Engie Georgetown University

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

An employee was opening a pig trap receiver during pigging operations when they were struck by metal grating. The employee sustained a right leg fracture.

An employee was preparing a boiler for curtailment (switching boiler from natural gas to a liquid fuel source). The employee had just removed the plug at the end of the boiler in preparation for the atomizing fuel oil gun to be inserted. When the plug was removed a flame event occurred engulfing the employee's face, neck, chest, and arms. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the face, arms, and hands.

An employee was attempting to rig an 18' in diameter HDPE pipe. The employee was placing a nylon sling around the pipe when the pipe shifted unexpectedly. The employee's left pinky and ring fingers were pinched, resulting in an amputation of the ring finger to the second knuckle.

Upon completion of his delivery at a customer's location, a driver returned to the truck, placed his feet on the driver's side step, reached into the cab and turned off the power take off. The truck began to roll. The driver tried to enter the cab to apply the brakes, but just before being able to stop the truck, the right front wheel exited the pavement causing the truck to roll onto its right side. The driver went over the truck landing onto the driveway below. The vehicle continued to roll over, crushing the left side on a rock. The truck came to rest with the damaged step straddling the driver's right leg, fracturing his right ankle.

An employee collected a sample cylinder of gas and was placing the cylinder into a weather guard job box that is used to organize the sample cylinders. The job box drawer closed on his left hand, amputating his left ring finger at the first joint, right below the nail.

An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.

An employee was assembling a baker type scaffold. He was beginning to transverse down the scaffold, approximately six feet off the ground, when the scaffold tipped over and he fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured femur.

An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.

An employee was working on an exhaust fan on the roof when he tripped on a wire and fell to the ground. The employee sustained scrapes on his elbow, and a fractured right knee with a torn ACL. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was climbing a scaffold when he slipped and fell 10 to 15 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle.