Service Transport Company

An employee was transferring sulfuric acid from a vehicle to a storage tank when chemical from the hose sprayed out onto the employee causing chemical burns on the face, neck and chest.

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.

An employee offloaded tertiary butyl catechol (corrosive) from a cargo tank to a facility tank. Upon completion of the transfer, the employee began disconnecting hoses. He had difficulty with one of the connections and when the hose disconnected, hot product contacted the employee's left arm and leg, causing a third degree burn.

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

An employee was using a hydraulic bearing puller (held by a chain hoist) to remove a bearing from a railroad axle. The hydraulic bearing puller fell from the hoist (approximately 18 ) and struck the employees left foot, fracturing it.

An employee had been making deliveries. While unloading material from a tractor trailer, the employee sustained symptoms of heat-related illness. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was loading/unloading product from a trailer at a customer location when he fell 10-12 feet from the top of the trailer to the concrete ground below. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle.

The employee was climbing into the driver side of the truck in the parking lot while holding a lunchbox and a clipboard. The employee slipped on snow and fell to the ground, fracturing a hip.

An employee was making a delivery and was pulling the customer's freight to the rear of the trailer using the plastic strap around the freight. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall from the rear of the trailer onto the asphalt pavement below. The employee sustained fractures to their left shoulder, elbow and pelvis.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.