Starcon International Inc

An employee slipped on ice in a driveway and fell, resulting in a right tibia and fibula fracture.

An employee was on an 8-foot scaffold conducting a repair activity on a vessel when a hot substance shot from an opening in the vessel, striking the employee's face and causing second degree burns. The employee also fell off the scaffold and suffered a swollen right wrist.

An employee was helping a coworker demolish a fin fan part that was recently replaced on a cooling unit at the chemical plant. The employee's coworker was tasked with torch cutting a 15 feet x 25 feet, 3/16-inch steel fin fan part into smaller pieces for demolition and removal from the site. The employee was standing 6 to 8 feet away from the torch cutting operation. While the coworker was torch cutting the tail-end area on the fin fan, a side panel that measured 19 feet x 4.5 feet and weighed approximately 650 lbs. came off and fell, striking the employee in the right leg. The employee's right tibia and fibula were fractured.

An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

An employee was training on a jockey truck. Upon stepping out of the truck, the employee was struck by a rubber tire gantry crane, resulting in amputations of the right leg above the knee and left leg below the knee.

An employee was standing at the rear of a double pallet jack. Another double jack approached, and the employee's lower leg was caught between the two pieces of equipment. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula.

An employee was unloading large material bags on a loading dock. A forklift tine pinned the employee's foot against a pallet, causing the employee to fall and suffer a broken ankle.

An employee was pushing a container when they were struck by a forklift. The employee sustained a left leg fracture.

An employee was moving metal out of a cart. He had removed one piece and was working to move another when the metal shifted. His right ring finger was crushed between the two pieces, and he suffered a partial amputation to the finger pad at the tip.

An employee was at the loading dock working to manually move an oversized load off of a pallet that was sitting on another pallet. The oversized load (a gas cylinder cradle) tipped over and crushed the employee's right leg against the ground. The employee sustained a fracture to their ankle/leg requiring surgery.

An employee was depressurizing a line stop actuator when their left arm was struck by a threaded, 2-inch nipple from the side of the line stop housing. The employee sustained fractures to their left arm and a rib.

An employee was cutting the top of an empty scrap barrel that previously contained antifreeze. The bottom of the barrel blew out due to pressure that built up and caused his jeans to catch fire, resulting in burns.

An employee was moving extra wire out of a cleaning tank by using the tank's jogging function. Two of the employee's right-hand fingers were caught on the last strand going around the acid roll, and the employee suffered an amputation to the right little fingertip.

An employee tripped over a stool and fell on the floor, resulting in a left displaced mid-cervical femoral neck fracture.

An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.

An employee assisted in cleaning material from a conveyor pit. After the pit was cleaned, the employee proceeded to replace metal safety plates to ensure other employees did not fall into the pit. While replacing one of the last plates, the employee mis-stepped and fell approximately 5 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with back/side bruising, elbow bruising, bone bruises, and/or fractured ribs.

An employee was inspecting a breaker box and turning on/off a circuit breaker when he was electrocuted.

An employee was walking on the sidewalk. When they stepped off the curb, they fell to the ground, resulting in fractures to their tibia, fibula, and a metatarsal.