3M CORONA PLANT — Accidents

Total: 227 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/03/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None There was no accident, employee stated he felt eye irritation, blinked and it went away, eye irritation came back driving home and then it returned again driving back to work. EE had a corneal foreign...
01/17/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted at 12:30 a.m., was releasing hand break, stepped back/ down onto uneven ground -twisted left ankle; kept working until 4:30 a.m., went up ramp, flipped gait and turned to close the slide, ankle gave o...
12/30/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 50d restricted moving a 55 gallon capacity drum of oil onto oiler's truck, drum raised to bed-level, and then oiler was trying to position the drum in it's proper location to secure it; while positioning drum, rolli...
12/20/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None I received an email from the Occupational Medicine MD in St. Paul that this employee had an STS that was found during the annual hearing surveillance program.
11/18/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Attempting to close rail car lids that were stuck together, pulled up w/ right hand/arm and felt a pinch in lower right side of back; lumbar spine sprain /strain.
08/26/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE changing the drive pulley for #7 crusher feed belt using pulley, the shaft/mounting block became missaligned and he attempted to realign (co-workers helping). The pulley adjusted from the opposite...
07/24/2005 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE swatted a hornet that was near his right arm, when EE struck the hornet, the hornet stung the employee on the right forearm. EE right arm swelled, became firm, red, and he complained of numbness an...
07/05/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was performing a screen change on 32 rotex; screen on the stack of screens came off balance and employee was trying to hold the weight of the screen, then complained of shoulder pain w/in 15...
06/18/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 252d lost EE was using a metal bar to force the bottom door of the rail car closed. While pushing the bar he felt his left shoulder pain and some arm numbness and pain in the left scapula. he was taken to urgen...
05/08/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 148d restricted EE walking toward 4 steps to descend, looked up, missed first step, slid down the steps striking left ankle on base of fire hood #2 and striking left shoulder on concrete floor.
04/27/2005 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted EE knelt down to clean out conveyor, he knelt on the lid and felt left knee pain, contusion, local swelling, limited walking and standing, can do sitting work Thurs, Friday, off Saturday and Sunday, s...
04/02/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CONDUCTING PRE-SHIFT INSPECTION OF #6 CONVEYOR TUNNEL AREA. EE WALKED ON A SMALL PILE & PLACED HIS RT. ARM ON THE WALL TO BALANCE HIMSELF WHILE WALKING ON THE PILE. HE HAD A SUBJECTIVE CO...
03/25/2005 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 212d restricted WALKING, TURNED TO LEFT AND FELT BACK PAIN. REPORTED 4/12/05
03/10/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE pulled self up on Rotex macine to unstick the lid that was supported by the straps, lid stuck near jack screws - lid shifted and pinched right middle finger causing contusion and abrasion. Wound cl...
01/21/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted PUSHING UPON FEED CHUTE TO DISLODGE NEXT LOAD FOR #9 ELEVATOR TO #11 CONVEYOR, SHOOK CHUTE WITH ARM RAISED ABOVE HEAD, LATER FELT RIGHT ELBOW PAIN
11/10/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 148d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF GYRO PIT, DIRECTING DUMP BERM REMOVAL. TOP LIP HAD BEEN BROKEN FREE AND AS FRONT END LOADER TILTED BUCKET UP TO MOVE IT OUT, IT SLID UP AND CLOCKWISE TOWARD THE EMPLO...
11/08/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted BIN TENDER HAD MOVED CHUTE FROM TRIPPER ACROSS WALKWAY TO FILL BIN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AT BIN 4. DURING THIS PROCESS HE NEEDED TO STEP OVER THE TANK TO GET TO THE OTHER TRIPPER. HE SLIPPED ON GRANULE...
10/26/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 60d restricted EE was on top driller filling tank with foam solution. Some of the solution spilled over making surface slippery. When he stepped off to transfer to own truck, he slipped and fell forward on to outst...
10/12/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 5d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS PART OF A FOUR MAN TEAM CHANGING A SCREEN ON #8 ROTEX LOCATED IN COLORING DEPT. HE WAS AT THE TOP WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE USING A HOOK TO PULL UP THE SCREEN AS TWO OTHERS PUSHED FROM THE BO...
09/22/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Approaching slurry mixer, pot was in operation and caused a splash. States was wearing glasses, got in eye anyway. Rinsed and transported to Corona Regional Medical Center. Dx of corneal abrasion, Abx...
09/01/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INVOLVED IN A 2 MAN PROCESS OF CHANGING OIL DRUM. NO LIFTING REQUIRED, HOWEVER, AFTER THE PROCESS WAS OVER HE FELT TIGHTNESS IN LOWER BACK. STATES IT WENT AWAY WITH MOTRIN AND DID NOT FEEL THAT IT WAS...
08/09/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost REACHING FOR BUCKET THAT WAS PLACED ON SHELF ABOVE MIXER STATION. BUCKET BRUSHED LID AS HE WAS REMOVING IT & LID SLAMMED DOWN ON FINGER. SAFETY LATCH HAD NOT BEEN UTILIZED.
08/03/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost ROCKS BECAME JAMMED IN #31 ROTEX. EE USING A PRY BAR & WAS HITTING A ROCK IN ORDER TO FREE IT. AT ONE POINT HE MISSED THE ROCK & STRUCK HIS RT.RING FINGER. THIS PRODUCED AN ABRASION, BRUISING OF NAILB...
07/24/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 54d lost, 18d restricted SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING ON MAINT.TRUCK, DANGLED BY RT. ARM. NO IMMEDIATE CAUSE FOR CONCERN, PROGRESSED OVER SEVERAL DAYS TO SORENESS & STIFFNESS. REPORTED INCIDENT ON 7/26/04 & RESPONDED WELL TO COMFOR...
07/22/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 10d lost C/O TRIGGER FINGER LIKE SYPTOMS IN RT. RING FINGER. INSIDIOUS ONSET OVER THE PAST 8 MONTHS. SENT ON 7/25 FOR EVALUATION. DX TRIGGER FINGER, SURGERY TO BE SCHEDULED IN AUGUST.
07/10/2004 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOTIFICATION OF ABNORMAL CHEST X-RAY. PARENCHYMAL DISEASE CONSISTENT WITH PNEUMOCONIOSIS. POSSIBLE PULMONARY FIBROSIS, CLINICAL CORRELATION IS NEEDED TO RULE OUT OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE.
06/03/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING THE MIXER. HE REACHED FOR THE BRUSH THAT WAS ABOVE THE OPEN LID AND BUMPED THE LID AS HE WITHDREW THE BRUSH. THE LID CAME DOWN ON RIGHT THUMB, SMASHING IT INTO THE...
05/18/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Job function requires lifting 50lb bags of color and dumping into mixer. Pre-existing condition (5yr Hx of untreated broken hand) became aggravated by repetitive grasping. Insidious onset. No swelling...
04/28/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost During a 2 man procedure of changing screens on 36 Hummer, the proximal west side screen became jammed. EE positioned self on the edge of the opening to forcefully move screen. Lost balance and slippe...
04/12/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUTTING ROTEX BACK TOGETHER, WHILE LIFTING THE #4 MESH SCREEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. HE INFORMED THE SUPERVISOR THAT HE FELT IT WAS A BASIC SORE MUSCLE AND HE DID...
03/26/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost Was going to upper floor in C&S. Looked away as he was pulling the door shut and caught hand in the door. Sustained Fx to Rt third finger between metacarpophalangeal joint and interphalangeal joint.
03/26/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 24d lost Insidious onset of rt medial and lateral epicondylistis. Related to power grip and twist power grip and lift.
03/04/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 119d lost, 1d restricted EE was sweeping floor around rotex machine, while it was in operation. stepped to close the machine and banged his right hand at the posterior aspect of the index finger, btw metacarpophalangeal joint...
02/09/2004 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE WAS ON THE ROOF OF C&S PREPARING TO CLEAN UP. WIND BLEW GRANUAL PAST HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO RT EYE. SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION.
12/30/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted WHILE CHECKING WIRING ON ALTERNATOR, EE'S RIGHT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH COOLING FAN. FAN WAS OPERATING IN ORDER TO ENERGIZE ALTERNATOR. EE SUSTAINED COMPLEX LACERATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER . CLOSE...
12/12/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A 1"" LACERATION TO THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF LEFT HAND WHEN IN THE ACT OF REACHING FOR SOMETHING HE CAUGHT THE BACK OF HIS HAND ON A METAL BARB THAT WAS ON SHEET METAL THAT HE WAS RE...
11/13/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Individual was working on a 10 foot tall, single section scaffold while positioning, cutting and welding metal wear plates in crusher discharge surge bin. Individual stepped off scaffold and fell 10...
11/10/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted WHILE ADDING A 25 LB BAG OF CHEMICAL TO SLURRY POT. FELT A SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT BICEPT. DX OF SMALL TEAR IN BICEP.
08/30/2003 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING THE PROCESS OF CHECKING THE WIRING ON TRIPPER #9, THE PROBE WAS PULLED IN BY CONVEYOR STRIKING THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF THE LEFT HAND. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED CLOSURE WITH 14...
08/17/2003 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS TRAVELING WEST ON THE CATWALK FROM THE MCC ROOMS TO C&S 3RD FLOOR. PRIOR TO ENTERING, A GUST OF WIND CAME UP & BLEW DUST FROM ROOF & IT MADE ITS WAY AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. HE FELT T HE DUST...
08/05/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING RAILCARS, LOCATED WEST OF 25 LOAD STATION, WHEN STEPPED WRONG ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TWISTED ANKLE.
08/04/2003 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost ALONG WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, HE WAS CLEANING OUT IMPACTED DIRT BUILDUP FROM THE INSIDE OF THE HOPPER. AS HE WAS CHIPPING AWAY WITH A PNEUMATIC CHIPPER TO CLEAR BUILDUP INSIDE THE HOPPER, A LARGE PIECE...
08/01/2003 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS INSPECTING CONVEYORS, WHEN DUST AND FINE GRANULE SPILLED FROM CONVEYOR ABOVE, BYPASSING SAFETY GLASSES AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH EYES. STATES RUBBED EYES PRIOR TO FLUSH AND RT EYE BECAME IRRITAT...
07/29/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost EE WAS WALKING THRU TUNNEL WHEN ALERTED TO SHUT DOWN CONVEYOR. MADE A QUICK PIVOT MOTION TO RT. LEG, FOOT WAS IN A PILE OF GRANUAL. HE STATES THAT HE FELT A POP AND BURNING SENSATION BUT DID NOT PRECE...
06/28/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 4d restricted EE STATES THAT ON 6/28 HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A FEED BOOT THAT HAD BECOME CAUGHT IN #33 ROTEX. STATES HE PEFORMED A FORCEFUL JERK MOTION AND FELT SOME PAIN IN HIS BACK AREA INDICATED PROXIM AL LEFT...
05/21/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost WAS CARRYING 5 GAL. BOTTLE OF WATER ON ROADWAY WHEN HE STEPPED ON A SMALL BURM AND TRIPPED SUSTAINING A CONTUSION TO HIS RT. KNEE. RESTRICTIONS COULD NOT BE ACCOMMODATED.
03/31/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 15d restricted DURING THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE TAILPULLY IN 30 ELEVTOR, THE TAILPULLY SNAPPED QUICKLY INTO PLACE, ONCE PAST THE CASING, PINNING HIS LEFT HAND. SEVERE CONTUSION WAS SUTAINED AT THE METACAR POPHANL...
03/10/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted WAS WALKING FAST, AWAY FROM MIXER STATION, AND STEPPED IN A HOLE IN THE CEMENT. EXPERIENCED TENDERNESS IN 2-4 DIGITS ALONG DORSUM OF LEFT FOOT. TREATED WITH RX MED AND MODIFIED DUTY. REQUIRED STUTURES...
03/10/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost WAS CLEANING OUT NORTH BASEMENT. DURING THE PROCESS OF SHOVELING GRANUAL FROM BENEATH ELEVATOR 9, SUSTAINED LOW BACK STRAIN. INITIAL EFFORTS OF COMFORT MEASURES PROVIDED MARKED RELEIF, HOWEVER , ON 3/...
01/14/2003 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost WHILE IN HTE PROCESS OF DUMPING HOPPERS, WIND CAME UP AND BLEW GRANULE. EE WAS IN A POSITION WHERE GRANULE WAS ABLE TO PASS AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. HEE SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION. CONSERV ATIVE T...