3 M Little Rock Industrial Mineral Prod — Accidents

Total: 203 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/29/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Maintenance employee was walking in the Breezeway and slipped and fell on some ice, landing on their shoulder. The area was previously clearing of bulk ice accumulation and de icer pellets applied bef...
12/28/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None On December 28, 2025, Miner was working on the demolition and removal of an existing dryer. Miner attempted to cut an additional rigging point while load was suspended. Miner accidentally cut the sup...
07/29/2025 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None During annual hearing testing the employee experienced a standard threshold shift in the right ear.
06/27/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee strained shoulder while doing rotex screen change
05/26/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was performing general HK activities dumping wheel barrels in the cooler basement and bumped EE's right shoulder on a conveyor scraper. EE was in contact with the onsite nurse for conservative care...
04/15/2025 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE was operating an electric power pack to remove the roll spring bolts from the roll crusher. EE was using a bolt and a ram to press the bigger bolt free. Once the EE relieved the pressure off the ra...
04/13/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was bumping the bottom of tank C1 on the 2nd floor of shipping department and the flop- gate assembly broke, fell off and landed on top of EEs hardhat. EE's hard hat was displaced, and part...
01/31/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted Employee was helping a co-worker lift and place a rotex screen onto a rotex rolling cart. Employee had their right hand between bottom of screen and framework of cart during the lift movement. The emp...
09/20/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 189d lost EE was coming down from the 4th floor. Upon descending the steps from the 2nd to 1st floor, EE slipped and injured right knee. Ambulance was called and EE was transported to the hospital.
08/29/2024 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Our onsite nurse Identified a potential STS in employee's right ear. The employee will be scheduled for a follow up for verification.
08/05/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted EE stated due to lifting heavy rotex screens they believe they overexerted themselves and overtime caused a shoulder injury.
07/01/2024 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None It was determine on 07/01/2024 that one of our maintenance employees experienced a right ear STS during our annual hearing conservation testing. The EE didnt miss any work related to the STS.
05/21/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted As the employee was stepping down from the side of a Rotex screener EE's right foot slipped and EE's foot made contact with a raised portion of the Rotex support leg at floor level which twisted EE's...
05/07/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 20d restricted While shoveling material from around #5 elevator, Employee felt a sharp pain in the lower abdomen area that radiated to EE's groin. Employee then proceeded to see OHN where EE was assessed. OHN then...
03/29/2024 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A contractor working under USES entered the elevator to proceed to 4th floor. The elevator began going up and suddenly stopped about 3ft off the ground of 1st floor. A plant personnel managed to open...
03/28/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE stated they reinjured their back when they slipped going down to the sub-basement to perform housekeeping activities.
03/26/2024 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Sandvik 660 on line #3 drive belts caught on fire. At 10:44 PM smoke was observed coming from the floor plates by line #3 cone crusher. We beleive the drive belts were slipping and caused increased fr...
03/19/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was closing freight elevator door, their hand slipped off and was caught in between the 2 doors. Pinching fingers on right hand.
03/16/2024 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 3/21/24 a maintenance employee reported to the supervisor they hurt their knee on 3/16/24. Injured employee was working to free a stuck forklift. The injured employee was operating a Kubota to free...
02/21/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost While standing from a seated position an employee's left foot made contact with one of the chairs 5 legs that the employee was seated in. As the employee continued to stand the employee's left ankle r...
11/18/2023 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee injured right wrist while pushing a wheelbarrow.
10/25/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 68d restricted New employee was carrying lime bags up the stairwell to the blowdown tank. After completing the task the employee stated they felt muscle tightness and soreness.
10/02/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 87d restricted Two employees were positioning finished mineral separator screens on a mobile lift table to freight elevator. The current process requires an employee on each side of the screen, working in unison to...
09/17/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost A maintenance mechanic was removing an access panel from the side of a 992G Caterpillar Front End Loader (FEL) to repair a panel securing bolt. After removing the panel bolts, the mechanic then pulle...
08/05/2023 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 2d restricted An employee was walking to their car at the Quarry after clocking out. As the employee was checking the garage doors on their way out, they slipped on a rock and twisted their ankle.
07/24/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None During clean up activities on Line 2 mixing unit, an EE had slurry splash from the top mixing pot on EE's face/eye while utilizing a water hose to discharge water into the mixing pot.
07/18/2023 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE was walking up the stairs to the employee parking lot to their car to leave work and felt a pop in their left knee.
07/07/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Maintenance Mechanic was disassembling the tapered bearing assembly from the Roll Crusher. EE was removing the last half of the split threaded collar off of the center assembly when the inner bearing...
07/03/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 9d restricted The EE stated their knee was sore to the supervisor but never mentioned it as work related or gave a reason for the soreness. After further investigation the employee stated climbing up and down the s...
05/16/2023 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE was using a hoist to lift the copper bags at #2 mixer. The injured EE tried to reposition the chain using the lifting straps when the hoist stop lifting. When the chain cleared the hoist housing an...
04/11/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee smashed a finger using a hammer to remove a bag house bag from the metal cage.
04/03/2023 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee said was getting the wheel barrel out from line 1 cooler to go dump it and felt their left-hand slip.
02/28/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE was training on coloring line #1 as a mixer operator.The EE was maneuvering 50lb chemical bags in position for chemical weigh up per the formulation.The EE was picking up the bags from a chemical p...
11/30/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Contingent EE caught hand between bottom/top lid and southeast corner of #2 rotex frame during re-assembly of screen change. EE continued to work and noticed pain and swelling during lunch, an hour la...
07/13/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted EE was working on mixer #1. EE alleges EE bent over to pick up a clay bag(50lbs) from a pallet on the floor and immediately felt pain in the lower back. EE thought it would get better, but the pain on...
06/20/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE was attempting to unchoke a Rotex. The EE locked and tagged out the unit but did not let the unit come to a complete stop. EE failed to perform the last step (Try Out) before reaching in and attemp...
06/20/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal Time of accident: 10:00-11:30 Employee was drilling approximately 5' from the highwall. Drill steel was out of the carousel (cause under investigation). They exited the drill to correct the situation...
06/02/2022 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While unchoking a feed chute to #4 conveyor, an employee opened an inspection door/hatch above the conv. before closing the manual feed slide. This allowed the heated rock to flow from the opened hatc...
05/13/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was using a single bladed knife to cut through and remove a fiber material support strap from a pallet with a secured bucket elevator head pulley. The force applied to cut the strap and d...
04/11/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was walking to collect a product sample when EE tripped over a tank lid in the floor causing the EE to roll the left ankle and fall.
12/02/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing screens from rotex and the rotex screen wire cut EE's hand.
11/27/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 34d restricted A maintenance employee overextended right knee exiting the cooler. The incident was reported to the team lead but the team lead retired without communicating the incident to the supervisor. During the...
09/09/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was attempting to unclog 3 bin chute on the 2nd floor with a sledgehammer. Shortly after, the employee felt a pain EE's right wrist whenever EE flexed or put pressure on it. Employee also not...
08/24/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 127d restricted Employee called the nurse and complained about soreness and pain in thumb, index, and middle finger from the pulling rock samples using the sieve.
07/14/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted An employee was traveling north in RM warehouse/Automix area. The employee stepped in the forklift wheel tracks that were made through a film of slurried clay that was on the floor. When doing so, t...
06/09/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 46d lost, 33d restricted On 6/9/21 an EE alleged while walking across the catwalk and stepping down on the first step the employee twisted right knee. The EE didn't go the doctor but, spoke with on the site nurse. The EE cont...
04/27/2021 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 222d lost, 156d restricted Employee was walking up the stairs as EE normally does using the handrail and felt and heard a pop in the right knee. Employee stated did not fall or twist during the occurrence. Employee communicated...
03/04/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted EE was repairing spacer and pinched right middle fingertip between edge of spacer and partition during reassembly. The weight of the screens increased the employee fatigue while assisting with the tas...
08/17/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted After the employee moved the tripper on 20 conveyor from tank A11 to tank A2, the tripper started rolling back to the east because the #20 conv belt hit the handrail and catwalk crosswalk that was sti...
12/12/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Hearing shift in right ear greater than 25db.