Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-11-18	Horsham	Pa	Endo International plc	Thigh(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was helping to transport a large tank on a cart when the cart hit a bump and the tank fell. The employee sustained a fractured femur and facial lacerations.
2021-11-14	Mobile	Al	US Coatings, LLC.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
An employee was removing a marine hanging staging scaffold when he fell approximately 25 feet to the bottom of the tank. The employee sustained a fracture to their right orbital socket, a contusion, and a compression fracture to their vertebrae. The employee was hospitalized. Fall protection was not worn at the time.
2021-11-11	The Villages	Fl	Tropical Maintenance, Inc.	Eye(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was lifting a spray tank off a truck when the handle struck his right eye.
2021-11-10	Beloit	Wi	Viking Chemical Co.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was filling chemical tanks when the muriatic and chlorine chemical intake lines were switched, resulting in a chemical reaction and chemical off-gassing. The employee required hospitalization for chemical vapor inhalation.
2021-11-08	Jacksonville	Fl	Canam Steel Corporation	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On November 8, 2021, an employee had finished dipping a bundle of steel joists in a paint tank and had set it to dry on top of a stack of bundles using a 10-ton overhead crane. While the employee was walking to get the overhead crane's hook to move the next bundle, the bundle he had just moved fell, causing him to become caught between the bundle and the paint tank. The employee suffered a broken left femur and was hospitalized.
2021-11-05	Geneva	Il	MSI Express Inc.	Thigh(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee climbed a rolling platform ladder and took down a plastic tube from a surge tank. As the employee was walking down the ladder with the tube, the employee fell off the bottom step and onto his left hip, where he kept his radio unit. The employee suffered a fractured left femur.
2021-11-02	Decatur	Al	Ascend Performance Materials	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
Employees were unloading material from a barge to a storage tank. A logistics employee was lowering the unloading arm at the barge dock. The employee provided the barge operator the rope used to guide the unloading arm from the dock down to the barge. The logistics employee pulled both pins that secure the counter weight when not in use. The logistics employee then grabbed the back of the counter weight handle and pulled the counter weight toward themself. As the logistics employee was guiding t
2021-10-26	Northbrook	Il	Argo Roofing Company	Head and neck	Fall through surface or existing opening 16 to 20 feet
On October 26, 2021, at approximately 10:25 a.m. an employee was performing roofing work on a commercial building and was walking backward moving a propane tank with a handcart. While moving the propane tank, the employee tripped over the raised lip of an unprotected skylight and fell through it to the concrete floor 20 feet below. The employee sustained a fractured cervical vertebra and multiple skull fractures.
2021-10-25	Morris	Il	H.B. Fuller Company	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was checking the washout cap on top of a tanker truck trailer when they fell off the top of the trailer.
2021-10-15	Plymouth Meeting	Pa	Spray Products Corporation	Multiple body parts	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was trying to remove an aerosol can from the warm water testing tank it had fallen into. The can exploded. The employee suffered injuries to the face, an eye, and the hands, as well as lacerations.
2021-10-13	Fort Smith	Ar	Sunbelt Chemical & Equipment Inc	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
At 2:30 p.m. on October 13, 2021, an employee was on top of a pump truck, replacing the cone insert on the cyclone tank. He fell about 11 feet, striking a mounted toolbox before hitting the ground. He suffered a broken right leg below the knee, a compressed lower back vertebra, and a contusion to the right buttock. He was hospitalized.
2021-10-11	Lewis Center	Oh	Abrasive Technology, Inc.	Hip(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
On October 11, 2021, an employee was installing a new tank into a pit when the strap holding the tank broke. The tank rolled into the pit and the employee was crushed between the wall of the pit and the tank, resulting in contusions and a broken hip.
2021-10-09	Orla	Tx	MBS RIG WELDING SERVICE LLC	Multiple body parts	Explosion
An employee was welding a tank battery in the field when the welding torch ignited flammable gasses, causing an explosion that resulted in second and third degree burns to both hands and their face.
2021-10-08	Laureldale	Pa	Yuasa Battery, Incorporated	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was transferring 98% sulfuric acid from the receiving tank to the cutting tank. At the completion of the transfer, the employee was closing a valve and a section of piping failed. The employee sustained chemical burns to their neck and right wrist.
2021-10-02	Cortlandt Manor	Ny	Safety Marking Inc	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
While securing tank caps, an employee fell from the side of a paint truck when their pipe wrench came loose. They landed on the asphalt surface of a parking lot. The employee suffered a collapsed left lung, contusions to the hands and face, neck pain, and was hospitalized.
2021-10-01	Corrigan	Tx	Georgia Pacific Corporation	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level
An employee was repairing a sight glass on a water holding tank and noticed a leaking pipe that needed repair. He stepped onto a 3-inch pipe and his wrench fell, causing him to lose balance. The employee fell onto a mixer motor and landed on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist, fractured left clavicle, and five fractured ribs.
2021-10-01	Middletown	Oh	Electro-Metallics Inc	Multiple body parts	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Two employees were cleaning a hose that contained hydrochloric acid. After rinsing the hose, it was placed in a tank with bleach. Hydrochloric acid remaining on the hose reacted with the bleach, exposing the employees to chlorine gas that made it difficult to breathe. One employee was hospitalized for inhalation chemical burns.
2021-09-30	Sutton	Nd	Arrowwood Prairie Co-Op - Wimbledon Shop/Main Office/Parts	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee was changing a hose between a main tank and a nurse tank. The hose was cut and the valve failed, causing a release of anhydrous ammonia that the employee inhaled.
2021-09-29	Huron	Sd	Dakota Turkey Growers, L.L.C.	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing down from a tanker-type truck. The employee slipped from the tanker's fixed ladder and fell approximately 8 feet to the ground, hitting concrete and suffering fractures to the skull, a shoulder blade, and a back vertebra.
2021-09-27	Galena Park	Tx	World Energy Biox Biofuels	Multiple face locations	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was on top of a tanker trailer, trying to vent the truck for loading. When the employee released the camlock fitting, the cap blew off and struck the employee in the face. The employee suffered a broken nose, a fractured orbit, and a laceration to the cheek.
2021-09-25	New Albany	Oh	Solutions Staffing - Downtown Branch	Leg(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
A temporary employee was detaching a hose from a tank when 180-degree water splashed out of the pipe, hitting the employee on the legs and resulting in burn injuries.
2021-09-22	Farwell	Tx	Johnson Bros. Corporation, a Southland Company	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was assisting with cleaning the distributor truck's tank. The distributor tank was still hot causing a rapid release of stems, burning the employee and causing them to fall from the tank to the flatbed work truck. The employee sustained burns to the face and hands, a head contusion, and a laceration above the right eye.
2021-09-22	Manheim	Pa	Bigbee Steel and Tank Company	Skull	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
Two employees were fabricating a 50,000-gallon steel storage tank and were putting the last head on the tank. One employee was on top of the tank, jacking the head seam tight, when the lug where the jack's hook was attached tore free from the weld on the shell. The jack fell and struck the injured employee, who was on the ground, in the head causing his hard hat to come off. The injured employee became disoriented. Moments later, the chain, hook, and lug also fell and struck the injured employee
2021-09-20	Austin	Tx	Texas Home Health Hospice-Austin, LLC.	Hand(s)	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
A nurse was visiting a patient's home to change out the regulator on the patient's oxygen tank. Oxygen from the tank ignited causing third degree burns to the employee's hands.
2021-09-20	Portsmouth	Va	Virginia International Gateway	Hand(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
An employee was filling up the air reservoir tank on a brake bleeder kit. The tank ruptured and separated at the seam, and the employee suffered severe lacerations and fractures to the right hand.
2021-09-15	Omaha	Ne	Enterprise Precast Inc.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was hooking air lines to an empty trailer to return to the plant, and he used the steps on the fuel tank to exit the truck. The employee missed the bottom rung of the step, causing him to fall approximately 2 to 3 feet to the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs and a punctured lung.
2021-09-14	Fisher	Il	N.A. Logan	Multiple body parts	Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
On September 14, 2021, an employee was at the ground level of a tank performing "ground watch" for an articulating lift. Two employees were on the dome of a tank sandblasting. A sandblasting hose fell off the edge of the tank 100 feet above and struck the employee, who suffered a back laceration, a broken collarbone, and broken ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-09-10	Tulsa	Ok	Axel Royal, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was replacing a tank pump. He was utilizing a pry bar to help manipulate two flanges to better position a new gasket between them. His left index finger was in the bottom bolt hole of the flange when the pry bar slipped, causing the flanges to come together and amputate the end of his left index finger above the first knuckle.
2021-08-30	Flowery Branch	Ga	Bulkmatic LLC	Leg(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
A driver was preparing to unload a tanker trailer into a customer's silo. When the driver removed a cap from the customer's air supply, pressure caused the cap to hit the driver's right leg. Their right leg was broken and lacerated.
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.
2021-08-13	East Peoria	Il	Texas Roadhouse	Foot(feet) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was draining a soak tank. The employee slipped on the back dock, fell into scalding water, and suffered burns to the right leg and foot. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-08-10	Nampa	Id	Lactalis American Group, Inc	Multiple lower extremities locations	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was pouring a sodium hydroxide solution into a wash tank. Some of the chemical splashed onto the employee's pants and into his boots, causing chemical burns.
2021-08-03	Kismet	Ks	Kansas - Smith Farms LLC	Cheek(s)	Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
An employee was flushing a tank. The handle slipped out of her hand and hit the left side of her face, breaking her cheekbone and lacerating her cheek.
2021-08-02	Saint Louis	Mo	SENSIENT COLORS, LLC	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee had cleaned a vacuum belt dryer feed tank with steam-heated water, which he then drained out of the tank through the outlet valve at the bottom. When he disconnected the nitrogen supply line on the upper part of the tank, hot water sprayed from the flange for that line and struck the employee. He suffered second-degree burns to his neck, chest, back, legs, and arms, covering about 30 percent of his body. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-29	Port Lavaca	Tx	BOLIN ENTERPRISES, INC.	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee was using a pressure washer to clean the inside of a fertilizer tank containing ammonium polyphosphate solution when the pressurized steam punctured his left big toe, resulting in infection and hospitalization.
2021-07-28	Nanticoke	Pa	Reilly Plating Company, Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
On 7/28/2021, an employee was cleaning up product on a powder coating line that had crashed into a support grate. The product pulled the support grate, which caused the employee's left leg to fall into a tank of iron phosphate up to their knee and resulted in chemical burns to their lower left leg.
2021-07-26	Jacksonville	Fl	Tidewater Transit Co Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
On July 23, 2021, an employee was descending from a tanker trailer ladder in heavy rain. He slipped and turned his ankle on a curb, suffering fractures to the ankle and the lower leg. He was hospitalized.
2021-07-26	Arkansas City	Ar	Petrin LLC	BODY SYSTEMS	Exposure to environmental heat
On July 26, 2021, an employee was working inside a tank as part of a crew erecting a scaffold. After beginning at 9:30 a.m., though he had been taking breaks and drinking fluids, he developed cramps at about 6:00 p.m. He later developed nausea, became ill, and was hospitalized with dehydration and an acute kidney injury.
2021-07-25	Enid	Ok	Environmental Management, Inc.	Leg(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was climbing out of a containment basin after closing a valve on a sodium hydroxide tank. The legs of his chemical protective suit slid up, allowing a small amount of sodium hydroxide solution to run down his legs and burn them.
2021-07-23	Jackson	Al	Blue-Grass Concrete Cutting, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was carrying out a diamond wire cutting process on a tank. When the employee pulled on the diamond wire cable, his right ring finger was pinched between it and the pulley. The finger was amputated to the last knuckle.
2021-07-23	Washington	Pa	Hapchuk, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Fire or explosion
An employee was welding on an empty hydraulic tank. A flash occurred and the employee sustained second and third degree burns to the neck and arms.
2021-07-20	Dallas	Tx	DFA Dairy Brands Fluid, LLC	Multiple body parts	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee used a safety cage with a gangway stair that is attached to an overhead catwalk and lowered onto the tanker truck to disconnect a hose on top of the tanker and close the tanker. The truck started moving back while the employee was on top of the truck and her legs were caught between the tanker trailer and the lowered gangway stair. The employee suffered two broken bones in the right leg, a fractured left leg, and a fractured spine.
2021-07-20	Gardendale	Tx	Catalyst Oilfield Services	Head, neck, and trunk	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was transferring potassium hydroxide (50-70%) from an IBC tote into a blending tank using a pneumatic double diaphragm pump in the transfer area at the facility. The hose disconnected during the transfer and potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) caused chemical burns on the employee's face, neck, and upper torso. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-07-15	Cambridge	Ma	LCL Bulk Transport Inc.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was pumping a load of chocolate off a tanker. The dairy valve sucked in, injuring his right index and middle fingers and causing an amputation to a fingertip.
2021-07-15	West Memphis	Ar	Qualiwash Holdings	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was preparing to clean a chemical tanker when a pressure release occurred, spraying the employee with acrylic acid and resulting in chemical burns to their legs and abdomen.
2021-06-29	Harlowton	Mt	Montana Health Network	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate
An employee was putting an oxygen tank in the storage room when the door closed on their hand and crushed their left pinky finger.
2021-06-23	Wheatland	Pa	Zekelman Industries, Inc.	Wrist(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was aligning and feeding pipes into the galvanizing tank at a charging station when the pipes slid in at an angle, resulting in the molten zinc shooting up the pipe and onto the employee. The employee suffered burns to their right wrist.
2021-06-22	Sharonville	Oh	Brighton Tru-Edge LLC	Hand(s) and finger(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was using a flange-making machine to make a head for tanks/vessels. The employee stopped the machine to take a measurement of the head with a tape measure. Their glove became caught and their right hand was crushed between the side roll and the head, resulting in five broken bones in the hand and three broken fingers.
2021-06-21	Bartelso	Il	AT & T	Brain	Fall on same level, n.e.c.
An employee was attacked by wasps while working from the first step of a ladder. The employee stumbled backwards and struck their head against a field tank. The employee was hospitalized.
2021-06-21	Olive Branch	Ms	Natureplex Pharmaceuticals	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee opened the top of a blending tank and a hot water hose came out. The employee was burned by hot water.
2021-06-17	Tucker	Ga	Alchemy-Spetec LLC	Multiple body parts	Exposure to other harmful substances
An employee was unloading a tanker full of chemicals into a storage tank. During this process, a pipe at the base of the tank broke and the chemical began running into the containment chamber. One of the employee's attempted to plug the leak with a piece of wood when the air pressure caused the material to discharge in a vaporized form. A second employee entered the area to offer their assistance. Both employees suffered irritation to their respiratory systems and eyes. One employee was hospital
2021-06-16	Midvale	Ut	Savage Services Corporation	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was climbing down an access ladder on a tanker trailer. He fell approximately 6 feet to the ground.
2021-06-14	Marietta	Oh	Marathon Petroleum Company	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
A driver was doing maintenance on the gladhand connections on the front of a tank trailer. While climbing up to the catwalk area with a tire thumper and a razorblade knife (to rough up the rubber grommet to create a better seal), he fell. He landed on both feet on the fuel tank steps behind the cab. The tire thumper drove the pocketknife into his left little finger, causing a laceration near the first knuckle.
2021-06-09	Brunswick	Ga	Pinova, (DE) Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was transferring hot oil from one tank to another. The bottom of the first tank ruptured and hot oil burned the employee's body.
2021-06-08	Middle Point	Oh	Mercer Landmark, Inc.	Buttock(s)	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
On June 8, 2021, an employee was filling a mobile nurse tank with ammonium hydroxide. A hydrostatic valve failed and the chemical burned the employee's buttocks.
2021-06-03	Sardis	Oh	Appalachian Oilfield & Industrial Services, LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by discharged object or substance
An employee and a co-worker were cleaning out a tank. The employee had drill mud all over their boot and the co-worker was helping spray mud off the boot with a pressure washer gun when the pressurized water cut the employee's foot.
2021-06-01	Eutaw	Al	United Roofing Mfg. Co., Inc.	Head and trunk	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee emptied the contents of a truck into a tank and then closed the valve on the truck. While taking the asphalt transfer hose off the truck, residual liquid asphalt splashed on his face and chest resulting in second degree burns.
2021-06-01	Sunshine	La	Plaquemine Point Shipyard	Multiple body parts	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
An employee descended a ladder inside a barge tank to take depth measurements of the lining. About 2-3 rungs from the bottom of the ladder, he turned and jumped to leap over a puddle of liquid around an inside pump. The employee landed in the liquid, which splashed on his face and eyes. The liquid was caustic and the employee suffered loss of vision in his right eye and third degree burns on his legs.
2021-06-01	Summit	Il	TAC Summit, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
On June 1, 2021, at approximately 5:15 p.m. an employee was cleaning residual material from a tank wagon. When the tank wagon operator opened the meter/pump valves residual rinse water (approximately 200 degrees F) was released from an open hose and splashed onto the employee's legs. The employee was hospitalized for second degree burns on his lower legs.
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.
2021-05-24	Mount Sterling	Oh	Stephens Pipe & Steel, LLC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was standing on the platform at the galvanizer machine holding onto the metal hand rail and observing the moving shovel/ladle for cleaning the galvanizer. The shovel/ladle struck the middle divider of the holding tank causing the shovel/ladle to move up and down roughly. As a result the employee's hand was struck-by the handle of the shovel/ladle and their fingertip was caught between the metal hand rail and the metal handle and amputated.
2021-05-22	Rankin	Tx	Royal Construction	Multiple back regions	Explosion, n.e.c.
A crew had put their tools down after pressure-washing the outsides of two oil tanks. As they walked away, one of the tanks exploded. One of the employees suffered second- and third-degree burns on the back, from the waist up.
2021-05-20	West Springfield	Ma	AGRI-MARK, INC.	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
An employee inhaled low-foam acid fumes while cleaning a tank. He developed respiratory symptoms and was hospitalized.
2021-05-17	Reserve	La	CBSL Transportation Services	Multiple body parts	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was washing a tank trailer. When he opened the rear discharge valve on the trailer, ethylenediamine sprayed onto his right torso and upper thigh causing second and third degree chemical burns.
2021-05-13	Big Lake	Tx	BP Surface Solutions, LLC	Multiple body parts	Explosion
A five-man crew had been subcontracted by Laredo Petroleum to replace the fire tubes on a heater treater and clean the inside of the tank. Three employees with Dorado Construction Group were contracted as a roustabout crew to clean the tank and replace the fire tubes, one employee of Mulholland Energy Services was contracted to operate the vacuum truck and remove the sludge from the tank, and one employee of Permian Service Co., LLC was hired to operate a hot oil truck to provide water to the r
2021-05-11	Aventura	Fl	Elite Marine A/C	Hand(s)	Contact with cold objects or substances
On May 11, 2021, an employee was working on a yacht, doing maintenance work on an air conditioning unit. A refrigerant tank fell over and began to leak. The employee covered the leak, and the refrigerant caused second-degree burns to both of his hands.
2021-05-10	Willow Springs	Il	Rowell Chemical Corporation	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Employees were transferring chlorine containing material from a storage tank into a tanker truck. Chlorine containing air escaped and two employees were hospitalized for lung damage due to chlorine exposure.
2021-05-08	Houston	Tx	Stoller USA	BODY SYSTEMS	Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode
Two employees were charging a tank with urea and formic acid. The employees were exposed to formic acid vapor and lost consciousness. One was hospitalized.
2021-04-30	Yazoo City	Ms	Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was descending the ladder on a tanker truck after opening the vent on the truck and missed the bottom step. The employee fell to ground and landed on his feet. The employee suffered a fractured tibia and a dislocated ankle.
2021-04-28	Cheneyville	La	Leverton Farm LLC	Leg(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was cleaning the tank on the back of a tractor. The employee stepped from the tank onto the tractor's tire, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized.
2021-04-27	Port Neches	Tx	Lion Elastomers	Head and neck	Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
An employee was unloading liquid caustic potash into a tank. When the hose was uncoupled, the employee was sprayed with the chemical. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered chemical burns to the neck and face.
2021-04-26	Reading	Pa	Carpenter Technology Corporation	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was standing at the edge of the furnace pit and was going to push out the lining on the furnace. The employee fell approximately 20 feet into the furnace tank and sustained broken vertebrae, two broken ribs, and a brain bleed. The employee was not wearing fall protection at the time of the fall.
2021-04-23	Lake Wales	Fl	Oakley Transportation Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
An employee was installing insulation around a tank at 52 inches above the floor when they fell to the floor, resulting in an injured left ankle.
2021-04-18	Dumas	Ar	Protein for Pets Opco LLC	Multiple body parts	Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
An employee was preparing to unload the contents of a tanker. He climbed the tanker ladder to cut off the seal and loosen wing nuts to allow the tanker to pump off. His hand slipped and he fell 8 to 10 feet to the ground and sustained a fractured left arm and three broken left ribs. Has was hospitalized and had surgery.
2021-04-13	Cleveland	Oh	Springco Metal Coatings Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall through surface or existing opening
An employee entered an enclosed, automated, heated cleaning line to look for missing parts. He stepped on a grate, which slipped, causing his left leg to slip into a tank. He suffered burns and was hospitalized.
2021-04-12	Martinsburg	Pa	Curry Supply Company	Fingertip(s)	Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
An employee was backing up a forklift. The employee's left thumb was caught between the forklift's overhead guard and a partially fabricated tank made of thin-gauge steel. The thumb tip was amputated.
2021-04-09	Alvin	Tx	Ascend Performance Materials Texas Inc.	Lower leg(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee walked into a location in a tank containment dike where part of a grate had been removed, causing his right leg to sink in hot wash water up to his knee. The water filled his rubber boot and he suffered second- and third-degree burns below the knee.
2021-04-08	Bozeman	Mt	Darigold	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was loading milk into the milk tanker from the silos. The employee noticed a leak on the valve stem and went to stop the leak by tapping it. The valve closed on his left ring fingertip and amputated it.
2021-04-07	Pasadena	Tx	Trimac Transportation	Foot (feet)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was using hot water to clean a vapor recovery line on a cargo tank trailer. As he removed the line, hot water sprayed his left foot, burning the top of the foot.
2021-04-05	Conroe	Tx	Gulf Coast Tanks & Construction	Pelvis	Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
An employee was leaving a scaffold to get onto a ladder. The tank sheet buckled, causing both the ladder and the anchor of the employee's lanyard to slide off. The employee fell approximately 16 feet and sustained a fractured pelvis.
2021-03-25	Victoria	Tx	Performance Materials NA, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
A fire occurred at the initiator tanks area within the facility when a small amount of organic peroxide slowly leaked by a gate valve into the main header flush line over a two-day period. The peroxide sat in the flush line and slowly decomposed as it warmed up. A production operator had been walking by the initiator tanks area when the fire broke out. He suffered burns to his back and lower body and was hospitalized.
2021-03-25	West Palm Beach	Fl	Prestige Gunite	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving an empty water tank. A finger on his left hand was caught and fractured between the water tank and a stationary surface. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery to the finger.
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.
2021-03-22	Garland	Tx	Zobele USA Inc.	Ankle(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee was climbing up a fixed ladder attached to a tank when she fell from the ladder and suffered a broken ankle, resulting in hospitalization.
2021-03-19	Mechanicsburg	Pa	Keystone Petroleum Equipment, LTD.	Multiple body parts	Small-scale (limited) fire
Two employees were replacing the threads on a 4-inch riser tube on an underground storage tank. The tank flashed over and blew the manway off. One of the employees suffered third-degree burns on 50 percent of their skin surface.
2021-03-16	North Charleston	Sc	American Bureau of Shipping	Eye(s)	Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
Two employees were inspecting separate sides of a void tank in a ship. When one of them stood up from a squat, his glasses slid down his face and his eye and right brow struck a protruding piece of a metal bracket. He suffered a cut to the brow and an eye injury from the bracket piece.
2021-03-11	Brookhaven	Ms	Relogistics Services L.L.C.	Hand(s)	Contact with cold objects or substances
An employee had just exchanged the propane tank on his forklift. After he began driving the forklift, he noticed a propane fuel smell. He stopped the forklift, stepped off, and proceeded to tighten the coupler with his hands, resulting in second degree burns that required hospitalization.
2021-03-11	Cataula	Ga	Gatlin Pest Control Co., Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was using a water hose to fill the water tank in the back of his truck. When he finished filling his truck, he handed the hose to another employee and started walking toward the back door of the office. He tripped over the hose and fell to the ground, breaking his left leg in three places.
2021-03-10	Houma	La	Rapco Fabrication	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Explosion
An employee was spot welding an area under a boat. The welding equipment ignited vapors in a compartment that surrounded the gasoline fuel tanks and a vapor explosion occurred. The employee suffered a fractured skull, chest wall, ribs, and shoulder. The employee required hospitalization.
2021-03-09	Longview	Tx	Weld Worx, LLC	Trunk	Explosion, n.e.c.
At 1:27 p.m. on March 9, 2021, two employees were troubleshooting a welder that would not start. An explosion occurred on the welder that blew out the side of the gas tank. One of the employees suffered burns to the body and was hospitalized.
2021-03-08	Bay Shore	Ny	Paraco Gas Corp.	Nonclassifiable	Fire
Two employees were unloading and loading propane cylinders. A leaking propane tank was placed in front of a makeshift structure. Propane gas accumulated within the structure and an explosion occurred. Both employees suffered second and third degree burns that required hospitalization.
2021-03-08	Olive Branch	Ms	Natureplex Pharmaceuticals	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning a blend tank when the pump to the machinery caught his right index finger, amputating the tip.
2021-03-07	Westlake	La	Savage Services	Forearm(s)	Fall or jump from and struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
An employee was riding on the end platform of a tank railcar. As the railcar came to a stop, the employee fell off the platform to the ground. The railcar wheels ran over his forearm as he fell. The forearm was medically amputated.
2021-03-04	Miami	Fl	AAR AIRCRAFT SERVICES INC.	Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders	Other fall to lower level
An employee was on an 8-foot ladder, removing fuel tank panels using an air impact screw buster. He lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor, suffering a fracture to the ribcage, a forearm laceration, and a back injury.
2021-03-03	Columbus	Oh	International Technical Coatings, Inc.	Multiple lower extremities locations	Other fall to lower level
An employee was working inside a paint line washer. The employee was walking on a walkway when he slipped and his left leg fell into a wash tank containing 160-degree water. He suffered a third-degree burn from the knee down and was hospitalized, requiring skin graft surgery.
2021-02-28	Miami	Fl	SwissportSA Fuel Services	Elbow(s)	Other fall to lower level
An employee missed a step while climbing down from a tanker truck and fell to the ground, suffering a broken right elbow.
2021-02-27	Kearny	Nj	G&S MOTOR EQUIPMENT CO., INC. DBA G&S TECHNOLOGIES	Hand(s), except finger(s)	Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
On February 27, 2021, an employee was using a plasma cutter to cut open a transformer tank that had been previously drained and vented, resulting in an explosion. The employee suffered bruising and a laceration on their right palm.
2021-02-24	Abbotsford	Wi	Henry G. Meigs LLC	Hip(s) and leg(s)	Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
On February 24, 2021, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee was climbing down a fixed ladder attached to a 40-foot long bulk tanker trailer while carrying a steel five-gallon bucket approximately half full of asphalt material. Due to the bucket's weight, the employee dropped the bucket onto the ground while stepping down onto the fourth ladder rung. While releasing the bucket, the employee lost his balance and fell approximately 4.5 feet to the crushed rock grade, resulting in a shattered lef
2021-02-24	Baytown	Tx	Century Terminals	Forearm(s)	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was transferring hot oil from a tanker truck to a tank storage unit when back pressure in the hose caused oil to spill over onto the employee's forearms. The employee sustained second degree burns to both forearms.
2021-02-19	Beaumont	Tx	Diversified CPC - Beaumont	Multiple body parts	Contact with cold objects or substances
An employee was disconnecting a liquid transfer hose from a transport tank and noticed a leak from the valve at the end of the hose. As he checked the valve and rotated the valve handle, the mechanical stop tab broke, causing liquid propane to be released. The employee sustained burns to the abdomen, right knee, and right elbow.