Fractures and burns

An employee was performing remodeling work at a school. The employee turned off the breaker. He was standing on an 8-foot ladder and started stripping a wire, when he was electrocuted. He sustained burns on the right index finger and left middle finger. He also fell off the ladder and sustained a fracture to the […]

Three employees were cleaning a heater treater when a gas build-up caused an explosion in the building. Two of the employees received minor injuries; the third was hospitalized, having suffered a severe laceration across the forehead, burns to the face and neck, and a fractured spine.

An employee was operating a trench machine when he took the cap off a radiator and was sprayed by hot anti-freeze. He received burns to the left thigh and left arm and fractured his ankle when he jumped off the machine.

An employee was troubleshooting a pump that was not working. The employee was on top of the piping system checking the flow switch. While troubleshooting the flow switch, the cap was removed and the employee noticed the flow switch was leaking. The employee made contact with electrical parts within the flow switch and a fire […]

An employee was heating a mold. A propane tank exploded and the employee was knocked to the floor, suffering a broken wrist and burns to the body.

An employee was closing a 2-inch ball valve on a test separator to make repairs to the down side of a low-pressure sand knockout. The employee was about 2 to 3 feet from the ball valve as he closed it; when he got the valve three-quarters closed, the bell reducer pipe on the back side […]

An employee was operating a trenching machine when it struck an old, unmarked natural gas pipeline. The machine caught fire before the operator could turn it off; he suffered burns to his right hand as he left the cab, as well as a broken right knee and left wrist as he jumped to the ground. […]

An employee was cooling off a radiator with a water hose. The radiator was uncapped, and the fluids inside it boiled off, burning the employee’s torso; he fell to the ground and broke his right elbow. He was hospitalized.

After measuring a hot forging using calipers, an employee turned and was walking away when the forging came loose of the manipulator and hit the back of his left leg, fracturing his ankle and causing second degree burns on his leg.

An employee was using a scraping tool (located on the mixer’s door) to remove resin from the bottom of the mixer when the door of the machine closed on the employee’s arm pulling his arm into the drop area. The employee was admitted to the hospital with a fractured radius and second degree burns to […]