Delaware City, DE

Employers with the most severe injuries in Delaware City

Example incidents

• BrandSafway Industries, LLC DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE · 2025-03-05 · Other fall to lower level unspecified

  An employee was aqua blasting (water and abrasive media) lead paint from the surface of a spherical tank within a lead containment area. The employee finished blasting, then proceeded to walk down from the third deck of the scaffolding and fell. The employee sustained fractures to their left and right pubic bones and their left tibia.

• KUEHNE CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE · 2025-01-20 · Other fall to lower level unspecified

  An employee was standing on a ladder and pulling electrical wire into conduit when they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured wrist and a lacerated liver.

• Liveo Research, Inc. DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE · 2023-12-30 · Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

  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.

• MPW Industrial Water Services, LLC DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE · 2023-01-24 · Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified

  An employee was remotely monitoring equipment when he noticed and reported an equipment issue that indicated a motor was not performing within parameters. He and another employee went to check the equipment in the field when an arc flash occurred. Both employees sustained burns to both hands and to the head. One employee was hospitalized.

• Custom Fiberglass Installations, LLC. DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE · 2022-01-28 · Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet

  An employee and three co-workers were working to cover a second-story deck with a fiberglass waterproofing membrane. A two-by-four wooden plank was placed between the second-story deck under construction across to an adjacent second-story deck to walk back and forth between the decks via the plank. The employee attempted to walk the plank when the plank snapped and he fell approximately 10 feet to the ground, striking his chest on lower deck framing before hitting the ground. The employee suffered a chest injury and broken ribs.

• Delaware City Refining Company, LLC DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE · 2020-07-03 · Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle

  An employee stepped out of a pickup truck, which began to move. The employee fell and the truck ran over the employee's right leg, causing tibia and fibula fractures that required surgery.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.