. | Groin | Fall, slip, trip, n.e.c. |
On or about October 7, 2015, an employee of Alpha Controls & Services, LLC was performing a service call at a client location and stepped on an unsecured sewage injection pit access panel that gave way. His right leg fell through the 16" x 18" x 24" floor opening, resulting in a groin injury requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
2015-01-28 | Springdale | Utah | ZION NATIONAL PARK | Hand(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
An employee had his left hand crushed while using a crow bar to help set a concrete sewage distribution box. |