3M CORONA PLANT — Accidents

Total: 227 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/02/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing steel and sliver got stuck under right hand middle fingernail. Employee removed sliver and fingertip became infected three days later.
08/18/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was performing screen change on #8 Rotex in Coloring Building and using wrench to tighten jackscrew. The wrench slipped off the jackscrew causing strain in left shoulder.
08/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 68d restricted Employee strained neck/shoulder muscles while pulling chain to switch diverter plate in conveyor chute.
05/15/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After completing a clean up task with the guzzler truck, operator was disconnecting 6"" hoses from a coupling. The hose he was pulling, bounced back, hitting him in the mouth. Operator was taken to th...
05/13/2015 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None MSHA recordable hearing loss
10/07/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employees were attempting to open a bottom rail car door that was jammed. The injured employee was using a bar to open the door and the door unjammed suddenly as the employee was pushing down on the b...
02/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee alleges that he felt pain in the elbow as a result of working in Shipping, while helping out in that department the week before Christmas 2013 . When it did not go away and got worse he repor...
01/03/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Mechanic was attempting to track 32 waste elevator by removing a shim on the east tail pulley bearing. He had install a wedge to separate the bearing from the base frame. As he attempted to remove the...
09/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 53d restricted Employee was struck on the head by a counterweight the weighed approx. 14 pounds. The counterweight broke and dropped approx. 12 feet striking the employee. The employee was wearing his hard hat but...
08/18/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Hearing Threshold Shift
06/18/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hit in the mouth by a drop light while he was on the top lining railcars, resulting in a chipped tooth and lip abrasion. He said he was bending over to wash out the railcar the hook on t...
05/01/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was shoveling rock on 20 conveyor and began to experience pain in his right elbow which spread into the upper and lower arm.
10/30/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 61d lost, 1d restricted Employee was walking down to the basement and he missed the last step and he lost his balance. When he lost his balance he fell, fracturing his lower leg.
05/01/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was opening rail cars and when he went to open a rail car, he started to open the car and felt a pull in his back. Normally the cars are empty when the employees go to open the doors. The e...
01/20/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 362d lost Employee stated that while loading a bulk clay bag onto the bulk clay skid, he felt a strain in his shoulder. He placed the skid on top of the new bag, and was securing straps to skid. Employee felt h...
09/29/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee walking down steps and his knee gave out. Employee fell down stairs, employee stated pre-existing injury, did not go to doctor until December, received Physical Therapy in Jan. PT from Jan...
08/29/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Hearing Threshold Shift: retest complete and results were just sent back.
08/23/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee stated that he was experiencing pain in the right and left elbow due to the repetive work that he had been doing.
08/12/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Miner felt a pull in the groin area, reported to the site nurse who in turn sent him to the Occupational Health Clinic. The Clinic evaluated the Miner and diagnosed him with a left groin strain.
06/22/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employees were changing a screen on 20 rotex, old screen had been removed and new screen was going in. When employees lifted the screen to the rotex opening one employee said ""felt a pop like crackin...
09/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None FTE was cleaning scrubbers. He climbed the 3' ladder; hit his head on the overhead pipes. He said he was ok. FTE was asked if he wanted to go to clinic, he wanted to wait until Monday. On Sept.14...
08/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Miner was attempting to remove the lid/cap on the #7 mandrel. When he started to turn the cap his hand slipped off of where he was holding/pushing and he hit his hand on the left side of the pinky kn...
07/21/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d restricted Exact cause of injury unknown. Employee alleges that he felt pain in right knee as a result of getting in and out of vehicles (i.e., bobcat) and because of walking, including mixing and bulk clay.
06/24/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee stated walking back & forth on the Bintender floor over crossover felt something pull in left knee while descending down steps. EE said she would wait & speak with EH&S. 6/25/09, on 6/25 at n...
05/04/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 63d restricted As the Miner was preparing to load a truck he went outside of his office to instruct the driver and explain he would be loaded next. As he returned to his office he was rushing to start loading the tr...
02/19/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Miner was sharpening a hook knife away from his body, knife slipped off the sharpener and cut his finger through the glove.
08/21/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE MOVING RAIL CARS TO DERAIL AT 2130, MATERIAL HANDLER TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AS HE WENT TO SET THE RAILWHEEL CHOCK ON THE RAIL. MATERIAL HANDLER SAID THAT THE GROUND WAS SOFT AND GAVE WAY AS HE...
08/15/2008 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee reported numbness and tingling in right arm, and pain in right wrist.
07/20/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Miner was re-welding cracks on the rotex frames and at some point a piece of the metel got in his eye. He was not aware that this happened until he arrived at home and his eye started to bother him....
04/30/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While making a batch the Mixer Operator went to open the slide on the #14 Conveyor and cut his left hand on the conveyor cover. The operator was not wearing gloves. There was a shop work order writt...
04/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 178d lost, 24d restricted Mixer Operator was handling 50 Lbs of acti-min clay. He went grab another bag and felt something pull in his right shoulder. When he looked closer at the bag it appeared to be bigger than the other...
04/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Mixing on side 2, slurry splashed up and got into the eye of the mixer operator.
02/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working in bagging, operator cut the banding on a new pallet of minibags. He tried to rip the banding out from underneath the pallet. The banding splice hung up on the pallet, and caused injury...
11/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employees were installing new ducts for transfers points, one of the ducts got jammed ee kicked the duct to free it up, thus hitting him in the upper body. this was no damaged done to equipment.
11/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing a light bulb the light bulb broke, causing a laceration on the index finger of the left hand. The employee saw the nurse, she sent him to the Urgent Care and he received 3 stitches.
09/10/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee started at 12 noon on the day of the accident. He was moving a piece of a frame to the rotex. He lifted it and that is when he felt the pain in his wrist. He waited to report it until 9/12 at...
07/03/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling a plate for a pump stand in the maintenance fab area and some how he got his right hand with a glove on it tangled in the rotating drill bit. Which twisted his hand and gave him...
06/08/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had just sent a sample and was coming across 11 conveyor on the crossover steps. On the last step coming down his foot slipped off the step and with his left arm he caught himself from fallin...
05/18/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee went to the nurse on June 6, 2007 and stated two weeks prior his right knee started to hurt, due to driving the 936 and 988 loaders. He states that the rough drive and having to push hard on...
03/23/2007 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 307d lost Miner bumped his head on a cross beam while closing a slide on baghouse cone. Strained neck. Miner was wearing all proper PPE.
02/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 89d restricted Felt pain in elbow while mixing. Felt better during rotation for 2 wks., began hurt again when rotated back to the mixing position.
02/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Granule leaking from chute. Employee was closing the leak when granule fell behind his safety glasses and got into his eye. Wearing all PPE: Safety glasses with side shields, hard hat, Respirator.
12/07/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Process engineer tripped and fell on walkway edge. The edge is located between the warehouse and the west side walkway of #1 kiln. Engineer recieved a scraped knee. Engineer cleaned his knee and state...
08/18/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was apparently shoveling rock, had onset of back pain; no accident.
08/17/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee working at the kiln, hot rock fell into the top of the lip of his steel toes boots and burned his upper foot/ankle area.
06/17/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None One employee using cutting torch, second employee holding/bracing bucket, bucket fell, bucket bumped torch, torch moved and flame burned second employee's inner aspect of left arm.
05/31/2006 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Supervisor stated the electrician was touching a partially insulated screwdriver to a screw, and it looked like the screw driver touched the panel which created a metal to metal contact. There was an...
05/22/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal Employee (EE) climbed over platform guardrail onto raised forklift carrying screens, EE and screens fell from forklift 15 to 17 ft; EE landed on his feet, knees buckled, he collapsed to the ground & a...
05/14/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 9d restricted EE walking on a flight of 4 steps, when he was on the second rung from the bottom he slipped and fell backwards; his right calf was visibly swollen, he complained of pain in the right calf after the f...
03/30/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Msha report filed 4-13-06 x2 problem w/ on-line filing, call MSHA Denver 4-13-06. Report not in system; call msha: 11-17-06. Employee reported burn to supervisor on 4-11-06:""a hot piece of material...