| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-17 | Manteno | Il | Rise Baking Company Manteno IL | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| At 1:15 p.m. on November 17, 2021, an employee was testing a three-way air actuating valve. The valve closed, catching the employee's left index finger in one of its three ports. The finger was broken and the fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-11-15 | Franklin Park | Il | R.C.M. Industries, Inc. dba Aallied Die Casting Company of Illinois | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Employees were clearing die cast lines. The injured employee was reconnecting the hot oil hose to the die frame. The employee pulled on the hose, which came in contact with the hot oil valve and caused hot oil to release. The hot oil struck the employee who suffered third degree burns to the upper right arm, ear, face, and neck. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-11-13 | Coushatta | La | Helmerich & Payne | Nonclassifiable | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was draining water out of a flare line. The employee opened the valve and was walking away when a flare ignited, resulting in second and third degree burns. | |||||
| 2021-11-03 | Franklin | Il | Prairieland FS, Inc. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode |
| An employee was performing maintenance on an ammonia wagon when a valve opened, spraying the employee in the face and causing them to inhale ammonia. The employee suffered inhalation chemical burns. | |||||
| 2021-10-21 | Odessa | Tx | TechnipFMC, PLC | Toes(s), toenail(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was assembling a stem packing nut into a valve body. As the employee was tightening the nut, the valve and flow cross assembly rolled off its wooden blocks onto his right foot (about 6 inches below). His third, fourth, and fifth toes were broken. | |||||
| 2021-10-21 | Fargo | Nd | Robert Gibb & Sons, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was setting up a mechanical room when a gate valve pinched his right ring finger. The finger was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-10-12 | North Little Rock | Ar | De Wafelbakkers, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was replacing a filter on a mixer when a valve closed, amputating his left index fingertip. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-10-04 | Shreveport | La | Centro, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was repairing/replacing a valve actuator when the valve turned, catching their left index finger and resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-10-02 | Baton Rouge | La | Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was squatting down to knock some rubber buildup loose on the inside of a diverter feed hose when the valve diverted in the direction of his left hand, pinching the tip of his left middle finger between the diverter feed hose and the diverter housing. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-09-24 | Springfield | Il | SOLOMON COLORS, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On September 24, 2021, an employee was trying to unjam a machine. His left hand was caught in a rotary airlock valve (accessed through an inspection port), which pinched his middle finger. The finger was amputated up to the first knuckle. The machine was running at the time. | |||||
| 2021-09-23 | Jerome | Id | Darigold Inc. | Leg(s) | Other jump to lower level |
| An employee was on a ladder to fix a steam header valve that was leaking. The employee was sprayed on the face/neck by hot condensate. He then jumped off the ladder and cut his leg. | |||||
| 2021-09-21 | Shawnee | Ok | Vault Pressure Control | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was working on a frac valve when a pressure fitting released and struck the employee's upper left thigh. The employee sustained a laceration and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-09-21 | Springboro | Oh | High Concrete Group LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was checking to see what was causing a mixer chute to jam when the valve engaged and caught the employee's fingers. Two fingertips on their left hand were amputated. | |||||
| 2021-09-21 | Green Forest | Ar | Tyson Poultry, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| At 11:20 p.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee was shutting down a fryer. She noticed heated oil leaking from an open valve that was not supposed to have fluid in it. While trying to close the valve, she slipped on and landed in the hot oil. She suffered burns to her right hand, forearm, and hip and her left lower leg. She was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-09-15 | Homer Glen | Il | CCA MIDWEST, INC. | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| On September 15, 2021, at approximately 8:15 a.m. an employee was driving an aerial lift when the bottom of the front basket caught the edge of a B-Box water flow control valve. The employee continued to raise the aerial lift until the B-Box valve broke and the employee was ejected out of the aerial lift basket onto the front edge of the home's concrete slab. The employee fell 6 feet and was hospitalized for a severe neck injury. | |||||
| 2021-09-13 | Piedmont | Ok | Producers Service Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was replacing the valve on a frac pump. Fingers on his left hand were caught in the pump's moving pistons and injured; the middle finger required surgery. | |||||
| 2021-09-10 | Bellefonte | Pa | R.W. Bird Trucking, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was connecting a pump hose to a milk truck. The valve at the pump closed and clipped his right index finger, lacerating it and causing a partial amputation to the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-09-07 | Sulphur Springs | Tx | Load Trail | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was investigating a possible malfunction in a vacuum cleaner system for removing powder paint from paint booths. While his right hand was in the discharge outlet of a rotary airlock valve on a dust collector, the blade inside the valve caught his glove and pulled his hand further in. He suffered partial amputations to two fingers, losing half of each one. | |||||
| 2021-09-07 | White | Ga | TOYO TIRE NORTH AMERICA MANUFACTURING INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was starting up machines after a holiday. Noticing a jam on the powder feed system, he tried to remove a valve. The butterfly mechanism in the valve closed and amputated the tip of his right middle finger. | |||||
| 2021-09-01 | Deer Park | Tx | AWC Inc | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was working on a 1-inch ball control valve when it caught and lacerated his left index finger. The fingertip was amputated. | |||||
| 2021-08-30 | Nashua | Nh | Harcros Chemicals Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c. |
| An employee was working with a wrench. The employee fell backward into a valve, suffering an injury that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-08-24 | Emporia | Ks | Hill's Pet Nutrition, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was removing a vent hose from a rotary valve. The employee's left index finger was caught in the equipment, which amputated the fingertip at the top knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-08-21 | Hereford | Tx | Hereford Ethanol Partners LP | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was trying to break up products that were clogged in the rotary valve of a grain bin dust collector. The collector partially amputated two fingers on the employee's left hand, up to the second knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-08-20 | New Lisbon | Wi | Mill Haven Foods, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was checking to see if product was flowing through a blender. When the power to the blender was turned off, the pneumatic fly gate valve closed on the employee's left hand and amputated three fingertips. | |||||
| 2021-08-16 | Lancaster | Oh | Cameron, A Schlumberger Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was operating a small jib crane in the shop to lift a small valve. While adjusting the rigging around the valve to position it, the employee's left ring finger was caught between the rigging and the valve, resulting in a partial amputation before the first knuckle and the removal of the fingernail. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-08-11 | Riverview | Fl | MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC. | Arm(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| The injured employee was conducting maintenance at the plant and was at the reactor slurry line to open the valve to drain the slurry out so it did not solidify. Steam in the line was turned on from the control room. When the employee went to rod out the valve, the material broke loose due to the steam pressure and sprayed hot reactor slurry onto the employee. The slurry contained phosphoric acid and ammonia. The employee sustained chemical burns to both arms and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-08-11 | Cincinnati | Oh | Emery Oleochemicals LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was inspecting a rotary air lock valve when their right hand contacted the valve, resulting in fingertip amputations. | |||||
| 2021-08-07 | Montrose | Ny | Department of Veterans Affairs, Hudson Valley Health Care System, FDR Campus | Hand(s) and wrist(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was using a handheld grinder to grind bolts off of a water shut-off valve when the grinder kicked back and contacted his right hand and wrist, resulting in lacerations. | |||||
| 2021-08-06 | Williston | Nd | Hiland Crude LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was draining down and isolating piping. While he was trying to remove debris from a 1-inch vent valve, liquid started to gurgle up into the valve. He closed the valve with his right hand to prevent a release, and it closed on his left index finger. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2021-08-06 | Denton | Tx | Tetra Pak Materials LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| At about 12:45 a.m. on August 6, 2021, an employee was trying to dislodge paper stuck inside a rotating valve on a bagger. The blade in the valve was activated, rotated, and amputated the employee's right index and middle fingers. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-07-28 | Fayetteville | Nc | NG Companies | Arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| On July 28, 2021, an NG Companies employee was about to transfer mud to a bore pit. He had put the hydro excavation truck in position for the debris transfer and prepared it. When he opened a knife valve, hot water sprayed through the flange onto him, causing second-degree burns to his face, right arm, and right hand; a third-degree burn to part of the right arm; and a broken collarbone. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-07-25 | Lafayette | La | Catalyst Recovery Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was moving a 55-gallon drum. A rotary valve lacerated the employee's left index and middle fingers resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-07-24 | West Chicago | Il | The Jel Sert Co. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| On July 24, 2021, at 4:15 p.m., an employee and a co-worker were verifying prior work done on a machine. The employee had his hand in the freezer bar sealer area when the co-worker activated the machine by opening the air valve that powered the sealer. The sealer then closed on the employee's right hand, resulting in an open fracture and an amputation of the middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-07-16 | Ponca City | Ok | Dorada Poultry, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to clear a blockage in a drain pipe when the pipe's pneumatic valve cycled, resulting in a partial amputation of their right index fingertip. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-07-09 | Darlington | Wi | Wisconsin Whey Protein Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning equipment when the star valve on the equipment amputated four fingers on the employee's left hand. The equipment was running at the time. | |||||
| 2021-07-09 | Norcross | Ga | OLE MEXICAN FOODS, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was checking a flour return valve that was reported as out of position. The employee connected and disconnected the pneumatic air hose to the piston. The piston's reciprocating movement restarted and it struck the tip of the employee's right index finger, causing an amputation. | |||||
| 2021-06-25 | Houston | Tx | Reterra Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was removing plastic from a float sink line machine when their right hand contacted the rotary valve, resulting in the amputations of their index, middle, and ring fingers down to the first knuckle. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident. | |||||
| 2021-06-25 | Saint Joseph | Mo | TYSON FOODS | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was preparing to break down a machine to clean meat out of the actuator valve when the valve cycled and amputated the employee's right index finger down to the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-06-25 | Cleveland | Oh | MPW Environmental Services Inc | Face | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was operating a valve to control water flow to the end of a 1/4-inch hose that was being used to clean a drain. The water hose separated from the connector during operation and the employee was struck across the face, resulting in lacerations. | |||||
| 2021-06-23 | Atlanta | Ga | Batter Up Foods LLC | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was cleaning an air valve. A plunger inside the valve actuated and amputated the tip of the employee's right index finger. | |||||
| 2021-06-19 | Killdeer | Nd | TechnipFMC | Thigh(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was connecting a 4-inch metal flex hose to a connection point. The hose slipped off the connection point and pinched the employee's right leg against a wellhead isolation valve, causing an open fracture to the femur. | |||||
| 2021-06-17 | Rogers | Ar | PEPPER SOURCE, LTD | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working on a machine with a ball valve that was leaking. The employee was trying to identify the issue when the valve actuated and amputated his left middle fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-06-14 | Elkmont | Al | Imms Industrial Coatings, Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was carrying materials across a roof. The employee slipped and fell through the roof to a catwalk 10 feet below, striking a valve wheel and the catwalk grating. The employee suffered fractures to the ribs and back, as well as a cut and bruises on the face. | |||||
| 2021-06-14 | Hummelstown | Pa | Dairy Farmers of America | Multiple lower extremities locations | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was about to kosherize a product line, having just switched a hose from another line after draining the water out of it. When he opened a valve to start the process, 200-degree Fahrenheit water hit him in the left leg and foot, burning him from the thigh down. | |||||
| 2021-06-11 | Dacula | Ga | Publix Super Markets, Inc. | Multiple body parts | Fall, slip, trip |
| An employee was inspecting a valve on a product line when the valve became dislodged, causing the employee to fall to the floor. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the jaw and left wrist, and a laceration above the right eye. | |||||
| 2021-06-11 | Vance | Al | Leadec ES, Inc | Hand(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was adjusting a valve for an air cylinder to synchronize the lifters to lock a carriage on a conveyor line. He actuated it to cycle to check the adjustment. When it cycled, his right hand was pinched between the lifter and the rail and he suffered broken fingers. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-06-01 | 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 | 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. | |||||
| 2021-05-30 | Coppell | Tx | Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, L.P. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| A mechanic was performing preventative maintenance on an automated plunger type valve. The air pressure on the valve released and the valve closed due to spring pressure on it. The employee's left ring fingertip was caught between the valve and its seat resulting in amputation. | |||||
| 2021-05-28 | Orangeville | Il | Corefx Ingredients LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was assisting in cleaning out the baghouse in the spray dryer room when the blades of the rotary valve amputated four fingers on their right hand. | |||||
| 2021-05-27 | Greeley | Co | Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was transferring milk into a delivery truck when the plunger valve on the milk truck partially amputated their left index finger. | |||||
| 2021-05-27 | Friona | Tx | CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee was trying to find a test sample that had been placed into a pipe. As her finger entered the expulsion port, the pneumatic valve closed, amputating the bottom pad of her right middle finger near the tip. | |||||
| 2021-05-21 | Brownsville | Tx | Mueller Co | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was installing a cap in a valve and amputated their left index fingertip. | |||||
| 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 | Ponca City | Ok | Phillips 66 | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee opened a valve to see if a drum was free of hot residual oil. The oil was plugged behind the open valve, but the plug dissolved. Hot oil (300-400 degrees F) splashed out of the drum's receiving receptacle and onto the employee's right thigh and right arm, as well as the right sides of the employee's abdomen and face. | |||||
| 2021-05-14 | Lincoln | Ne | YASUFUKU USA, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was clearing a re-grind blockage when the rotary valve amputated his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-05-13 | Houston | Tx | Team Industrial Services, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery |
| An employee was helping perform an inflatable line stop. During the line stop installation, the launch tube slid into the open valve, pinching the employee's left thumb between the locking clamp and the set point stopping block. The thumb was broken and lacerated. | |||||
| 2021-05-10 | Sebring | Fl | Kosan Crisplant Missouri, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was changing a valve on a propane cylinder. The old valve that was being removed sheered off and the employee's finger became caught in the de-valver. The employee sustained an amputation to the left index finger. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-04-28 | Rush Springs | Ok | Oil States Energy Services, LLC | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was swapping out sides of a choke manifold during drill out operations when the threaded end of a 10K needle valve parted from the end cap and struck the employee causing a laceration to the right leg. | |||||
| 2021-04-28 | Solon | Oh | NESTLE USA INC. | Hip(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee was changing a valve on a mixing kettle when a cleaning chemical leaked from the valve onto the employee's left hip, resulting in a chemical burn. | |||||
| 2021-04-25 | Kansas City | Ks | Harcros Chemicals Inc | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| While opening a valve an employee was splashed with chemicals and sustained chemical burns to the right leg, right arm, and face. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-04-21 | Reeves | La | Calcasieu Rentals Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was hauling a load of salt water to an oil well to be pumped into the well. The truck hose was connected to the well. When a valve was opened on the truck, the pressure blew the aluminum hatch off the truck and it struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized for head and shoulder injuries as well as a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2021-04-14 | Ravenswood | Wv | Star Plastics, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was setting up a line and noticed that a polytube above a dust hopper feeder had pulled into the transition piece. He removed the lid from the feeder and was reaching in to pull the polytube out when the valve closed on the ends of his index and middle fingers, amputating the pads of his fingers. | |||||
| 2021-04-14 | Aliquippa | Pa | KTA-Tator, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee installed a nitrogen supply line containing a particulate filter, pressure gauge, and pressure relief valve for a dual gas inlet gas booster system. When the employee pressurized the supply line, the particulate filter failed, causing the quick-disconnect metal bowl guard to become airborne and strike the employee's left pinky and ring fingers, resulting in broken bones. | |||||
| 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 | San Antonio | Tx | Core & Main | Fingertip(s) | Struck by falling object or equipment |
| Two employees were moving gate valves from one pallet to another. A gate valve slipped and one of the employees reached out to catch it from falling and pinched his right middle finger between the falling valve and another valve, severing the fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-04-01 | Christine | Tx | San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was working on the limits of a conveying ash booster pump discharge valve. When the employee turned, his head struck a straight valve handle, resulting in a laceration to the lower right eyelid. | |||||
| 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 | Lebanon | Pa | G.R. Sponaugle & Sons, Inc. | Hand(s) | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| The injured employee and a co-worker were taking off the service cap of a king valve when refrigerant discharged into the injured employee's glove at high pressure causing burns to the left hand that required hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-03-21 | Danville | Il | Viscofan USA Inc. | Multiple body parts | Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire |
| On March 21, 2021, an employee was walking in a powerhouse's boiler area when a large non-return valve ruptured. The employee suffered steam burns to the hands and face and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-03-12 | West Monroe | La | Graphic Packaging International | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was switching valves on a pump in the recovery boiler area. While en route to the equipment, the employee entered an area where excavation work was being performed and that was flooded with 6 inches of cloudy water. The employee stepped into an inspection port that was waist high and sustained burns to the lower body from a hot water mixture. | |||||
| 2021-03-08 | Sullivan | Mo | AEROFIL TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was operating a valve seater machine on an aerosol production line when the machine malfunctioned. While unjamming the machine, the employee's hand was caught on a belt which pulled her fingers into the machine and amputated her index finger below the first knuckle. | |||||
| 2021-03-02 | Howard | Pa | Niagara Bottling LLC | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| While performing a clean-in-place procedure, an employee removed the nozzle of a hose to place the hose on piping when a valve opened and sprayed her with 185-degree hot, caustic water. The employee suffered burns to both arms, both legs, and her abdomen. | |||||
| 2021-02-24 | Watonga | Ok | Cyclone Drilling Inc. | Cheek(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
| An employee was standing in front of a heater, watching a casing being floated into a hole to seal it. A ball valve failed and burst apart, fracturing the employee's cheekbone and lacerating his cheek. | |||||
| 2021-02-22 | Pasadena | Tx | Sunbelt Supply Co. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was repositioning a ball valve when the valve closed on the employee's finger, resulting in an amputation to the tip of the employee's right ring finger. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 2021-02-18 | Saint Louis | Mo | Mechanical Dynamics and Analysis Repairs Shop | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| A 300-pound intermediate pressure stop valve disk was on its edge, braced against a 6-by-6 timber, while an employee measured the internal seat angle with a protractor. He had reached into the valve disk bore with his right hand, from the bottom side of the disk. As he was removing his hand, the timber slid away, and his index finger was caught between the disk bore and the protractor as the disk slid down the timber. He suffered a partial amputation to the finger. | |||||
| 2021-02-18 | South Bay | Fl | TREVIICOS SOUTH Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
| An employee was replacing a keystone valve on the bentonite mixer. While he was testing the mixer's operational status, his left pinky finger was caught in the valve, resulting in a partial amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-17 | Washington | Dc | Cushman and Wakefield | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An employee was checking an HVAC unit in a ceiling. The employee closed the valve to the supply line, then began to remove the valve from the line. Once the valve was loose, hot water pressure caused the line to shoot out from the unit. Hot water caused third-degree burns to the employee's left hand and arm. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-02-16 | Thomson | Ga | Shaw Industries Inc. | Head and trunk | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| An electrician was replacing a faulty proximity switch in the communication control panel with a technician standing behind. After the electrician pressed the reset button on the control panel, a solenoid valve opened and released steam that contacted the technician who was hospitalized with burns to the left side of the face and back. | |||||
| 2021-02-12 | Venus | Tx | Summit Midstream | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was accessing a valve using a ladder when the ladder slipped, causing him to fall six feet. The employee sustained a head laceration, broken ribs, and a punctured lung. | |||||
| 2021-02-12 | Fruitland | Nm | Arizona Public Service Power Plant - NM | Knee(s) | Fall on same level |
| Five employees were conducting a maintenance check of an auxiliary safety valve. The valve failed and released pressurized steam. One employee fell while evacuating the area and suffered a knee injury. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-02-10 | Galveston | Tx | Savage Services | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was on an elevated platform, turning valves to prepare for cleaning the melter. He lost footing and fell 6 to 8 feet to the main floor. The employee sustained bruised and/or cracked ribs. | |||||
| 2021-02-09 | Craig | Co | TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOC, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was adjusting the limit switch on an air-operated valve when the valve actuated, catching his left index finger between the position indicator and the limit switch and resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-09 | Philadelphia | Pa | VICINITY ENERGY BOSTON, INC. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was moving a valve in the floor that had a handle wheel in the top. When he pulled it, the handle wheel spun and smashed his hand against a piece of metal angle iron, resulting in amputation of his right index fingertip. | |||||
| 2021-02-07 | Frierson | La | Thru Tubing Solutions | Fingertip(s) | Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person |
| The injured employee and a coworker removed a valve body to unclog pods in an auger. After they unclogged the pods and reloaded them, they proceeded to reinstall the valve body. As they were picking up the valve body, the coworker slipped and the valve fell onto the injured employee's left pinky finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation. | |||||
| 2021-02-06 | Houston | Tx | Service Transport Company | Multiple body parts | Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue |
| An employee opened up an internal trailer valve to apply pressure and connected the hose to the trailer to offload product. While putting the hose in place to connect it, the external valve switch was hit and sulfuric acid came pouring out of the trailer, resulting in chemical exposure to sulfuric acid on the left and right wrists, left foot, left side of face, and middle of chest. | |||||
| 2021-02-02 | Port Washington | Oh | NPL Construction Company | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c. |
| An employee was standing on the ground reaching over the rear passenger side wheel well directly adjacent to an affixed catwalk on the rear of a water supply truck. While the employee was operating a drain valve located on the rear of the tank, the employee slipped on snow and ice building up on the street surface. As the employee slipped and fell, they grabbed the catwalk guard railing and their left ring finger caught on the railing corner gusset support, resulting in a partial amputation down | |||||
| 2021-02-02 | Graceville | Fl | Rex Lumber, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was trying to open valves on the back of a gang saw so that the blade guides could be moved. The saw moved, crushing the employee against the chains. The employee suffered broken ribs. | |||||
| 2021-01-25 | Gainesville | Tx | IFS Coatings Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects |
| An employee was investigating an issue with one of the bag houses. While moving powder away from the flip flop valve (air lock), the air lock opened and the flip flop valve closed and amputated a fingertip. | |||||