Safety Incidents

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 walking around a boiler recovery tank when they stepped into an uncovered U-drain filled with hot water. The employee sustained second-degree burns to their right leg and the top of their foot.

An employee was preparing to load a truck with hot wax. While working to isolate the trailer, the employee slipped off the beam and fell into the wax, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to his arms and legs.

On July 23, 2024, around 12:00 PM, an employee was on a ladder trying to remove a jam from the rolling blades on a machine. The employee fell off the ladder and their left foot was wedged in the rolling blades resulting in amputation of the middle toe. The blades were not locked out/tagged out at the time.