CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

An employee was separating a valve stem from an actuator stem by removing two-piece split nuts that hold it together. The actuator shaft shifted, causing the top half of the split nut to impact and pinch the employee's right thumb against the frame. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was performing loading operations on a tanker truck when they fell 11 feet and 2 inches from the truck to the ground between the caged gangway access and the truck, resulting in fractures to the left wrist, orbital cheek bone, and pelvis.

An employee was opening a hatch to check liquid sulfur draining into a pit. The liquid sulfur splashed onto the employee's hand and face, causing chemical burns.

An employee was working in an area with an open-ended line when hot steam/water splashed on his back.

An employee was cutting the coke or removing the coke from the drum to the loading area. Steam was released during the coke cutting process and the employee suffered burns to the neck/jawline and hand/wrist areas.

While doing surveying work, an employee jumped over a barricade, fell to the ground, and suffered a broken leg.

An employee jumped over a counter and fell, sustaining a fractured left ankle.

An employee was removing 65-foot concrete wall braces using a powered industrial truck and a choker sling. He was holding a tag line at the end of the brace. When the brace was removed the balance was uneven. The brace cantilevered and seesawed the employee 20 feet into the air. He struck the ground, fracturing his pelvis.

An employee was traveling down the right side of a ski run. At the bottom, there is a drop called the water bar. The employee hit the water bar, crashed, and tumbled to the bottom of the run, suffering a back injury.

An employee was at a school function at a trampoline park. He was doing flips when he landed on his back, injuring his neck. He required surgery and hospitalization.

An employee was slipping pipe when it became stuck and the pipe snapped, striking the employee in the back and ribs. The employee sustained fractured ribs.

An employee was checking voltage and fuses to see where power loss was occurring. He touched a magnetic coil and was shocked.

An employee was standing on an injector head feeding chain with a rope, when the rope broke, causing him to lose his balance and fall to the ground. The employee sustained fractures to his left elbow and three ribs.

An employee was pulling drill line from the drill spool while the top drive was not set on the docking pins. The deadman was unexpectedly released which caused the top drive to fall to the drill floor from a height of 30 feet. This caused the drill line that was being pulled out and laid on the ground to retract and strike an employee. The employee suffered fractures to his legs and neck.

An employee was conducting maintenance on a pipe and was using a T-bar tool to secure the retainer cap on a pump. The employee's left index finger was caught in the rotating pump, resulting in a partial amputation.

A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.

A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.

An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.