Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-11-04 | Lula | Ga | SAC Wireless LLC | Multiple head locations | Struck by object or equipment |
A 3-inch rigid steel pipe was being set under a raised concrete slab. The pipe struck an employee in the upper torso and head. The employee suffered facial fractures and a skull fracture and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-25 | Spring | Tx | Department of Homeland Security | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall through surface or existing opening |
An employee was searching a private home. While in the attic, the employee stepped on a rafter that gave way. He fell to the floor below and suffered broken ribs and torso injuries. | |||||
2021-10-23 | New Century | Ks | Upfield | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was placing equipment back into service after sanitizing. The employee was sprayed with hot water and sustained second degree burns on the torso, right arm, and upper leg area. | |||||
2021-10-14 | Valley | Ne | Jennings Plant Services | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by falling object or equipment |
Three employees were manually moving an I-beam. The I-beam tipped over onto one employee, striking him in the torso. He sustained internal injuries to the midsection and pelvis. | |||||
2021-10-09 | West Point | Ga | Kia Georgia, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was performing routine preventative maintenance checks and inspections on a capacitor bank while training a coworker on the inspection process. When the employee opened the panel an electrical arc flash occurred. One employee suffered second and third degree electrical burns to both arms, both hands, and the upper torso. The second employee suffered second degree burns to both arms, both hands, and neck. Both employees were hospitalized. | |||||
2021-10-08 | Tucson | Az | Southern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System | Lumbar region | Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources |
An employee was assisting a courier to load a vaccine cooler container into the courier's vehicle. As the container was lifted and pushed into the vehicle, the employee twisted his torso and felt pain in the lower back. The employee was later hospitalized with a lower back strain and had surgery. | |||||
2021-09-26 | Demorest | Ga | Pittman Construction Company | Multiple body parts | Explosion, n.e.c. |
Two employees were preparing to unclog a jacketed hot oil line on an asphalt concrete unit. They were using a propane torch to heat up the asphalt when the asphalt concrete unit exploded. The employees suffered burns to their arms and upper torsos. | |||||
2021-09-26 | Caldwell | Id | JR Simplot | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
Two employees were unclogging a plugged fryer oil line. Hot oil sprayed onto one employee, who suffered burns to the torso and legs. | |||||
2021-09-02 | Hazlehurst | Ga | Hazlehurst Wood Pellets, LLC | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
The injured employee was standing by a bag house that that was approximately 27 feet away from where a discharge pipe was discharging wood pellets. A fire came out of the pipe and back flashed through a cooler and back through the piping system to the bag house where an explosion occurred. The employee sustained burns to the arms, neck, and torso. | |||||
2021-09-01 | Jacksonville | Fl | Publix Supermarkets, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
On September 1, 2021, an employee was selecting an order using a pallet jack. As he went to pass another pallet jack, his upper torso contacted a rack resulting in a broken clavicle and broken ribs. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-30 | Harlingen | Tx | Valley Coop Oil Mill | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
Two employees were working on a 600-amp breaker. One employee suffered an electrical shock and burns to his face, head, upper torso, and his left hand due to an arc flash. | |||||
2021-08-25 | Atkins | Ar | Twin Rivers Foods, Inc | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
At about 9:02 p.m. on August 25, 2021, an employee was trying to clear clogged wastewater pumps. The employee turned off power to the pumps and started the procedure to clear the lines. Upon opening a line, the employee was sprayed by heated liquid and suffered second-degree burns to the torso and upper right arm. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-23 | Kansas City | Mo | ZECO | Eye(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was changing a product transfer hose. Sodium hydroxide splashed onto the employee's face, eyes, and torso. The employee sustained chemical burn to the eye(s). | |||||
2021-08-22 | Painesville | Oh | Olon Ricerca Bioscience, LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
While checking the source of an electrical failure, an employee suffered a high-voltage shock, with severe burns to the arms, legs, and torso. | |||||
2021-08-09 | Muscle Shoals | Al | PowerGrid Services, LLC | Multiple body parts | Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
During a rewiring operation, an employee was repositioning wire lying on the ground. The new wire contacted an energized phase and the employee suffered burns to the lower torso, left leg, and left foot. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-08-02 | Florence | Co | Bureau of Prisons, Department of Corrections | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was carrying a pan of hot water. It fell, causing second-degree burns to his torso. | |||||
2021-07-26 | Tennille | Ga | DURA-LINE CORPORATION | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was restarting a plastic machine. Melted plastic got on his right arm, his armpit, and the right side of his torso. He suffered second-degree burns and was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-07-25 | Mcdonough | Ga | Ken's Foods, Inc. | Head and trunk | Fall, slip, trip |
An employee was carrying a 2.5-gallon bucket up some stairs. He fell, and the chemical in the bucket spilled onto his upper torso and face causing chemical burns. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-07-17 | Marinette | Wi | Waupaca Foundry, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
An employee was removing slag from the walls of a receiver with a chipping hammer. The employee was caught between a hot metal carrier ladle and chisel bits and suffered a crushing injury to the torso that resulted in a lacerated liver. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-06-28 | Westerly | Ri | FERREIRA CONSTRUCTION CO. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was hand digging in a trench 4 feet deep. As the employee was about to exit the trench using a ladder, he tripped on a pipe and fell against a spreader bar with a locking pin sticking out. The employee's lower torso impacted the locking pin when he fell, resulting in a severe bruise and contusion. | |||||
2021-06-23 | Ashford | Wa | National Park Service Mt Rainier National Park | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet |
An employee was searching for a fox den. As the employee climbed up a slope a boulder dislodged, causing the employee fall 10-15 feet. The boulder then pinned the employee to the ground. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the right side of the torso, the collarbone, and the right arm, as well as a laceration to the back of the head. | |||||
2021-06-17 | Cleveland | Oh | Kelley Steel Erectors, Inc. | Head and trunk | Fire |
An employee was working on a pipe at a steel producing facility. Flammable material inside the pipe ignited, causing burns to the employee's face and torso. | |||||
2021-05-18 | Mountain Home | Id | B&B Simplot Grain Silos | Multiple body parts | Dust explosion |
An employee was welding when there was a dust flash fire and explosion. The employee was burned on the hand and the upper torso. | |||||
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. | |||||
2021-05-17 | Brownsville | Tx | JC Concrete | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a circular saw to cut wooden planks into stakes. The saw caught his shirt and was pulled toward his abdomen, lacerating it. He was hospitalized with a 10-inch cut from the right side of his torso to the left side of his navel. | |||||
2021-05-08 | Buffalo | Wv | Nitro Construction Services, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee installed two 30-amp bus plugs and a 200-amp bus plug. While drilling through the cabinet with a hole saw to install conduit, the hole saw made contact with two phases of the bus, causing an arc flash/blast. The employee sustained electrical burns to the torso, arms, and head. | |||||
2021-05-06 | Waunakee | Wi | Octopi Brewing, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was filling a stainless steel batching table with hot water to begin a CIP cycle. Once the equipment filled with hot water, the pressure caused a faulty valve to open. The employee was sprayed with hot water and suffered second-degree burns to his arm, torso, and leg. | |||||
2021-05-05 | Batesville | Ar | Future Fuel Chemical Company | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
On 5/4/2021, an employee was opening the top of a rail car for unloading and was sprayed with oleum on their head, face and eyes, torso and both arms and hands. | |||||
2021-04-25 | Pine Bluff | Ar | Calpine Corporation | Multiple body parts | Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids |
On April 25, 2021, at 8:56 AM, natural gas pressure increased at the fuel skids which activated one of the pressure safety valves. An employee was dispatched to shut off the gas supply remotely. Natural gas discharged from the PSV and accumulated in four adjacent enclosures that house operating equipment. The gas vapors ignited and an explosion occurred. The employee was burned on both arms and hands, their face, and lower torso. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-04-15 | State College | Pa | Texas Roadhouse | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee slipped and hit a vat of hot oil/grease, which burned his arm, chest, and torso. | |||||
2021-04-09 | Brush | Co | Brush Meat Processors | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was tightening a flange on a hot water pipe. The hot water burst out of the pipe and sprayed him, burning his torso, abdomen, and thigh. | |||||
2021-04-01 | Boston | Ga | Ag-Pro LLC | Head and trunk | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was unhooking a planter from a tractor when the planter shifted and fell toward the employee, pinning him against the tractor. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the jaw and torso. | |||||
2021-03-30 | Houston | Tx | Jesse Munoz | Eye(s) | Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet |
A hardware installer was working on the fourth level of an apartment construction site. The employee was reaching for hardware that was on a forklift that had been raised to the fourth level and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a broken orbital bone, and lacerations to the face, torso, and right arm near the armpit. | |||||
2021-03-23 | La Prairie | Il | Grand View Farms, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Fall on same level due to slipping |
An employee was walking through the barn when he slipped on manure in the back alley and fell on a crate. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the ribs and torso. | |||||
2021-03-10 | Covington | Ga | H.B. FULLER | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
A temporary employee was preparing to change a filter in a filter housing. When a filter housing was opened, 190-degree water burned his right arm and the right side of his torso. | |||||
2021-03-03 | New Iberia | La | Musson Patout Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was using denatured alcohol to remove glue from a vehicle. The employee lit a small amount of the alcohol on fire, which ignited the vapor from the alcohol bottle and caused the bottle to explode. The employee sustained second and third degree burns on his upper left torso. | |||||
2021-02-12 | Palo Pinto | Tx | Brazos Electric Power Co-Op | Multiple body parts | Vehicle or machinery fire |
An employee was troubleshooting an electric generation turbine when fuel oil ignited, burning the employee's arms and torso. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2021-02-11 | Houston | Tx | Herc Rentals - ProSolutions | Trunk | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was driving a forklift and assisting a 3rd party with securing an AC unit on the box truck. The employee dismounted the forklift, which then rolled into him, catching the employee between the forklift and the box truck. The employee sustained a crushing injury to the torso. | |||||
2021-02-09 | Grafton | Ma | Bath Fitter Billerica Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was using a utility knife to open a shower head in plastic packaging when the knife struck his right torso, resulting in a laceration to his liver. | |||||
2021-02-04 | Ingleside | Tx | Morgan Towing INC DBA Texas Wrecker Service | Arm(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was attempting to winch a stuck excavator when he was struck by flying debris. The employee sustained a broken arm and an injured torso. | |||||
2021-02-01 | Denver | Co | FIORE & SONS, INC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was assisting with assembling a trench box. A forklift was used to carry a 150-lb. steel spreader tube which was to be placed between the trench box sheets. The forklift tipped forward, causing the spreader tube to roll off the forks. The tube struck the ground and pivoted in a "baseball bat swing" movement, striking the employee on the left side of his torso below the armpit and also on the outside of his lower left leg. The employee sustained a broken rib, internal bleeding, bruisi | |||||
2021-01-22 | Tuttle | Ok | W.H. BRAUMS INCORPORATED | Trunk | Contact with hot objects or substances |
Two employees were trying to replace a pressure relief valve in a hot water system. Hot water was released and caused first- and second-degree burns to one employee's torso. | |||||
2021-01-16 | Birmingham | Al | Ventura Foods, LLC | Trunk | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee filled a 55-gallon trash can with chemicals for cleaning and attempted to move the trash can when the liquid splashed. As the employee attempted to avoid the liquid, he tripped and liquid splashed onto him, resulting in chemical burns on the right side of his torso. | |||||
2021-01-14 | Lancaster | Oh | Norwesco, Inc | Multiple trunk locations | Fall or jump curtailed by personal fall arrest system |
An employee was using a hoist to lower the lid of a center drain mold onto the mold body. The employee stepped back from the production platform onto the mold mount to try and gain better control of the lid when he fell and struck his torso on the side of the platform. The employee suffered fractured ribs and a bruised lung and torso, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
2020-10-12 | Madisonville | La | Diversified Foods and Seasonings, L.L.C. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
A prep cook was operating a cooking vessel. The vessel boiled over and hot gravy splashed onto the employee. He suffered second-degree burns on his head, face, arms, hands, and torso. | |||||
2020-10-09 | Bradenton | Fl | Think Global LLC | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An employee contacted overhead power lines while in a truck basket and suffered electrical burns to the right arm, right side of torso, and right hip. | |||||
2020-10-02 | Pittsgrove | Nj | Bancroft | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
While mopping the floor with hot water, an employee slipped and fell in the water. The employee sustained burns on the arms, torso, and buttocks. | |||||
2020-09-23 | Little Chute | Wi | Jason's Tree Service LLC | Arm(s) | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was in a lift bucket 10-12 feet off the ground, cutting a tree branch that was 8-10 inches thick. The branch split up the middle 3-4 feet above the employee's head, snapped back, and struck the employee in the torso. The employee suffered injuries to the liver and kidney, as well as a broken arm. | |||||
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. | |||||
2020-09-07 | Arkadelphia | Ar | Siplast Inc - Roll Roofing Facility | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
A maintenance technician was troubleshooting a heat transfer fluid (HTF) motor failure on the production line. While the motor was being removed, the technician was sprayed with hot HTF, resulting in burns to the hands, arms, and torso. | |||||
2020-09-07 | Evanston | Il | Northwestern University | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
A graduate student was performing an experiment under a fume hood. Fumes from the acetone and the ether the student was using ignited and the employee suffered second-degree burns to the torso and hands. | |||||
2020-09-05 | Cleveland | Oh | C & K Industrial Services, Inc. | Trunk | Struck by discharged object or substance |
On the morning of 9/05/2020, an employee was using a water jet machine to clear a plugged sewer line. Around 11:48 AM, the jetter nozzle struck an obstacle in the line that caused it to change direction back toward the sewer line opening. Once the nozzle reached the opening of the manhole, the backjets sent the nozzle up the manhole. The nozzle struck the employee in the torso, knocked him over, and got caught in the clothes around his torso while still under pressure. The employee sustained pun | |||||
2020-08-28 | Auburn | Al | Daewon America, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Shooting by other person-intentional |
An employee was shot by his former spouse (non-employee), suffering gunshot wounds to the chest and torso area, buttock, and leg. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-08-20 | Oak Creek | Wi | Truck Country | Multiple body parts | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
Two mechanics were working on a semi. The semi was started from the ground and lurched forward, pinning one of the employees against the back of a box truck. The employee suffered a crushing injury to the left leg and torso. | |||||
2020-08-18 | Sarasota | Fl | Interior Logic Group, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was loading countertop slabs onto an A-frame on the back of a flatbed truck. The slabs began to fall, causing the employee to fall onto the ground with his head and torso below the truck. The slabs then fell onto his legs. His left leg was amputated. | |||||
2020-08-05 | Lakeland | Fl | PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. | Trunk | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. During a turn in an aisle, her torso struck against racking and she suffered fractures. She was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-28 | Ashland | Kansas | Ashland Feeders | Multiple body parts | Gored or rammed by animal |
An employee was moving a sick steer. The steer hit the employee with its head, knocking the employee into a steel fence. The employee suffered bruises, fractures to the left shoulder blade and ribs on both sides, and upper torso swelling. | |||||
2020-07-27 | New York | New York | Vivid Mechanical LLC | Face | Struck by object or equipment |
A Vivid Mechanical employee was removing couplings from a chilled water pipe (connected to a chiller). The pipe struck the employee in the face and knocked the employee over. The employee suffered a fracture and lacerations to the face and lacerations to the torso. | |||||
2020-07-16 | Homeworth | Ohio | Diversified Gas and Oil Corporation | Multiple body parts | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was swabbing a valve at an oil well site when the swab tool spun around and struck him in the torso. He sustained a broken right arm, broken sternum, and a concussion. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-07-13 | Rockford | Illinois | AZZ Galvanizing - Rockford LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was adjusting product placement in the finished part container, which sits on the end of the quench tank. Water splashed out of the tank and landed on the employee causing second degree burns to the left arm and hand and the left side of the torso. | |||||
2020-06-25 | Cambridge | Massachusett | Joseph Botti Co., Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was chipping on an electrical duct. An arc flash burned the employee's upper torso. | |||||
2020-06-17 | Christiansted | Virgin Islan | Plaza Extra East | Multiple body parts | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was operating a bottle blow molding machine when he dropped his cell phone through the front opening of the machine. He activated the machine to move forward and attempted to retrieve his cell phone. While bending over, he touched the stop button, which caused the machine to reverse into the home position. The employee then became pinned when the panel moved into the home position, injuring his left arm and upper torso on the left side. | |||||
2020-06-08 | East Windsor | Connecticut | EBTEC Corporation | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
A part being machined with a CNC machine hit a door on the machine where an employee was working. The door in turn hit the employee, bruising the employee's torso. | |||||
2020-06-03 | Herlong | California | U.S. Department of the Army - Sierra Army Depot | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c. |
An employee was cleaning his work area when the strap holding a container rotator in a vertical position failed. The container rotator, and the container roll-in/out platform it was attached to, swung and struck the employee on the right upper torso and hip area. He suffered broken and dislocated ribs, a pelvic fracture, and fractures to lower-back vertebrae. | |||||
2020-05-21 | Stoughton | Wisconsin | I-K-I Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Trunk | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was removing a pump for a hot water heater when hot water burned his torso. | |||||
2020-05-20 | Monmouth | Illinois | Smithfield Farmland, Corp. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
At about 2:50 p.m. on May 20, 2020, an employee was loading broth from a holding tank into a tanker trailer in an animal feed department. As the trailer became full, the employee began to remove the load hose from the trailer connection and was sprayed by the broth, suffering burns to the right arm, the torso, and the right side of the face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-25 | Texas City | Texas | Nustar Energy, LP | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee sustained second degree steam burns to his upper right arm and right torso while operating a steam hose on a railcar. | |||||
2020-04-10 | Wheeling | Illinois | Preferred Electrical Construction Corporation of Illinois | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
While working on a panel, an electrical arc flash occurred and burned an employee's torso and arms. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2020-04-01 | Huntingdon Valley | Pennsylvania | Asplundh Tree Experts, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment |
A seven-employee crew was removing a 100-foot poplar tree. The crown was cut off and the employee on the tip line (which controls the direction of the tree limbs, keeping them away from power lines) was signaled to begin pulling. The tree limb that the tip line was attached to broke free and struck the employee's torso. | |||||
2020-03-06 | Kansas City | Kansas | Dana Container Inc. | Head and trunk | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was transferring sulfuric acid from a railcar to a cargo tank trailer. When the railcar was empty, the employee removed the product transfer hose. While removing the valve fitting, sulfuric acid (in the form of a mist) sprayed out and contacted the employee's face and upper torso. The employee was hospitalized for chemical burns. | |||||
2020-03-02 | Jacksonville | Florida | Florida Bells, Inc. dba Taco Bell | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Shooting by other person-intentional |
On March 2, 2020 at 10:43 PM, an employee was preparing to close the lobby service area of the restaurant when a robber shot the employee in the back, causing injury to the back, torso, and lung. | |||||
2020-02-29 | Ada | Oklahoma | Flex-N-Gate Oklahoma, LLC | Head and trunk | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
An employee was walking on top of mold tools, staged between molding machines, in order to stage a hoisted mold tool in the same area. The employee slipped off the top of a mold tool and fell approximately four feet to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized for contusions to the head and torso. | |||||
2020-02-09 | Adairsville | Georgia | Vista Speciality Alloys, LLC | Multiple body parts | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
An employee was standing near a cannon-type heater trying to warm himself. The employee's shirt ignited due to contact with the heater. The employee sustained second degree burns to the left front, side, and back torso, and the left thumb, fingers, and palm. | |||||
2020-01-15 | Corpus Christi | Texas | Corpus Christi Army Depot | Head and trunk | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was operating a lathe in a tool and die shop when a lanyard around his neck was caught by the lathe. He was pulled in and was struck by the handle. The employee sustained torso, lower back, and posterior head trauma resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
2020-01-05 | Skowhegan | Maine | Sappi North America | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
The injured employee was training another employee, watching the second employee conduct a pump swap. The expansion joint fitting failed during the swap and caustic lime solution sprayed about 10-15 feet, hitting the injured employee. The employee suffered chemical burns to the leg, torso, and left eye and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-09-24 | Holbrook | New York | Verizon | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
An employee was installing cable along the exterior of a residential building from a 24-foot extension ladder. The ladder twisted and the employee fell about 10 feet to the ground, suffering a facial laceration and foot, back, and upper torso/rib injuries. | |||||
2019-09-19 | Watertown | Wisconsin | Spuncast, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was pouring molten steel into a mold. Some of the steel passed through a trench cover's lifting holes and came into contact with water. This created superheated steam, which caused the molten steel to spray back through the holes onto the employee. The employee suffered second-degree burns on 18 percent of the body: arms, upper front torso, face, and mouth. | |||||
2019-09-10 | Columbus | Ohio | MARS PETCARE US, INC. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was cleaning at an machine operator workstation when an unassociated hot water pipe failed and sprayed the employee. The employee suffered burns to the arm and torso. | |||||
2019-09-02 | Baytown | Texas | Exxon Mobil Baytown Refinery | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee came in contact with process fluid at a petroleum refinery. The employee suffered burns to the right arm and torso and was hospitalized. | |||||
2019-08-20 | Manvel | Texas | Storm Water Solutions | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was working around a ditch when his hands and torso started to cramp up. He was hospitalized due to heat stress. | |||||
2019-08-20 | Brecksville | Ohio | Plant & Goodwin, Inc. | Head and trunk | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
Two employees were capping off an old gas well when the pressure of the well reached a high level and the well head blew off. One employee sustained fractured facial bones, contusions and burns to the chest, and shrapnel in the skin of the lower and upper torso. | |||||
2019-08-06 | Buffalo | New York | CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTORS, INC. | Trunk | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
An employee was preparing to transfer hydrofluoric acid. A transfer pump motor/gear needed repair in order to transfer the hydrofluoric acid. The employee removed the pump, made the repair, and returned to reassemble the pump. The employee was splashed by hydrofluoric acid and sustained chemical burns to the torso. | |||||
2019-07-30 | Enfield | Connecticut | C.H. Nickerson & Company Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c. |
Two carpenters were hoisting an aluminum bridge between water tanks at a water treatment plant. The elevated load struck one of the employees in the torso, resulting in possible broken ribs. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Cordele | Georgia | Synergy Solutions Crisp County, L.P. | Multiple body parts | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
An employee was standing on top of a tanker truck while filling it with ethanol using a gravity-fed mechanism. As the employee was filling the ethanol through the top hatchway of the tanker truck, a flash fire occurred. The employee's shirt caught on fire and the employee jumped approximately 12 feet from the top of the tanker truck to the earthen ground below. The employee sustained burns to his torso and arms, as well as a fractured left leg. | |||||
2019-07-21 | Seneca Falls | New York | Scepter, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to tripping |
At 4:30 p.m. on July 21, 2019, an employee tripped over frozen metal and fell into a sow mold containing molten metal. The employee suffered burns to the arm and torso. | |||||
2019-07-14 | Joplin | Missouri | PROTEIN SOLUTIONS, LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee opened a pressurized heat exchanger to conduct maintenance. The employee sustained second degree burns on the torso and was also burned on both arms. | |||||
2019-07-04 | Collins | Mississippi | SANDERSON FARMS, INC. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was hanging a hose on a wall-mounted rack. The hose sprayed hot water on the employee, causing second-degree burns to his torso and right arm. | |||||
2019-06-25 | Hazlehurst | Georgia | Thompson Hardwoods, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was operating a loader with a grapple attachment to unload tree logs from a truck when he noticed the temperature indicator light flashing. The employee turned off the loader and waited a few minutes to let the engine cool off. Next, the employee started to remove one of the radiator caps on the loader. As he started removing the cap, hot water and steam released from that area, striking the employee. He sustained third degree burns to his left wrist, left arm, and left side torso. | |||||
2019-06-24 | Missoula | Montana | TrueNorth Steel | Trunk | Fall on same level due to tripping over an object |
An employee was sandblasting a steel bridge beam when he tripped on a beam behind him and fell with the sandblaster in hand. The sandblaster's deadman switch was tripped, but a residual amount of media made contact with and abraded the employee's torso area. | |||||
2019-06-13 | Carteret | New Jersey | Motts, LLP / DBA Dr. Pepper Snapple Group | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was removing a filter screen while cleaning a line for a flavor change when hot water sprayed out from the pressurized filter and contacted the employee. The employee was hospitalized with first degree burns to the torso, arms, and upper legs. | |||||
2019-06-08 | New Century | Kansas | DuPont | Multiple body parts | Other fall to lower level |
An employee fell from a fixed ladder on scaffolding, landing on the floor on his left side and injuring his left wrist and torso. | |||||
2019-05-24 | Centennial | Colorado | Mayo Aviation | Head and trunk | Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids |
On May 24, 2019, an employee was filling an oxygen tank when a valve on the tank failed and a flash fire occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and torso. | |||||
2019-05-24 | Riviera Beach | Florida | Pepsi Beverages North America | Multiple trunk locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was cleaning batching tank equipment when the employee disconnected a process pipe that was pressurized with hot water and chemical solution. He was sprayed with the mixture, causing first and second degree burns to approximately 11% of his torso and back. | |||||
2019-05-16 | Fowlerton | Texas | LineTec Services, LLC | Head and trunk | Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
An electrician was in an elevated bucket truck utilizing a tie wire to tie a conductor. A live power line above the employee's head contacted his body and generated an arc flash. The employee suffered burns on his face, mid torso and his abdomen. | |||||
2019-05-13 | Pocatello | Idaho | Western Construction, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
An employee was using a scraper to clean debris from an asphalt paver when his safety vest became caught on the paver and he was pulled in toward the auger. He was hospitalized with second and third degree burns from the mid-torso to the armpit. The paver was running at the time of the incident. | |||||
2019-05-13 | Wills Point | Texas | Big Tex Trailer Manufacturing, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. |
An employee was electric welding a goose neck trailer when the employee's shirt caught on fire from welding slag, causing second degree burns to the employee's torso and left arm. | |||||
2019-04-28 | George West | Texas | SiteWatch USA, Inc. | Arm(s) | Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object |
An employee was closing a gate, when she was struck by her personal vehicle, which pinned her against the gate. She sustained injuries to the torso and a broken arm. | |||||
2019-04-26 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | PATCO Electrical Services, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was replacing switch gear in the basement of a building. The main breaker failed to trip resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered burns to the torso and upper extremities. | |||||
2019-04-23 | Brunswick | Georgia | Doug Coffey Electric, Inc. | Head and trunk | Direct exposure to electricity |
An employee was working inside a single-phase pad-mounted transformer, pulling wires to energize street lights. A cordless drill that was being used to tighten a lug created a phase-to-phase contact inside the transformer, resulting in an arc flash. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the face and torso. |