3M - Downtown Plant — Accidents

Total: 97 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/03/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking and tripped on metal guard from concrete. Employee fell and hit mouth on railing, caused a cut on lip and broken tooth.
03/14/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 326d lost employee was opening the covers of a DTS rail car to begin the cleaning process. He had finished opening the third cover and as he was stepping away from the cover , he slipped and fell on top of car...
03/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Assistant carloader reported to me on 3/13 he had sore back/hurt back. On first report of injury emp. listed incident date as 3/10 and reported injury on 3/12. Employee felt it was from opening and...
02/27/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was carrying two 1 gallon buckets down stairs and slipped and fell on last step which had some oil on it. Employee fell and landed on his low back.
02/05/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 15d restricted During normal daily maintenance activities, employee felt pain with lifting left arm in upright position; fully extended. Employee uses impact guns, wrenches when using hands squeezing and gripping de...
01/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted While employee was loading 100# propane cylinder tank slipped and tipped over on loader bucket. Employee smashed right ring finger between tank and loader bucket. Employee went to walk in. Had broke...
12/02/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 131d lost Employee was plowing snow in a front end loader when the blade of loader came in contact with a rail road rail. The loader stoped suddenly and jarred employees low back.
09/09/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying two baghouse cages one in each hand while standing in elevator. Elevator came to top floor and did not level completely. Employee tripped on floor and fell on left knee. Strai...
08/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Slurry of pigments splashed in right eye. Using air supply to flush solidified mix at bottom of mixing pot. Operator was wearing PPE. Went to hospital doctor flushed eye and administered a perscripti...
06/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was attempting to prevent a bag from falling to the floor at which time he felt a strain in his back.
09/21/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee felt something in eye while grinding. All proper PPE was used. Employee is not sure when dust or debris got in eye but the pain started while he was grinding. Debris in Eye. Employee flus...
08/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 200d lost Climbing access ladder to conveyor. Employee did not seek medical treatment until 8/29/06, restrictions were issued that day.
04/28/2006 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was sitting in the booth, when he went to stand up his left knee locked up. There was some pain when he put wieght on it. He went to the walk-in after his shift and recieved three days ligh...
03/09/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 72d restricted Employee was walking out the back door of lunch room to get a dust mask from safety cabinet. When employee turned to go towards the cabinet his left knee gave out. Floor is level and there were no h...
02/28/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 326d lost A Tank Loader was injured when his right arm was pulled into #18 Tripper Conveyor between the head pulley and the cleaning brush. Injuries included accidental avulsion of some of the worker's right f...
02/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in men's locker room at downtown plant. He was stepping over bench to get to his locker when he hit his little toe on left foot on the bench. Employee had continuing pain ontil he went t...
01/03/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted Employee was salting an area by the railroad tracks due to a recent ice storm. Employee stated that while he was lifting a 40lb. bag of rock salt his right foot slipped slightly on the ice then he str...
10/13/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 103d restricted While opening a top hatch of a railroad car the hatch stuck half way up and the asst. carloader jammed her right shoulder and arm. She received a strain to her right arm/shoulder and was put on restri...
09/30/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing stairs with damaged safety toe shoes, left foot slipped off of step causing toes to slip out of steel toe, when he recovered by putting foot back on step the steel toe cap caught...
08/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted On 8-17-04 employee reported left foot pain. He stated that the only thing he did to possibly hurt it was that on 8-14-04 he attempted to switch lever on railroad track using left foot, he pushed down...
05/13/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted After working with iron worker machine the employee stepped back and tripped over angle iron on floor, he did not fall but in the process he felt a strain to his lower back. He did not seek medical at...
03/15/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT A METAL GRATE FROM THE ROLL FEED DUMPING STATION. THE GRATE WAS APPROX. 20"" X 36"". WHILE PULLING THE GRATE OUT, IT CAUGHT ON THE EDGE AND THE DRIVER FELT PAIN...
07/31/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE DISASSEMBLING ROLL CRUSHER DUST SHIELDS WITH IMPACT WRENCH THE OPPOSITE END OF THE DUST SHIELDS BROKE FREE CAUSING THE IMPACT WRENCH TO PUSH FORWARD. HIS LEFT 5TH FINGER WAS MISPLACED ON THE WRE...
05/02/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 52d restricted AFTER REMOVING AND CUTTING SEVERAL BAGHOUSE DUST COLLECTION BAGS EE COMPLAINED OF HAVING SORE WRISTS. HE WAS DIAGNOSED HAS HAVING POSSIBLE CARPAL TUNNEL IN BOTH WRISTS AND WAS PUT ON RESTRICTE D DUTY.
04/15/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None WHILE WALKING UP THE STAIRS TO CARLOADING STATION EE TOE CAUGHT A TREAD AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE,HE FELL FORWARD CAUGHT HIMSELF AND STRAINED HIS LEFT SHOULDER. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A LEFT SHOU LDER ST...
04/07/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 311d lost WHILE SHOVELING OUT #3 ROLL CRUSHER GUTTERS, EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK. SHE WAS PUT ON RESTRICTIONS THEN COULD NOT REPORT TO WORK ON 4/8/03 (LOST TIME).
02/21/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted DRIVER WAS DRIVING ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS, HIT A ""CHUCK HOLE"" AND STEERING WHEEL TURNED INTO HIS LEFT THUMB JAMMING IT. HE SOUGHT TREATMENT ON 3-5-03 AND WAS FITTED WITH A WRIST SUPPORT TO IMM OBILI...
09/14/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted ON OR ABOUT 9-14-02 EE WAS DRIVING HER CAR AND FELT PAIN IN HER RIGHT HAND. SHE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 10-7-02 AND HER DR STATED THAT HE JOB OF SHOVELING, SWEEPING AND CHANGING SCEENS C AUSED H...
06/16/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE WALKING AROUND RAILCAR EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON SOME BLACKTOP THAT WAS UPHEAVED BY RAILROAD TRACKS. HE DID NOT SEE MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 8/5/02 & WAS DIAGNOSED WITH RIGHT MIN ISCUS S...
06/05/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EMPLOYEE'S BACK GOT SORE AFTER DRIVING FRONT END LOADER AND LIFTING PIECES OF STEEL USED TO RE-RAIL DERAILED RAILCAR. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 6-12-00 AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STRAINED LOWER BAC...
05/30/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DRIVER WAS SHOVELING WASTE OFF OF THE TOP OF DUMPTRUCK WHEN A WOOD SLIVER FROM THE SHOVEL HANDLEENTERED HIS RIGHT THUMB. THE SLIVER HAD TO BE REMOVED BY A DOCTOR THE NEXT DAY BY MAKING AN INCISION.
04/29/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost WHILE OPENING THE BOTTOMS OF A RIALCAR EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIW LOWER BACK. HE WAS DIOGNOSED WITH A BACK SPRAIN, WAS GIVEN A PREXRIPTION AND WAS PUT ON WORK RESTRICTIONS.
04/17/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE REMOVING A BEARING FROM A ROLL SHAFT BY HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER A STEEL SLIVER SHOT OFF AND INTO EE ABDOMEN. EE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 4-29-02 WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRI PTION F...
02/02/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted ON 4-1-02 EE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR A SORE LOWER BACK ON 2-2-02 SHE PULLED ON A STEEL PLATE AND FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK SHE WAS GIVEN WORK RESTRICTIONS AND PHYSICAL THERAPY.
12/22/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE WELDER WAS CARRYING AN 8 LB BEARING SLEEVE. HE TURNED SIDEWAYS TO ENTER A DOORWAY AND HE STEPPED DOWN AT THE SAME TIME (APPROX. 16"") TO THE NEXT LEVEL. HE THEN FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOW ER BAC...
11/05/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE CUTTING OFF STEEL FROM #1 ROLL CRUSHER HEART (WITH A CUTTING TORCH) SLAG BLEW BACK AT THE WELDER-MECHANIC AND ENTERED HIS LEFT GLOVE CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE BACK OF HIS HAND
09/14/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE TURNING A 2"" NUT ONTO A SPRING CAGE BOLT A METAL SLIVER FROM THE BOLT THREADS EMBEDDED INTO THE WELDERS LEFT FOURTH FINGER. THE SLIVER HAD TO BE SURGECLY REMOVED AT THE CLINIC.
08/29/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE CLEANING UP SPILLED SILICATE ON FLOOR WITH SQUEEGY SOME SILICATE ENTERED / SPLASHED HIS RIGHT EYE. MILD CHEMICAL BURN AND EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIBED. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES B UT NOT...
08/19/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted WHILE DOWNSHIFTING MAC DUMPTRUCK WHEN APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT A CAR CUT IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. THE DRIVER SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES MAKING THE TRUCK BOUNCE TO A STOP. DRIVER JAMMED RIGHT SHOULDE R DURIN...
04/11/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None SINCE 1999 EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS DUE TO HIS JOB AS A WELDER.ON 4/16/01 HE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN BOTH HANDS AND WAS PUT O...
02/02/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted AFTER EE HAD TAKEN A LOAD OF COMPUTERS OVER TO (BY CART) THE PLANT OFFICES AND UNLOPADED THEM SHE STATES SHE FELT PAIN IN HER LOWER BACK & UPPER LEFT LEG. SHE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 2-26. DR. STA...
01/23/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE SOUGHT CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENTS BECAUSE OF THE FOLLOWING: WHILE GETTING OUT OF MAC DUMP TRUCK EE'S LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE STEP AND FELL AGAINST A THREE CEMENT WALL INJURING HIS BACK. H E DID N...
09/25/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE RUSHING TO ANSWER THE PHONE ON THE TANK FLOOR, EE STEPPED ON A BENT TANK COVER. THE COVER SHOT UP AND THE EE FELL ONTO THE LIP OF THE TANK LACERATING HIS LEFT LOWER LEG. HE RECEIVED FOUR STITCHE...
09/16/2000 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS INSTALLING A MOTOR OUTSIDE FOR #11 BAGHOUS WHEN DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYES. EYES WERE FLUSHED AT THE CLINIC THEN HE WAS SENT TO AN OPTIMOLOGIST WHERE PARTICLES WERE FLUSHED OUT & THEN HE W AS GIVE...
08/01/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost EE WAS PULLING ON A PRY BAR TO LOOSEN A RL TIRE TO TAKE IT OFF A ROLL HEART WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED OUT. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACK ONTO THE FLOOR LANDING ON HIS BACK AND ELBOWS. ON 8-25 EE SOUGHT...
07/10/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost WHILE TURNING A BEARING OVER TO EMPTY OIL EE RT. HAND GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE DUST SHIELD AND A STEEL PIN. HE RECEIVED A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT 4TH FINGER THAT REQUIRED 10 STITCHES TO CLOSE .
03/26/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost WHILE DIPPING APLASTIC SCOOP INTO THE BOTTOM OF A 50LB BAG OF CARBON BLACK EMPLOYEE FELT EXTREME PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITHA DISLOCATED LEFT SHOULDER AND A POSSIBLE ROTATO TOR CUF...