DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2021-03-06SnyderNeBattle Creek Farmers Cooperative - MadisonMultiple head locationsContact with cold objects or substances
An employee was using a posthole digger to clear dirt away from a propane vaporizer when the line disconnected, sending liquid propane into the air. The employee sustained propane burns to the nasal cavity, face, and head.
2020-06-11Texas CityTexasEntech Engineering Inc.Forearm(s)Explosion
An employee was conducting an emissions test of a nitrogen vaporizer unit inside an instrument test trailer when a pipe explosion occurred outside. Pieces of the steel pipe scattered in all directions, including toward the trailer. As a result, the employee suffered a fractured right radius bone, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2017-04-17BoiseIdahoValley Wide CooperativeUpper and lower limb(s)Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
While draining the product from a propane gas vaporizer, the igniter for the pilot light ignited the product causing a flash fire. An employee received second and third degree burns to the legs and arms.
2015-05-05WillistonNorth DakotaSecure EnergyNonclassifiableIgnition of vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee received flash fire burns while working on a non-functioning vaporizer at the 13-mile, full-service terminal vicinity in Williston, North Dakota.