3M Pittsboro — Accidents

Total: 80 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/14/2008 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None At 0700 the EE was found laying on the floor in the control room in Building 12 unresponsive. The supervisor on shift was notified as well as 911. The EE was transported to the hospital and later rel...
08/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting a bag of pigments and grabbed it by the top corners and it slipped out of his right hand and the weight transferred to the left hand and he twisted his left wrist.
06/18/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 6d restricted Employee reported he was walking down stairs and got to the bottom step and felt a pull in his middle back area. He fell against the wall and let himself to the floor.
05/23/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Standard Threshold Shift in hearing of the left ear. Doctor requested second test to confirm STS. Employee has exposure as a miner for over 29 years.
05/17/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE was working on elevator head pulley and when he walked around the back of the elevator he caught his shoe on the elevator door.
09/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was installing coupling on crusher. Coupling became stuck on shaft and had to heat so they could remove. While other EE was hitting coupling, injuried EE was heating and when coupling became loose,...
07/03/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Shipping employee attempted to move the chute by himself and felt a pull in his upper right shoulder. The employee was pulling the chute across their body when the sharp pain was felt.
12/29/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to cut end off of air hose that goes into tank to clean tank. Employee had air hose placed on the top of the tank to cut the hose when he cut through the hose the knife blade c...
12/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The operator was moving supplies with the forklift and started having muscle spasms in his lower right side of his back. He had also been lifting bags of pigment earlier in the day. He did not report...
08/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee felt an instataneous pain in his upper right shoulder and arm while lifting pigment bags at mixing pot
08/10/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The conveyor #46 had plugged up. It was decided that the cover had to be removed. The bolt in the slip stick had been put in before with an impact wrench. The bolt head needed to be sheared off. A chi...
03/31/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was shoveling 4 inch rock and dirt spillage from conveyor and felt pain in his lower left side of back. Strained muscle
10/01/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using gasoline blower to blow granules from under truck scales and broke out in a rash on her skin
08/25/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was shoveling out rock granules in the silos when he felt a sharp pain in his back. He felt stiffness the rest of the day and reported it to his supervisor near the end of the shift. He did n...
08/20/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was changing Z-screen in Deister and was using a crowbar, the end of the crowbar was under the corner of the Z-screen and as the employee pushed down on the crowbar it slipped out of the corn...
08/02/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was shoveling granules that had spilled onto the floor from the tripper car back into the holding tank when he felt a pain in his center lower back.
08/02/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was exiting out of confined space area (Cone Crusher), indicated that he blacked out, fell @ 2 feet landing on ankle. Employee was secured with body strap tied to lifting hoist.
06/29/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was lifting bags of pigment and dumping into mixing pot when he felt a pull in his left back muscle
03/03/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving a piece of equipment on a maintenance shop work table and pinched right middle finger
04/24/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TANK AND HAD LIFTED METAL LID TO REACH IN TANK WHEN LID FELL SHUT ON EMPLOYEE'S TOP OF LEFT HAND.
04/04/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE REPORTED FEELING A STRAIN IN HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING PIGMENT BAGS.
02/24/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted THE EE SCOOPS PIGMENT POWDER WITH HAND SCOOP FROM 40 LB BAG AND DEPOSITS THE SAME INTO BUCKET. EE IS EXPERIENCING RIGHT HAND AND RIGHT WRIST PAIN.
02/12/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 28d restricted EE TRIPPED ON EDGE OF CARDBOARD WHICH WAS ON THEFLOOR. EE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HIMSELF AND AS HE FELL HE STRUCK HIS RT.WRIST AGAINST ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT (SET OF SCALES).
01/26/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted WHILE MOVING A HYDRAULIC TAKE UP ARM, THE MEPLOYEE'S FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN TWO METAL PARTS.
01/09/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF PIGMENT AND TURNED TO GO TO THE SCALE AND FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK.
12/17/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost EMPLOYEE REPORTED THAT WHILE POSITIONING A GRANULE SHOOT OVER A TRUCK, SHE ATTEMPTED TO PULL A SLIDE GATE OUT OF THE SHOOT TO ALLOW GRANULES TO FLOW. EMPLOYEE STRAINED HER RIGHT ARM.
08/21/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS SHOVELING ROCK UP OFF THE FLOOR CREATED BY A ROCK SPILL OUT OF THE SCREENING OPERATION. HE EXPERIENCED INSTANTANEOUS PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS UPPER BACK & NECK. HE REPORTED THE INCIDEN T TO TH...
12/04/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal EMPLOYEE TOOK A ""SHORT CUT"". EMPLOYEE NEVER USED HIS FALL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT WHILE TAKING HIS ""SHORT CUT"", THE RESULT WAS THIS EMPLOYEE FALLING OFF A BEAM. THE EE FELL TO HIS DEATH 46' BELOW . E...
04/16/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DESCENDING FROM THE BACK OF THE WATER TRK& HIS R FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIS R SHIN TO SCRAPAGAINST THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM LEAVING THE EE WITH A LACERATION & BRUISING TO THE EFFECTED SHIN.
11/14/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost EMPLOYEE WAS DESENDING STAIRS AND SLIPPED ON TREAD DUT TO RAIN AND MUDDY SHOES.