ABB Power Electronics, Inc.

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 performing maintenance and replacing a seal under a plexiglass viewing cylinder in a pre-expander machine. As the employee was testing the machine before putting it back into service, the viewing cylinder exploded and the employee sustained lacerations to their chest, face, right arm and hand.

Two employees were replacing a compressor and were moving it when one employee dropped the compressor and it landed on his right hand on the floor. The employee sustained an amputation to his middle fingertip.

An employee was inspecting a sump at a gas station when a car struck them, resulting in a collapsed lung, fractured ribs, and abrasions.

An employee was pulling a cover off a piece of electrical equipment when a flash occurred and they were electrocuted and sustained burns to their face and both hands.

An employee was walking into work when they tripped over uneven cement in the parking lot, and fell resulting in a hip fracture.

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.