Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc.

Two employees were using a scissor lift to install skin plates. The skin plate being installed was dislodged from a lifting clamp, fell, and pinned the injured employee's left hand against the top rail of the scissor lift. The employee suffered fractures to the fingers, a knuckle, and the wrist.

An employee was trying to hit a wooden block with a hammer. The hammer hit the tip of his finger, amputating the tip.

An employee was handling fentanyl and lost consciousness.

An employee was opening a valve on a tank and came into contact with corrosive alkali liquids. The employee sustained chemical burns.

An employee bumped his elbow and sustained a bacterial infection.

An employee was loosening a hose from a rail car when the hose splashed sulfuric acid on the employee, causing chemical burns to the shoulder.

An employee contracted an infectious parasite while servicing a client.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

An employee was laying underneath a cooler block while jacking up the tie bar to secure it to horses when the cooler block fell off the horses and onto the employee, resulting in several fractures to the pelvis, clavicle, wrist and tailbone.

An employee was climbing a ladder on a water cooling tower when they fell approximately 15 to 20 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured left elbow.

An employee was preparing to sand a metal shaft that was loaded into a lathe when his left arm became entangled in the machine. The employee sustained several broken bones.

An employee was removing the banding from a load of mechanical supports, when one fell forward onto his left leg. The employee sustained a laceration to the lower leg and was hospitalized.

The injured employee was assisting five other employees with bracing a wall panel that was being stood up. Another employee slipped on frost on the floor surface. The employees went to evacuate the area in anticipation of the wall panel falling over. The injured employee went to jump through a window opening within the wall panel and their lower half was crushed by the falling wall panel. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis.

An employee was using a vertical band saw to cut a thick piece of rubber material. While being cut, the material shifted, causing the employee s right hand to contact the moving blade. The employee's thumb was amputated below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

A production sanitation employee was pre-rinsing an incline conveyor and noticed cheese stuck between the belt idler. The employee went to remove the cheese and their glove got caught and pulled their left forearm into the conveyor. The employee's arm was fractured. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

An employee was on a ladder, taking measurements for a new gutter installation. The ladder slipped out from under him and both he and the ladder fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with seven broken ribs and a broken clavicle.

An employee was unloading a truck for a delivery job. While moving boxes in the truck, the employee tripped over a pallet and fell out of the truck to the ground, resulting in four broken ribs.