Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-29	Houston	Tx	Night Owls Print Shop, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a screen printing press to print designs on T-shirts when he was struck by a moving part of the machine. The employee was hospitalized for stomach and back injuries.
2021-10-14	Fairfield	Ct	Paul Miller Nissan	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee was delivering auto parts at a car dealership. There was an attempted robbery, and the employee was shot in the stomach.
2021-08-26	Ozark	Ar	KOSS CONSTRUCTION CO.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was unloading liquid asphalt cement from a semi-tanker. He left to retrieve a new gasket for the tanker's hose. The valve was opened while he was gone, and when he returned and removed the hose, 300-degree asphalt cement sprayed out of the connection and struck him. He suffered second-degree burns to his left and right forearm, left thigh, lower stomach, and right shin toward the ankle.
2021-08-09	Hampshire	Il	Custom Pak Illinois, Inc	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was working with a machine that was filling small tubes with methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP). He pulled out the pickup tube and the chemical splashed on him, causing second-degree burns to his shoulder, chest, arm, and stomach. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-31	Waterbury	Ct	Rolling Frito-Lay Sales, Limited Partnership	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee climbed up the side of a product rack to retrieve a case of product from the second tier when they fell and landed on their stomach, resulting in a fractured maxillary face bone, a displaced nasal bone, and a fractured left and right arm.
2021-07-30	Austin	Tx	EMR Elevator, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was repairing an elevator door and fell from the top of the elevator cab to the bottom of the elevator shaft. The employee sustained broken arms, collapsed lungs, a head injury, a chest injury, a stomach injury, an abdominal injury, and blood clots.
2021-07-19	Blair	Wi	Associated Milk Producers, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
On July 19, 2021, an employee was working on the clean-in-place (CIP) system and was burned on the chest, stomach, arm, and leg by pressurized hot liquid.
2021-06-11	Tenaha	Tx	711 Shelby Lumber, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was running an edger. While pushing a log through the edger, the log kicked back, striking the employee in the stomach. The employee sustained a cut to his stomach.
2021-05-31	Kathleen	Ga	Frito Lay	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was walking through the chemical room when he noticed a 2.5 gallon jug of detergent that was unstable on the storage rack. When he went to grab the jug, his hand slipped off of the product which caused the chemical to splash onto his stomach and upper leg. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns.
2021-05-28	Lake Ozark	Mo	Sunny's Marina	Multiple body parts	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee was repairing the bottom of a customer's boat and drank acid resulting in burns to their throat and stomach that required hospitalization.
2021-05-26	Lemont	Il	ILLINOIS MARINE TOWING, INC.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was grinding steel on a tank barge for hull repair. Sparks flew into the employee's shirt, which caught fire and burned the employee's stomach and hands.
2021-05-20	Pecos	Tx	Davidson Electric Co	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
Employees were lifting up a generator from a pallet using a forklift. The straps securing it slipped off the forks. The generator flipped and pinned an employee against a fence. He suffered back and rib injures and a stomach contusion.
2021-05-16	Monroe	Wi	Badger State Ethanol, LLC	Multiple trunk locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
At about 8:45 p.m. on May 16, 2021, an employee opened the lid of a clarifier containing water. Hot water (about 195 degrees F) spilled onto the employee, causing second-degree burns to the employee's chest and stomach.
2021-05-06	Jack	Al	Wayne Farms LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
An employee was operating a powered pallet jack and began to walk backward. After several steps, he backed into a support beam for poultry processing equipment. The load then moved forward and the handle of the pallet jack struck the employee's abdomen. The employee's stomach was injured and he required surgery.
2021-03-16	Dallas	Tx	CityVet - Lovers Lane	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Kicked by animal
An employee was kicked in the stomach by a dog while holding down the dog for a normal procedure. The employee sustained injuries to the abdomen and required surgery.
2021-03-06	Kalida	Oh	Kalida Manufacturing Inc.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was MIG welding a repair on a bracket. Her shirt caught fire, causing second-degree burns to her stomach, chest, and neck.
2021-01-28	Chillicothe	Oh	Massana Construction Company Inc	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Excavation or trenching cave-in
An employee was standing at the end of the trench box laying waterline when dirt engulfed the employee up to his hip. The employee was hospitalized with stomach pain.
2021-01-08	Wilmington	De	GT USA Wilmington LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Nonclassifiable
An employee was helping to unload lumber from a vessel. A spreader bar struck and injured her stomach.
2020-10-19	Dayton	Nj	Penske Logistics	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting boxes weighing approximately 36 pounds and felt pain in his stomach. He was hospitalized with a hernia.
2020-09-16	Somerset	Nj	Sunrun	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was moving equipment using a lift when he felt a sharp pain in his stomach due to a hernia.
2020-09-09	Dayton	Oh	Davis H. Elliott Company, Incorporated	Multiple trunk locations	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was preparing an underground 7,200-volt utility cable. The cable shocked the employee, causing electrical burns on the torso and stomach area and an exit wound on the left foot.
2020-09-05	San Antonio	Tx	Taco Cabana	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was cooking beans and suffered burns to the stomach area.
2020-09-03	Austin	Tx	U.S. Postal Service	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in throwing-multiple episodes
An employee began having stomach pains while tossing packages on a conveyor. The employee was later hospitalized with a hernia.
2020-08-25	Corpus Christi	Tx	Lynx Contractors Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
While taking out drywall and insulation, an employee began to feel ill and developed stomach issues. He was hospitalized, suffering from possible heat stress.
2020-08-25	Springfield	Oh	Blooded Horse Sales Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Kicked by animal
An employee was leading a horse into a show ring when the horse spooked, pulled itself to the end of the lead, and kicked the employee in the stomach. The employee suffered an intestinal injury.
2020-08-12	Bishop	Tx	Brown and Root Industrial Services LTD	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee had been dismantling a scaffold when he experienced stomach cramps. He was monitored for approximately 45 minutes while in an air conditioned environment and his stomach cramps improved. After work, he was hospitalized with dehydration/heat stress.
2020-07-27	Sarasota	Florida	The Glenridge on Palmer Ranch	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in lifting-single episode
An employee was lifting a patient when she suffered an abdominal injury that caused stomach pain and vomiting.
2020-07-10	Dallas	Texas	Harold James, INC.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was pulling tools up onto the roof. He laid on his stomach and slid off the upper roof onto the lower roof. When he landed, he suffered a dislocated ankle.
2020-07-05	Colorado Springs	Colorado	Chipotle Mexican Grill	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was on the second step of a step stool replacing grill hood filters when the employee fell. The employee's arm landed in a fryer containing hot cooking oil, resulting in burns on their right hand, arm, stomach, and back.
2020-07-02	Stone Mountain	Georgia	Andrew Electric Co., Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Contact with objects and equipment
An employee was on a scissor lift, pulling data cable. The lift struck and injured his stomach.
2020-06-26	Fort Lauderdale	Florida	J.C Ehrlich Pest Control	BODY SYSTEMS	Stings and venomous bites
A pest control employee was stung by bees while trying to exterminate a beehive at a customer's house. He suffered multiple stings to the head and stomach.
2020-06-10	Fort Myers Beach	Florida	Taco Bell	Multiple body parts	Fall on same level
An employee was carrying a bucket of water. The bucket fell to the floor; then the employee fell, suffering second- and third-degree burns to the arm and stomach from the water.
2020-05-28	Denver	Colorado	Mountain Man Welding and Fabrication, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by object breaking in hand
An employee was grinding the flat surface of his welding table to remove old welds from a previous set-up. He was using a 5-inch angle grinder equipped with a cut-off disk. The disk disintegrated and fragments hit the employee causing lacerations to the stomach area. The employee also sustained internal bleeding as a result of contusion to arteries.
2020-05-26	League City	Texas	HTRE2, LLC	Head and trunk	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was getting ready to use an oxy propane torch to cut some aluminum on or near empty 55-gallon drums that last contained tertiary-butyl alcohol. During lighting of the torch, vapors in a drum immediately adjacent to the torch exploded. The employee suffered second and third degree burns to the hands, face, chest, and stomach.
2020-05-25	Mcgehee	Arkansas	Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC	Head and trunk	Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
An employee was on the roof of a fertilizer storage building, shoveling fertilizer that had spilled out through the hole in the roof. He slipped and fell down 20 feet of roof, then dropped 12 feet straight onto a trolley rail, then fell from the rail to the ground 18 inches below. The employee suffered three brain bleeds, a broken fractured left wrist, stomach injury, a kidney injury, a fractured eye socket, a pelvis fracture, a gash in the forehead (requiring stitches), and a cut that left skin
2020-05-20	Edmond	Oklahoma	Insight Pest Solution Oklahoma LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Shooting by other person-intentional
A sales person was walking down a city street while coming from or going to a customer's business/home when a man robbed and shot the employee in the stomach. The employee required surgery.
2020-05-20	Alice	Texas	NOV TUBOSCOPE	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was inspecting heavy weights in the yard when he experienced stomach aches and cramps, requiring hospitalization due to potential heat exhaustion.
2020-04-02	Beaumont	Texas	Allstate Signal & Construction, LLC.	Multiple trunk locations	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was using a tagline to guide a crane that was lifting a sign to a post when the employee went near a powerline and it arced over to the crane. The employee was hit with an arc flash, suffering second and third degree burns to the stomach and back.
2020-03-29	Middletown	Delaware	Panda Express	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck against object or equipment while moving it
An employee was carrying a box of fortune cookies from the front of the store to the back of the store when the box became caught on the wall. The box struck the employee in the stomach and she was hospitalized with a liver laceration.
2020-03-25	Rome	Georgia	Meja Construction, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting a piece of metal with a saw. The saw kicked back and lacerated the employee's upper stomach.
2020-03-18	New York	New York	Savitt Partners Management LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee got cut in the stomach while operating a blade machine.
2020-03-12	Topeka	Illinois	The L.E. Myers Co	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
On March 12, 2020, an employee was trying to remove part of a broken power transmission line from the distribution line it had fallen on. An electrical flash burned the employee's stomach and wrist.
2020-03-07	Jewett	Texas	TMS International	Multiple body parts	Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
An employee was cutting up scrap metal. There was a hole at the connection in the hose of the hand torch which caused the employee's shirt to become saturated with oxygen. When the employee lit the torch, his shirt caught on fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns on his stomach, right arm, and back.
2020-02-21	Selma	Texas	Gillman Subaru of San Antonio, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion in pushing, pulling, or turning-single episode
An employee had been pushing a car and later collapsed to the floor with chest pains and was coughing up blood. The employee was hospitalized with a tear where the esophagus and stomach meet.
2020-02-13	Flushing	New York	Wiretech Electric	Head and trunk	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An electrician was relocating a live, 480-volt wire in an electrical panel. Carpenters from another company were drilling a hole on the floor with a track underneath the panel. An arc flash occurred in the electrical panel and hit the electrician and two carpenters. The electrician sustained burns to his face and stomach. One carpenter sustained burns to his back. The other carpenter had buzzing in his ear due to the loud sound.
2020-02-07	Lake Villa	Illinois	All Seasons Insulation, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was grabbing some insulation. Its weight shifted, causing the work knife in his hand to lacerate his stomach.
2020-01-09	Lamesa	Texas	Advanced Mustang Energy Services LP	Multiple body parts	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
The injured employee parked the vacuum truck on the SW end of the pulling unit. Another employee used the winch line on the pulling unit to grab a pipe. He wrapped the winch line around the vacuum truck's bumper tow pin and back up around the pipe to just below half-way up the pipe. The pipe began to bow in the middle. The pipe gave way and hit the injured employee on the left side, stomach, and back knocking the employee to the ground.
2020-01-08	Saint Joseph	Missouri	Help At Home LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
While removing objects from their car at a client's home, a home health care employee was stabbed in the stomach with a knife.
2019-09-22	Siloam Springs	Arkansas	Gates Corporation	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
A maintenance technician was replacing a hydraulic hose on an extruder. An adjacent hot water hose burst at the connector, spraying him with 200-degree water. He suffered second-degree burns to his right arm, stomach, and right thigh and was hospitalized.
2019-09-10	Naples	Florida	Prestiage Gunitet Shortcrete Inc	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee was filling a water pump with gas when the gas vapors ignited. The flames contacted the employee, causing first and second degree burns to the employee's hand, arm, face, and stomach.
2019-08-29	Russellville	Arkansas	Compass Group USA, Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was emptying out a soup warmer well when she lost her grip and the hot soup spilled on her chest and stomach. She was hospitalized with burns to the chest and stomach.
2019-08-22	Paterson	New Jersey	Allied Universal Security Services, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Shooting by other person-intentional
A security guard was shot in the stomach while standing by a guard booth.
2019-08-22	Dawson	Georgia	Pike Electric, LLC	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An overhead lineman was elevated in a bucket while removing the rubber cover from a primary power line. An arc flash caused first- and second-degree burns to the employee's stomach and the area under the right arm. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-08-22	Indiana	Pennsylvania	Urban Outfitters	Skull	Fall on same level
An employee had been moving materials and was found laying on their stomach on the floor with a fractured skull and laceration requiring 2 staples. It is believed that the employee had a seizure and fell striking their head on a lag bolt that holds a guardrail in place on the concrete. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-08-20	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Stupp Bros., Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was hooking a load up to a crane when the employee walked into a conveyor line. A steel pipe was coming down the conveyor line and struck the employee, causing side and stomach contusions.
2019-08-19	Elmhurst	Illinois	Val-Matic Valve Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was welding a large casting when he passed out from heat-related illness and fell into the hot casting. His helmet also cut his lip. He suffered a facial abrasion and burns to the stomach and arm.
2019-08-14	Granite City	Illinois	US Steel Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was in the locker room preparing to leave for their shift. The employee felt stomach pain, began vomiting, and was hospitalized, suffering from heat stress.
2019-08-01	Hutchins	Texas	Signicast, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was putting metal in a pot to melt. The top of the metal started to solidify; the employee was using a rebar to poke a hole in the top to mix the metal when some of the metal splashed onto coils outside the pot. This caused steam to build up and pressurize the metal, which expanded and flew out of the pot. The employee fell while trying to escape the splash, landing on metal that had hit the floor. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the hands, left knee, and stomach.
2019-07-30	Spring	Texas	A T & T	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was working at a customer's residence, installing fiber optic service. He began to feel cramping in his stomach and right arm and back area. He was hospitalized, suffering from heat-related dehydration.
2019-07-26	Waverly	Ohio	Speyside Bourbon Stave Mill in Ohio at Waverly, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was operating an edger when a stave (board) became jammed in the edger. The employee tried to push a second stave through to clear the edger when the stave kicked back and hit the employee's stomach, causing internal bleeding.
2019-07-22	Salina	Kansas	Great Plains	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area
A truck driver was opening up the back gate of his trailer when a forklift that was pulling a trailer down the street struck the truck driver. The truck driver sustained lacerations to the right side of the stomach and two broken ribs.
2019-07-17	Lawrenceville	Georgia	Papa John's International, Inc. (Store 770)	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Shooting by other person-intentional
An employee was shot in the stomach by a robber while delivering a pizza to a private residence at 12:30 AM.
2019-07-16	Channahon	Illinois	T.A.C., INC.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was using a hose and hot water to clean a belly line on a trailer. When the employee removed the end cap, pressure in the line caused hot water to spray out, resulting in burns to the employee's stomach area, shins, and the front of the thighs.
2019-07-10	Lithia Springs	Georgia	National Construction Rentals	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
After their work shift, an employee began to feel sick, light headed, had stomach cramping and was ill. The employee was hospitalized for possible dehydration.
2019-07-10	Wilmington	Delaware	Contractors Materials	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was changing a tooth on the bucket of an excavator. He was using a hammer and chisel to remove the tooth when a piece of the tooth fragmented and struck him on the left wrist and in the stomach. The employee sustained an internal injury to the stomach resulting in surgery.
2019-06-30	Kettering	Ohio	Heartland of Kettering	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to slipping
An employee slipped on a wet bathroom floor and the left side of her stomach struck a trash can and the floor. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
2019-06-30	Shively	Kentucky	U.S. Postal Service	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was delivering mail when he started experiencing stomach cramps and nausea. He was hospitalized due to heat exhaustion and dehydration.
2019-06-25	Jonesville	Louisiana	Concordia Electric Co-op	BODY SYSTEMS	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was working on a high-power electrical line when he made contact with a hot line. He received an electric shock that entered through the arm and exited through the stomach.
2019-06-23	West Chester	Pennsylvania	Arbour Square at West Chester	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to other harmful substances
Employees were providing customer care in an assisted living facility when a gastrointestinal virus broke out among customers and employees. Multiple employees experienced stomach and other health effects. Two employees were hospitalized.
2019-06-18	Myakka City	Florida	RAINBROOK FARMS, LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was picking tomato stakes from a tomato field when the employee experienced dizziness, cramps, weakness, and stomach pain. The employee was hospitalized due to dehydration.
2019-06-13	Langhorne	Pennsylvania	Woods Services Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by physical contact with person while restraining, subduing-unintentional
On June 13, 2019, an employee was kicked in the stomach during a patient restraint procedure. The employee was hospitalized with a left abdominal contusion.
2019-06-12	Anniston	Alabama	CTS SERVICES, INC.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was cutting a stainless steel line with a chop saw. Residual radiation-curing resin inside the line sprayed out onto his chest, stomach, and thighs, causing second-degree burns.
2019-05-31	Naperville	Illinois	Monarch Enterprises Inc.	Multiple trunk locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was nailing siding on a building with a nail gun in a lift. The gun shot him in the lower chest and upper stomach.
2019-05-24	Westfield	New York	Growers' Co-operative Grape Juice Co., Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
When an employee disconnected a hose from a steam line, steam burned the employee's arms, hands, and stomach.
2019-05-18	Beloit	Wisconsin	Pratt (Beloit Corrugating), LLC	Multiple body parts	Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
The injured employee was washing out a 55-gallon barrel with a hose next to the U-drain. The U-drain screen was clogged so another employee removed one grate to remove the clog. The injured employee was about one foot from the U-drain washing the barrel and stepped into the unguarded drain. The U-drain was about 10 feet in length, 16 inches wide and about 3 feet deep and had hot water in it. The injured employee suffered second degree burns to the leg, waist and stomach.
2019-05-16	Westminster	Colorado	Cleasby Manufacturing of Denver	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
Two employees were tightening a belt on a conveyor while standing on a platform on a flatbed truck. The platform slipped down off the truck and both employees fell off the truck bed. The first employee sustained right-side stomach abrasions. The second employee fractured four ribs and was hospitalized.
2019-05-07	Elberta	Alabama	MDR Construction, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
An employee was working inside a bucket truck replacing old power lines with new power lines. An arc occurred between the two lines and one employee was burned on his stomach and left arm.
2019-05-04	Miami Beach	Florida	Tekton Construction Corporation	Head and trunk	Ingestion of harmful substance
An employee was siphoning curing compound and inadvertently swallowed some, causing him to vomit. The employee was hospitalized with mouth and stomach pain.
2019-04-16	Belgrade	Montana	Orepac Holding Company	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was lining up a door into a jam to staple it together with a pneumatic staple gun when the gun stapled his stomach with a 2-1/4 inch staple.
2019-04-10	Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	Hershey Creamery Company	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was defrosting a vessel with a flexible steam line. He set the steam line in the vessel and it slipped out, allowing steam to burn his neck, chest, and stomach.
2019-03-17	Atlanta	Georgia	Pilot Travel Center	Multiple body parts	Shooting by other person-intentional
While at work, on a break, an employee was shot twice in the leg, once in the jaw, and once in the stomach.
2019-03-15	Mountain View	Arkansas	FIBER ENERGY PRODUCTS	Multiple body parts	Dust explosion
On March 15, 2019, at 1530, two employees noticed smoke from the sawdust bin. The two employees attempted to move the sawdust in the bin to the ground via an auger system. Thirty minutes later, the employees opened the lower hatch. A blast of fire shot from the hatch, severely burning the two men. The first employee suffered burns on the neck, face, and hands. The second employee suffered burns on the chest and stomach area.
2019-03-07	Temple	Texas	Buc-ee's, LTD	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
An employee tripped while carrying boxes, rolling her ankle and falling. She suffered stomach pains and was hospitalized.
2019-03-06	Austin	Texas	ForTec Medical, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
An employee was loading a medical laser when it fell onto his stomach, causing an umbilical hernia.
2019-02-28	Cullman	Alabama	Cullman Casting Corporation	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was checking the level of iron in a furnace. The control panel joystick stuck in the forward position and the chip cart moved forward, catching the employee against the furnace and causing burns to his left hand, elbow, and stomach.
2019-02-22	Enterprise	Alabama	Phase 3 Star, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was removing bacon from the oven. The pan hit the door causing grease to spill and burn her arm, neck, chest and stomach. The employee was hospitalized.
2019-02-13	Omaha	Nebraska	Greater Omaha Packing Company, Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was dropping honeycomb (stomach liner) using a 6" knife. As he was making his upward cut, the knife slipped out of his hand and propelled backwards into his chest and lacerated his liver.
2019-02-05	Irving	Texas	The Brandt Companies, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was using a chain hoist to position a pipe to be welded when the chain caught a valve on the existing pipe and opened the valve, releasing hot water on the employee. He suffered burns to the right arm (from his forearm to his bicep) and right torso (from the ribs to the stomach).
2018-09-22	New York	New York	ABC Imaging of Washington, Inc.	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Overexertion involving outside sources
An employee was moving a printing machine when he experienced stomach pain. He was hospitalized for a hernia.
2018-09-15	Bridgeport	West Virgini	Precision Pipeline, LLC	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
At about 5:00 p.m. on September 15, 2018, an employee was driving a utility vehicle at a natural gas pipeline site when it flipped over. The employee suffered a potential stomach tear and was hospitalized.
2018-08-31	Chagrin Falls	Ohio	Dave Wood Tree and Landscaping	Multiple trunk locations	Other jump to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was about 25 feet up a tree, trying to cut off a large overhanging tree limb. The limb he had tied off to broke. He fell to the ground, landing flat on his stomach. He suffered collapsed lungs, fractured ribs, and an internally relocated stomach, requiring surgery.
2018-08-17	Richland	Mississippi	Truckworx, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was working under a truck when a coolant line ruptured. The coolant burned his chest, left arm, and stomach.
2018-08-17	Sunset Valley	Texas	BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was standing on a step stool and attempting to grab an empty pot from on top of an oven when the step stool collapsed and slipped out from under her feet. As she was falling to the ground, her left hand grabbed a pot of boiling water from a stove below, spilling the contents on her body. She suffered third degree burns to her stomach, chest, left arm, elbow, and left hand.
2018-08-17	Wellesley	Massachusett	Wellesley College	Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle
An employee was attempting to put an aerator machine in a shed when he was pinned between the aerator and the wall of the shed, injuring his stomach area.
2018-08-16	Mckinney	Texas	Preload LLC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee experienced stomach cramps due to heat-related injuries, requiring hospitalization.
2018-08-15	Monaca	Pennsylvania	Anchor Hocking	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
While training another employee on swabbing techniques on a glass forming machine, an employee experienced cramping in the hands, legs, and stomach. The employee was hospitalized due to dehydration and a muscle injury.
2018-07-30	Dunwoody	Georgia	GEORGIA DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was shoveling hot asphalt mix inside the box of a truck. The back vertical gate opened partially and the employee fell through, coming into contact with the hot material. The employee suffered severe burns to the stomach, palms, and wrists (requiring skin grafts), as well as possible nerve damage to the right forearm.
2018-07-26	Houston	Texas	Cooper / Ports of America	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was laying 4x4 dunnage on the ground to set cargo and felt light headed, had stomach cramps and blurred vision. The employee was hospitalized for heat stress.
2018-07-19	Lamesa	Texas	RES America Construction Inc.	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
An employee was performing manual labor to build a solar farm outside when he began feeling unwell and experienced severe cramps in his stomach, legs, neck, jaw, and hands. He was hospitalized for dehydration and kidney malfunction due to heat stress.
2018-07-05	Orlando	Florida	Titan Electric Southeast	Multiple body parts	Direct exposure to electricity
An employee was on a scissor lift, installing a disconnect to an energized engine bus stop. The disconnect made contact with two phases, causing a short and an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to the skin on the neck, stomach, and left arm and hand.