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An employee was sitting in the cab of the truck while waste oxidizer was being offloaded. The waste reacted with the receiving tank and an explosion occurred in the tank. Fire traveled through the hose to the tanker truck, causing it to explode. The employee jumped from the burning truck and was hospitalized with burns to his face, chest, and arms.

An employee was installing piping and valves for fire protection systems in the vicinity of an electrical meter outside of a new warehouse. The meter exploded, causing burns to the employee's face and arms.

An employee was pouring molten aluminum into a drain pot. The aluminum touched moisture at the bottom of the drain pot and an explosion occurred. The employee sustained burns to their face, hands, and legs.

An employee was operating an oxygen-deficient oven that required manual ignition to make charcoal from wood. As the oven was opened, oxygen was introduced to the environment, resulting in an explosion. The employee sustained head trauma as well as fractures to the arms and legs.

An employee was setting up the electrical parts for a fireworks display. They were inserting an e-match when it generated friction with something else. A 3-inch firework shell ignited, injuring the employee's hand and head.

An employee was securing large tables that were leaning against the wall in a box truck when the tables fell toward the employee. The employee was pinned to the floor by the tables and sustained a broken right ankle, a contusion to the left ankle, and lacerations to their shins. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was getting into a van when he lost his grip and fell backward, striking his head on the asphalt. The employee was hospitalized with a brain bleed.

An employee was getting out of a work van when she tripped and fell, landing on her left shoulder/arm on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left arm fracture.

An employee was unloading laundry from a commercial washing machine when his right ring finger was caught in the washing machine door hinge. The employee sustained amputation of one-third of the finger.

An employee was lighting a propane deep fryer when they got burned. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns on their nose, lip, and right and left arms.

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.