105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Honeywell

Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue · Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Honeywell, 6100 Philadelphia Pike, CLAYMONT, DELAWARE 19703 on — Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified, affecting the multiple face locations.

At about 1:00 p.m. on April 28, 2020, an employee was checking a sulfuric acid railcar to ensure that it was empty before it was sent offsite for cleaning and decommissioning. The employee loosened the railcar's dip tube cap with a pipe wrench, then removed it. Residual pressure in the railcar sprayed about 4 pounds of acid into the employee's face, causing chemical burns to the employee's forehead, cheeks and nose.

Hospitalized Multiple face locations Sulfuric acid

Honeywell

An employee was servicing a rooftop exhaust fan when they sustained a partial amputation to the right thumb.

Honeywell

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in reverse when his left leg was pinned between the forklift and a guardrail. The employee sustained fractures of the bilateral femoral condyles, lateral tibial plateau and proximal fibula with moderate lipohemarthrosis, a contusion of the medial thigh adjacent to the greater saphenous vein without evidence of significant vascular injury, and a subcutaneous hematoma lateral to the left knee.

Honeywell

A temporary employee was using a stand-up reach truck to put away product in a storage rack area. The truck struck the upright supports on a rack, and the first three fingers on the employee's left hand were crushed between the two.

Honeywell

An employee was on break in his vehicle and had taken his handgun out of his glove box and placed it onto his left thigh/leg. When he was putting the gun back in the glove box, it fired. He was hit in his left thigh, and the bullet exited through his left knee. He was hospitalized.

Honeywell

An employee was working at the diaphragm crimper when his finger was caught in the point of operation. His right middle fingertip was pinched and had to be amputated.

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INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS, INC. (ALABAMA)

On November 27, 2023, an employee was emptying a 2-inch product line that transports sodium hydroxide liquid from a rail car to a 275-gallon tote tank. The nozzle came out of the tote and sprayed sodium hydroxide onto the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized with chemical burns to their face, mouth, and neck.

JOST CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.

An employee was working with sulfuric acid as part of the production process. While transferring the chemical from a large container to a smaller container, it splashed on his body and hand, resulting in a chemical burn.

Thalle Construction Company Inc

An employee knelt in wet concrete while performing work as a concrete finisher and sustained a chemical burn to the right shin. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Quantix SCS

An employee was using a 5-gallon bucket to unload acid product from a tank. Residual product leaked into the containment area, causing the employee to sustain first- and second-degree burns to the chest, as well as third-degree burns to the arms.

Jones Dairy Farm

An employee was transferring an alkaline cleaning chemical from a bulk container into 1-gallon containers. The employee lifted a gallon container by its label tag. The tag broke causing the container to fall approximately 14-18 inches. The container struck the ground and the contents splashed onto the employee causing chemical burns to their eyes.

Innovative Chemical Technologies

An employee was on a ladder disconnecting a 1-inch hose, known to have last carried acrylic acid that had been drained. When the hose was disconnected, residual acid dripped onto the employee's shoulder/arm area, causing a second-degree chemical burn.

Opta Turtle Creek

On October 1, 2025, at approximately 9:50 p.m., an employee was removing a sack of debris from a dust collector when four of his right-hand fingers were severed by a rotary valve. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery to amputate the four fingers at the knuckle.

Chemtrade Refinery Service Inc

An employee was unloading and depressurizing a railcar filled with sulfuric acid. The employee turned the valve to disconnect the hose when sulfuric acid released and sprayed upward via the standpipe. The employee was hospitalized burns.

3M Company

On May 8, 2025, an employee developed a cough while cleaning up chemical sewage from the floor. He was hospitalized, having suffered an allergic reaction to chemical product vapors.

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.

An employee was loading a magazine of tubes into a machine to fill. As they raised the door into position, the door dropped onto the employee's right hand and amputated their right index fingertip at the nailbed.

Greggo & Ferrara, Inc.

A flagger was directing traffic flow in a highway work zone. They were standing approximately 1.5 feet behind the shoulder's demarcating line, next to and slightly behind a traffic drum. As they were directing traffic into and out of the driveway of a parking lot, a car attempted to get around a truck and struck the traffic drum, which subsequently struck the employee, who was thrown 15 feet and landed on top of concrete aggregate. The employee suffered pelvic and rib fractures, T10 and L3 vertebra fractures, and internal bleeding.

GREGGO AND FERRARA, INC.

An employee was troubleshooting a power washer in the field. Because there might have been water in its fuel, he brought it back to the shop and drained about a gallon of fuel from the tank into a plastic container. Some of the fuel spilled onto the floor and ignited. The employee was stomping out the fire when he lost his balance and tripped into a stool, which caused the plastic container to spill more fuel onto the fire. The employee's pants and shirt caught on fire, and he fell, abrading his knee while trying to get through the flames. As well as the knee abrasion, he suffered burns to the left leg and left lower quadrant of the torso. He was hospitalized.

CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

An employee was backing up a tram (towing powered industrial equipment) to connect it to a trash bin. The employee's left forearm/wrist was caught and crushed between the tram and the bin. The employee was hospitalized.

HomeGoods ,LLC-Newark, DE

An employee went to lift a carton and tripped on a different carton that was on the floor. She fell on the floor in the backroom and sustained a fractured right hip, and abrasions to her arm and knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

NKS Distributors

An employee was conducting a delivery of beverage products and began having cramps due to dehydration. The employee was hospitalized.