CHART ENERGY & CHEMICALS, INC

Two employees were using a scissor lift to install skin plates. The skin plate being installed was dislodged from a lifting clamp, fell, and pinned the injured employee's left hand against the top rail of the scissor lift. The employee suffered fractures to the fingers, a knuckle, and the wrist.

An employee was hospitalized with cellulitis after repeatedly handling 30-pound furnace rollers.

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.

An employee was using a utility knife to cut honeycomb paper when the knife amputated their left index fingertip.

An employee was cleaning a resident's chimney. While using a drill, the employee's glove became caught in the drill and their finger was fractured.

An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.

A steel tube fell from a straddle truck onto an employee's foot, causing the steel toe of the employee's shoe to press into the employee's left foot. The employee sustained fractured phalanges and was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading materials from the back of a flatbed trailer. The employee fell off the back of the trailer approximately 4 feet to the ground below, resulting in a fractured left collarbone and fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was bending material in a mechanical brake press when the press rotated and caught his right hand. His finger was crushed between the die and a steel plate, resulting in amputation of the finger.

An employee was cleaning pans containing adhesive by pouring acetone into the pans. After soaking, the employee used a plastic spatula to scrape the paint from the pan. During scraping, a fire spontaneously started underneath the employee near the pan. The employee threw the container of acetone out of the way to avoid it catching on fire, and spilled acetone onto his clothing, causing the fire to spread. The employee suffered burns to both hands and the right calf.

The injured employee was assisting a co-worker to transfer a V-baffle (large piece of angle iron weighing 736 lbs.) into a vessel shell. The injured employee stepped off the end of the vessel and fell backward. The employee sustained a dislocated left shoulder, a fractured left wrist, a fractured lower right leg, and a laceration to the left eyebrow.

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.