Active Minerals Kaolin Division — Accidents

Total: 61 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/27/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 254d lost Employee was assigned to stack paper bags filled with 50 pounds on pallets 12 rows high. While stacking the top row, the employee lifted a 50-pound bag from a waist-high position, moved to his right...
09/08/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting in installing bearings on a lab pulverizer. Another employee was tapping the bearing down the shaft by placing a ball peen hammer on the bearing and striking the ball side of t...
06/17/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 253d lost Employee was driving a forklift on a sloped bank with a 2400 pound bulk bag at an elevated position. The employee was injured with no damage to the forklift. Employee was confined in the operator co...
04/21/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee was climbing a stationary ladder to a wash down platform, slipped and fell 12' to the ground landing on his feet and falling onto the ground. Employee was diagnosed with a fractured left heel...
04/09/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 117d lost Drilling Rig Operator was raising Core Barrel through Turntable. As the Drilling Rig Assistant, grabbed the Core Barrel with his left hand and placed his right hand under the core barrel, the Core Ba...
12/16/2004 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 150d lost EE PROCEEDED TO INSPECT THE CLAY SHREDDER. HE TURNED THE SHREDDER OFF BUT DID NOT LOCK IT OUT. THE EE DECIDED TO CLIMB INTO THE SHREDDER TO INSPECT FURTHER. ANOTHER OPERATOR ON THE SHIFT WALKED BY & N...
10/09/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting fabric straps that hold bundles of empty bulk bags together. He was cutting by pulling the knife towards his body. When the knife went through the fabric, the knife continued to...
08/20/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was climbing down the ladder from the top of a railcar when a rung of the railcar ladder popped loose and the employee fell 8' to the ground landing on his feet. he was diagnosed with deep b...
02/15/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS LOWERING THE KELLY ON DRILL RIG AND ROD PINCHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
07/12/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted EE WAS HOLDING UP LIFT LOOPS ON A BULK BAG WHILE THE FORKLIFT DROVE TO THE BAG. THE EE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE LIFT TRUCK INSTEAD OF TO THE SIDE AND THE FRONT WHEEL OF THE LIFT TRUCK RAM UP ON TH...
02/20/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER, STEPPED ON THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. DR DIAGNOSED AS A SPRAINED KNEE.