West Portland Gin

An employee was on a ladder, adjusting the upper limit switch for an ash expeller. He slipped off the ladder and his left ring finger was caught between the expeller piping and the moving ram cylinder, resulting in a finger fracture and an amputated fingertip.

Multiple employees were using baling buckets to remove 750 gallons of 150-degree hydraulic oil out of a pit in a confined space for approximately 5.5 hours. The injured employee was standing on a ladder performing this task when they fell feet-first into the hydraulic oil pit, resulting in burns on both legs.

An employee was climbing down a ladder. The ladder was unsecured and the employee fell, severely cutting his right arm on metal siding. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

An electrician was on a 9-foot scaffold performing valve maintenance on an 8-inch line near a heat exchanger. The electrician was working to cycle a valve that failed to close. Due to a misaligned drain line and an open manual valve, hot liquid dextrose (~250 F) was released onto the floor below, creating a steam cloud. The electrician was evacuating the scaffold using the scaffold ladder when they slipped and fell 5-6 feet into the hot liquid, sustaining first- and second-degree burns to multiple parts of their body including both arms, both hands, their back, and their buttocks.

An employee was working to string cable at a temporary asphalt facility. He had been taking cable from the silos to the control room. He used a ladder to get to another silo and connect a cable. He slipped on the ladder and fell. A cable-supporting hook next to the ladder impaled and tore his right bicep. The employee required surgery.

An employee was painting a round module when a front-end loader ran over his right leg and crushed it.

Multiple employees were using baling buckets to remove 750 gallons of 150-degree hydraulic oil out of a pit in a confined space for approximately 5.5 hours. The injured employee was standing on a ladder performing this task when they fell feet-first into the hydraulic oil pit, resulting in burns on both legs.

An employee was removing cotton build-up from a roller gin when their hand was pulled into the rollers. The employee sustained soft tissue damage to their right hand and forearm.

An employee was using an electric module tarp roller to roll up used module tarps for storage. The employee's thumb became caught in the module tarp roller and his arm was pulled into the roller bar. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist.

An employee was operating a manlift while cleaning module vents. He was moving the manlift to the next vent when the manlift pinned him against a building truss. The employee sustained broken ribs and a lung injury.

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.