3M CORONA PLANT — Accidents

Total: 227 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/29/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted EE WAS REMOVING FLEXCO CLIPS FROM AN ELEVATOR BELT. HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS FINGER.
01/12/2001 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE NOTICED A GRADUAL ONSET OF PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE AS AN EXACERBATION OF A PREVIOUS INJURY. HE COULD NOT DEFINE THE EXACT TIME OR EQUIPMENT INVOLVED, BUT ONLY FELT PAIN WHILE CL...
01/08/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE INFORMED HIS SUPERVISOR THAT HIS FOOT HAS BEEN BOTHERING HIM SINCE SOMETINE IN 1998. HE COPEDWITH THE PAIN FOR SOME TIME, BUT NOW IT SEEMS WORSE SO HE IS REPORTING IT FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION
01/03/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CLEANING KILN BREECH, WHEN A SPLASH OF GRANULES HIT HIM ON THE FOREHEAD AND RAN ROUGH UNDER THE TOP OF HIS SAFETY GUARDS HE FLUSHED EYES IMMEDIATLEY, BUT STILL FELT SOMETHING UNDER THE LEFT EYE...
12/13/2000 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted EE STATES THAT HE WAS WELDING A DOOR WHICH WAS ON A STAND. THE DOOR SLID ON THE STAND AND HE COULD NOT MOVE HIS HAND OUT OF THE WAY. PINCHED R. INDEX FINGER SUSTAINING A FRACTURE TO THE DISTAL END OF...
12/10/2000 RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d lost EE STATED THAT THEY WERE BURNING NORBACK LINNER AND DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT RESPIRATOR ON AS HE WAS NOT IN THE PIT BUT UP ABOVE IT. HE INHALED THE FUMES.
12/09/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 9d restricted EE STATES THAT HE WAS GOING DOWN THE STAIRS AND STEPPED ON A REOCK, SLID OFF STEP AND WENT DOWN TO THE NEXT STEP, JAMMING RIGHT LEG UPWARD.
11/01/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted EE STATES THAT HE STARTED NOTICING LOW BACK PAIN AND AS THE DAYS WENT ON IT GOT WORSE. CAN NOT IDENTIFY ANY ONE ACTIVITY THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED IT.
10/18/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost PUSHED PRODUCTION HOSE TO GET IT OVER THE LIP OF THE FIXED CHUTE
09/10/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted WHILE LIFTING UP A CORNER OF STEEL PLATE TO CENTER IT ON FORKLIFT PERFORMED A TWIST AT THE HIP MOVEMENT & FELT ONSET OF PAIN IN BACK
09/01/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost EMPLOYEE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRCASE AT 25 LOADING STATION, HE FELT HIS KNEE JAR OR POP OUT. EMPLOYEE DECLINED TO BE SEEN/ EVALUATED AT THE MEDICAL CLINIC. EMPLOYEE STA TED HE...
08/15/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EMPLOYEE STATES THAT SHE WAS WORKING AT THE MIXING STATION AND FELT HER BACK TIGHTEN UP; SHE STATES IS EXPERIENCING MUSCLE SPASMS. SHE IS A PRE-HEATER OPERATOR WHO MUST ASSIST THE MIXER OPERA TORS PER...
08/01/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 86d restricted EE STATES HE WAS REMOVING A NUT FROM THE SHORTDEAD STEEL WITH THE USE OF A SLEDGE HAMMER. STATESTHE IMPACT OF THE FORCE CAUSED PAIN IN ELBOW AREA. EE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO SUPERVIS OR UNTIL 8...
07/07/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS SHAKING OUT A MINI BAG TO CLEAN IT OUT. FOREIGN SUBSTANCE WAS REMOVED FROM THE BAG AND ENTERED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE.
06/27/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost EE WAS MOVING MINI BAGS USING FORKLIFT. MINI BAG WAS SHAKEN AND SILICA SAND WAS RELEASED. SAND ENTERED EE'S EYES. THIS CAUSED IRRITATION TO EYES.
06/27/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON PILE OF GRANUAL WHILE CHECKING FOR LEAKS AT ""B"" BIN. AS THE EMPLOYEE TURNED, HE FELT A POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE.
06/23/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP THE #11 CONVEYOR TRIPPER. WHILE CLEANING OVERHEAD, DUST OF GRANUAL GOT IN EYE. THIS CAUSED BLURRED VISION, IRRITATION AND EXCESSIVE BLINKING.
05/04/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost EE WAS SHOVELING 106 CONVEYOR BY CLEANING MATERIAL OFF BELT. EE WAS BENDING AND REACHING WHILE SHOVELING. EE STATES THIS CAUSED PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
04/20/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 12d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS BANGING OUT A PRODUCT SILO USING A ROPE WITH A WEIGHTED END; THE ROPE CAUGHT ON AN EXPOSED SCREW ON THE INSIDE OF THE PRODUCT SILO, CAUSING A JOLT TO EMPLOYEE, WHO STATES HE FELT ""A PULL...
04/13/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS TO THE MIXING FLOOR. AS HE TURNED THE CORNER AT ONE OF THE STAIR LANDINGS, HE FELT HIS RIGHT KNEE ""POP"". EE HAS A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION TO HIS RIGHT KNEE. ACCID ENT I...
03/08/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STRAIGHTENING PALLETS IN THE WAREHOUSE STORAGE AREA, WHEN ONE OF THE PALLETS SLIPPED OUT OF THE EMPLOYEE'S GRASP AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT HAND (CAUGHT BETWEEN T WO PALL...
03/03/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WEIGHING CHEMICALS. WHILE MOVING CHEMICALS BAGS WITH HIS KNEE, EE STRUCK HIS KNEE AGAINST THE PRODUCT SCALE STAND.
02/28/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 4d restricted EE STATES, ""WALKING, DOING DAIL INVENTORY, SLIPPED IN MUD, DID SPLITS. GRABBED PALLET AS NOT TO FALL, TWISTED. FINISHER INVENTORY AS I WAS ENTERING DATA, MY BACK STIFFENED UP."" EE STATES THAT HE HAS...
02/18/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE WAS PULLING CABLE W/HOIST WHILE WORKING AT THE SHORTHEAD CRUSHER. WHILE PULLING THE CABLE, EE STATES HE FELT A ""TWING"" IN HIS BACK.
02/04/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE MAIN FLOOR IN C&S AND STEPPED INTO A HOLE THAT IS USED TO SET THE MANTLE SHAFT IN. EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT CALF THAT REQUIRED SUTURES.
01/25/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CUTTING A HOLE IN A CONVEYOR BELT TO ATTACH A WIRE, WHEN THE BLAD BROKE IN THE CONVEYOR BELT, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE EE'S RIGHT THUMB. EE WAS WEARING WORK GL OVES AN...
01/21/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted STEPPING AWAY FROM SLURRY LINE, SLIPPED & FELL