| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-13 | La Porte | Tx | HIGHWAY TRANSPORT, INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was pressure washing a valve when the tip of the pressure washer contacted his left foot and the water stream penetrated his rubber boot just below the left pinky toe, resulting in a puncture wound. | |||||
| 2021-08-03 | Yonges Island | Sc | Stevens Towing Co.,Inc. | Multiple body parts | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was water blasting when the water stream struck the employee in the left ribs, bicep, and wrist, resulting in water under the skin that required hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2021-05-28 | Beaumont | Tx | Nighthawk Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| At 11:00 a.m. on May 28, 2021, an employee was bracing the lid of a shaft plate by standing against it. The water stream from a high-power pressure washer struck him in the back, causing a laceration and a collapsed lung. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-01-26 | White Castle | La | Cora Texas Manufacturing Company | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pressure washer to clean equipment. He slipped and the water stream lacerated his left hand. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery to the hand. | |||||
| 2020-07-17 | Denver | Colorado | Waste Management of Colorado Inc | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
| On 7/17/2020, at 3:00 PM, an employee entered a screen machine to clear debris from the spindles and discs. The employee exited the screen machine via the downstream conveyor. The employee walked alongside the conveyor to exit the area and fell through a material chute at the end of the conveyor to the ground 17 feet below. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion and fractures to the left leg, pelvis, ribs and face. | |||||
| 2020-06-25 | Napoleon | Ohio | Superior Environmental Solutions, Inc. | Shoulder(s) and arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On June 25, 2020, an employee was using a high-pressure water lance. The rigid lance broke at a connection near the employee, and a high-pressure water stream severely lacerated the employee's arm and shoulder. | |||||
| 2020-06-03 | Odessa | Texas | Patterson Services Incorporated | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was power-washing a vessel when the water stream struck his foot, causing a wound that became infected. He underwent surgery to clean the wound. | |||||
| 2020-05-20 | Littleton | New Hampshir | Burndy LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was testing a gauge when a stream of hydraulic fluid came out the side of a connection and penetrated his finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-04-14 | Apopka | Florida | FINFROCK DESIGN-MANUFACTURE-CONSTRUCT, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was working with a hydraulic strand jack machine when a stream of hydraulic fluid entered their right middle finger. The employee was hospitalized with a possible infection. | |||||
| 2020-03-24 | Denver | Colorado | Conagra Foods - Denver | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a high-pressure water gun to wash parts of a line. The water stream lacerated the top of the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2020-03-14 | Brownsville | Texas | SpaceX | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| While actuating a control valve, an employee was struck by a jet stream of hot water from a nearby hose. The employee sustained first and second degree burns. | |||||
| 2019-08-26 | Normal | Illinois | Painters USA, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was adjusting the spray tip of a pneumatic powered paint sprayer when the spray trigger was activated, causing the spray stream of paint to contact the employee's hand. Paint was injected into the employee's hand, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2019-08-03 | Durham | North Caroli | U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Three HVAC mechanics were trying to stop a water drip from a steam line. They isolated the line upstream and downstream from the location of the leak. One of the employees cracked open a pipe union to drain the condensate from the line. Steam began to release from the pipe union unexpectedly, causing second-degree burns to his right hand and arm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-24 | Montgomery | Alabama | U. S. Geological Survey | BODY SYSTEMS | Stings and venomous bites |
| An employee was bitten by a rattlesnake while measuring stream flow, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2019-05-23 | Williamsport | Pennsylvania | SHOP VAC CORPORATION | Forearm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was working near a conveyor that carried totes of tank bottoms. Another employee stopped the upstream. The employee placed a tank bottom on the stopped conveyor and it fell off. The employee tried to catch it, and the tank bottom lacerated the employee's right inner forearm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-05-01 | Wapakoneta | Ohio | Midwest Elastomers, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| On May 1, 2019, an employee was cleaning out the cyclone of the cryo line downstream of the mill take-away. The employee contacted the rotary air lock and amputated his right middle, ring, and pinky fingers. | |||||
| 2019-05-01 | La Junta | Colorado | Lewis Bolt & Nut Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee had been burning off old cloth that was on tongs so it could be replaced. To cool off the tongs, the employee accessed the water coolant stream on the upsetter forging machine. The employee slipped and stepped on the pedal that engaged the machine and half of his left pinky finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2019-02-16 | Orlando | Florida | Central Florida Investments, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A pressure washing stream crossed an employee's left foot, lacerating it. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-09 | Weirton | West Virgini | Galaxie Industrial Services, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was cleaning inside a tank with a pressure washer. The stream from the washer cut through the employee's right boot and into the employee's foot. | |||||
| 2018-08-31 | Cotulla | Texas | Walton Henry Recruiting, LLC | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
| An employee was working in the field, installing and overseeing the installation of a midstream flexible piping system, when he started to feel weak. He was hospitalized due to heat stress and dehydration. | |||||
| 2018-08-22 | Grand Island | Nebraska | Mid-Nebraska Disposal, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee drove a roll-off truck to a landfill and was emptying a load when he noticed a hydraulic leak on one of the hoses. He was looking to see where the leak was coming from when the hydraulic stream hit his left index finger, penetrating his work glove and cutting his finger, which allowed the hydraulic fluid to enter his finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-08-06 | Syracuse | New York | Research Foundation of SUNY | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Injured by object breaking in hand |
| An employee was operating a microfluidizer when the beaker punctured his left palm and the liquid stream came in contact with his blood. He developed an infection and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-07 | Fairfield | Ohio | Mohon Blasting and Coatings LLC | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was sandblasting walls. As the employee reached to sand blast a spot, the ladder became unbalanced. The employee fell and the blast stream contacted his left hand and wrist causing abrasions requiring a skin graft and nerve damage. | |||||
| 2018-06-12 | Marietta | Ohio | Mondo Polymer Technologies, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On June 12, 2018, an employee was holding a cooling block on the downstream extruder "B" wheel, while another employee was bolting it in. The extruder machine's wheel rotated catching the employees left thumb and amputating it. | |||||
| 2018-05-21 | Fort Morgan | Colorado | CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was inspecting a hydraulic hose for leaks when another employee activated the hock cutter that was powered by the hose, releasing a high-pressure stream of hydraulic fluid into the employee's right hand. The fluid cut his hand and was injected under his skin. | |||||
| 2018-04-17 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | McConway & Torley, LLC. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was performing a stream test and opening the ladle stopper mechanism when molten metal splashed on his leg and burned through his protective leggings. He suffered a small burn on his calf and upper ankle. | |||||
| 2018-03-22 | Alabaster | Alabama | Summit Waterproofing, Inc. | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was adjusting the tip on his pressure washer with his right hand when he accidentally hit the trigger with his opposite hand, shooting a stream of high-pressure water into his right hand. He suffered a laceration to his right hand and was hospitalized for an embolism. | |||||
| 2018-02-27 | Valdosta | Georgia | D&D Fabrication | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was spraying paint with an airless sprayer (3,000 psi) when the spray stream struck his left middle finger, breaking the skin and injecting paint into his finger. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-07-17 | Plattsburgh | New York | LUPINI CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was pressure washing concrete and contacted his left knee with the high pressure water stream (3500 psi) resulting in a laceration to the kneecap and air behind the knee. | |||||
| 2017-06-28 | Pahokee | Florida | MPW Industrial Services | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was cleaning industrial equipment with a high-pressure washer when the water stream contacted and lacerated his back. | |||||
| 2017-06-10 | Phillips | Wisconsin | Aspirus, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| On June 10, 2017, an employee opened a tub of liquid chlorine bleach with pliers and rinsed the pliers in a stream of what appeared to be running water, but was actually disinfectant. The employee then experienced shortness of breath and lowered oxygen saturation, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-06-07 | Fargo | North Dakota | O'Day Tank & Steel LLC | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was cleaning a paint gun using MEK (methyl ethyl ketone), when the high-pressure stream of MEK was injected into his left palm, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-04-13 | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | U.S. Geological Survey of Alabama | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was walking down a stream bed to access the riverbank and test the water flow when he slipped and fell, hitting his right knee on the bedrock bank and breaking his kneecap. | |||||
| 2017-03-29 | New Stanton | Pennsylvania | C. H. & D. Enterprises | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was working to install a box culvert. He was walking across a stream when he slipped and fell onto a hardline discharge hose from a pump, suffering internal bleeding. | |||||
| 2017-02-01 | Hereford | Colorado | Ultra Energy Services, LLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was digging a hole in the ground using a high pressure vacuum truck while standing on the edge of the hole. As he was digging, his foot slipped under the stream causing an injection wound to his left foot that resulted in the amputation of a toe on the left foot. | |||||
| 2016-10-13 | Big Lake | Texas | X-Chem, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was attaching a connection to the wellhead for treatment when a stream of high pressured natural gas caused the following injuries to the employee: facial Injuries, right punctured lung, and a torn esophagus. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-10-11 | Blytheville | Arkansas | Thompson Industrial Services LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pressure washer to clean sludge in the bottom of a pit when the pressure washer's water stream penetrated the employee's boot and was injected into the top of the left foot. | |||||
| 2016-08-23 | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | AMERICAN RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO., LLC | Leg(s) | Fall on water vehicle |
| An employee was operating a front end loader inside of a cargo hold on a ship docked midstream. As he exited the cab of the loader, he lost his footing on the step and fell to the floor of the cargo hold, fracturing his right leg. | |||||
| 2016-08-06 | Fort A P Hill | Virginia | Blastco Texas, Inc | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was holding the top of a small manway cover and abrasive blasting the handle. The force of the blast media hitting the cover caused the cover to twist in the employee's hand, which caused his left hand to move into the blasting media stream. The blast media penetrated the back of his glove and abraded the back of his hand. | |||||
| 2016-07-19 | Evanston | Illinois | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | Hand(s) | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| An employee was servicing a chilled water line by cleaning the line with hydrogen peroxide. There was a combustible reaction and the pressure blew the lid off the stream filter housing unit. The lid struck the employee on the right hand that was being used to protect his face, causing multiple hand fractures requiring surgery. Minor burns were also incurred on the right hand/arm. | |||||
| 2016-06-07 | Atlanta | Georgia | Progressive Environmental Services, Inc. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a high-pressure washer when the water stream cut his left foot. He was hospitalized with an injection wound. | |||||
| 2016-05-29 | Cotulla | Texas | J.T. Swabbing Services, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee hoisted the lubricator up off a well head using a winch and was inspecting the tool stream. The winch malfunctioned and continued to raise the lubricator up which was 8 feet long. It was raised approximately 15 feet off the ground. The cable snapped and the lubricator fell striking the employee and causing a laceration to his chest approximately 6-8 inches long and 1 1/2 inches deep. | |||||
| 2016-04-21 | La Porte | Texas | Aquilex HydroChem, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was hydro blasting on top of a vertical exchanger with a 20,000-psi cleaning lance when he lost his balance and control of the lance. The water stream from the lance cut through his metatarsal boot, lacerating the top of his right foot. | |||||
| 2016-02-01 | Bowling Green | Ohio | VEHTEK SYSTEMS INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| On February 1, 2016, an employee was unloading parts from a conveyor when the conveyor stopped because a part was stuck upstream. The employee attempted to retrieve the part when a piece of steel began to index, got caught, and pinched her finger. Her right thumb was amputated. | |||||
| 2016-01-13 | White Plains | New York | SCHNABEL FOUNDATION COMPANY | Skull | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| Workers were drilling with a drill rig when a deflection pipe broke off and a stream of water hit an employee standing nearby. The employee fell backward and hit his head on a piece of equipment, fracturing his skull. | |||||
| 2015-11-04 | Montezuma | Georgia | United States Geological Survey - South Atlantic Water Science Center | Skull | Fall on same level |
| An employee was collecting field data walking up and down a stream bank. The employee fell and fractured their skull. | |||||
| 2015-10-21 | Fall River | Wisconsin | Schumann Printers, Inc. | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was pushing a pocket stream feeder cart sideways across the floor. The cart tipped over and fell onto the employee's foot crushing two toes that were later amputated. | |||||
| 2015-09-17 | Broken Bow | Nebraska | Becton Dickinson | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was threading a new roll of bags into the midstream bagger machine. The jaws of the machine include a heat seal and cutters. The machine activated and the jaws caught his finger resulting in the amputation of the left index fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-03-23 | Rochester | New York | Wegmans Food Markets Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Two employees working from separate stepladders were replacing a leaky pressure-reducing valve in an overhead low pressure (12 psi upstream from the pressure-reducing valve), 2-inch diameter, steel steam line. There was a shutoff ball valve approximately 8 inches upstream from the pressure-reducing valve. In the process of replacing the pressure-reducing valve that was threaded into the line, the nearby shutoff ball valve (which was also threaded into the line) became disassembled, releasing ste | |||||
| 2015-02-27 | Liberal | Kansas | Packers Sanitation Services Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| Employee was attempting to remove meat/fat particle from an auger with a stream of water. The employee then attempted to remove the particle with his hand. While attempting to remove the particle, the employee lost the middle finger on the left hand. | |||||