Evoqua Water Technologies

An employee was cleaning out a storage unit. As he lifted a 55-pound steel rack to throw into the dumpster, the rack slipped and his finger was caught between the dumpster and the metal frame of the rack. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

An employee was loosening Allen bolts on a generator system when a seal failed on a line connected to the generator, exposing the employee to leaking chlorine dioxide.

An employee was unloading a hopper when the hopper door closed on his left thumb, amputating the tip.

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 preventative maintenance on a deflation fan, belt, and pulley. While working on the fan, the rotor in the fan unexpectedly began to spin due to the activation of a damper within the baghouse. The spinning of the fan caused a belt pulley to begin spinning, which made contact with the employee's hand, resulting in an amputation to the right middle fingertip.

An employee was backing up a skid steer from a fuel tank after refueling and struck a parked excavator, resulting in an avulsion injury to their upper right leg.

An employee cleaned out an ash pit. He then opened a door to another part of the machine and began putting a metal rod in the machine. The rod became jammed and struck the right side of the employee's head and face. He fell to the ground and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the jaw and orbital bone, and multiple lacerations.

An employee was inspecting and moving a wooden pallet when an exposed nail lacerated his right forearm.

At about 5:30 p.m. on March 16, 2022, an employee was trying to light the fire in a boiler. He threw diesel into the boiler's fire box through a small door on the front of the boiler, but the air pressure in the boiler caused the diesel to come back and set his shirt on fire. He suffered first- and second-degree burns.

An employee was closing a door when the door closed on their right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.

An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.

An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.