NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT—
Ferrellgas
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Ferrellgas, 11 Rado Dr, NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT 06770 on — Fractures, affecting the lumbar region.
Final narrative
On June 25, 2018, an employee was using a sling to offload 120-gallon tanks from the back of a truck. He fell from the truck to the ground, sustaining a lumbar compression fracture.
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TAVARES, FLORIDA—
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An employee was monitoring a palletizer machine that stacks propane tanks when their shirt blew into the grippers on the palletizer. The employee used his right hand to brace himself and his hand was caught between the gripper and a propane tank resulting in a fracture, laceration and tendon injury to the right hand.
HENDERSON, COLORADO—
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An employee was carrying a propane tank for delivery when they slipped or tripped on the even ground and sustained head lacerations and a C7 vertebra fracture.
LOWNDESBORO, ALABAMA—
Ferrellgas
An employee was offloading propane from a truck into a large tank. When the employee removed a hose, a spark caused the propane to catch fire, resulting in second degree burns to the employee's face and neck.
HAMMOND, LOUISIANA—
Ferrellgas
Two employees were filling cylinders when a flash fire occurred. They suffered first and second degree burns. One employee was hospitalized.
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