ARROWOOD — Accidents

Total: 18 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/05/2025 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal Employee was found entangled in conveyor 12 tail pulley. Responding authorities pronounced the employee deceased. Incident is still under investigation.
09/23/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 188d lost Employee was lifting a wooden block and injured their bicep. Injury date occurred 9/23/24 but injury did not become reportable until 10/30/24.
05/02/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting a tube, lost control of the box cutter, cut left hand
12/15/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing a snub pulley and pinched right middle finger.
10/12/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a rag that was in a hole in a chute and hit the back of hand when the rag dislodged from the hole.
12/31/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was using a bolt as a punch to drive out a pin and hit hand with hammer
11/01/2017 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None Plant Foreman was contacted after hours and informed that a transformer had caught fire on the backside of mine property. Local Fire Dept. had already been notified. Cause of fire is believed to be t...
08/30/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Replacing pipe to pump the mud gave way and got my finger against the handrail.
04/24/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were positioning a spray bar into a vise on the back of the truck. One employee let his end slip causing the other end to drop, pinching his left ring finger between the truck and the sp...
08/07/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two workers were removing the wear plate on a loader. Co-worker was hammering the plate and a sliver of metal came off and hit injured in the chest. *** The resulting laceration required seven stitche...
06/10/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEES WERE COMPRESSING A FEEDER SPRING, STRAPPED THE SPRING IN THE COMPRESSED MODE. ONE OF THE STRAPS FAILED CAUSING THE SPRING PRESSURE TO RELEASE MASHING HIS SMALL FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND.
10/30/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE & CO-WORKER (CONTRACT WELDER) WERE WORKING ON CONVEYOR #17 TAKE-UP FRAME REPAIR. EE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF PIPE THAT CO-WORKER WAS WELDING TO THE FRAME. HE HURT HIS BACK AT THAT TIME.
07/31/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING A NEW TAIL PULLEY ON CONVEYOR #4. IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR FRAME AND THE TAIL PULLEY CAUSING HIM TO RECEIVE 4 STITCHES.
05/02/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING A LARGE PRIZE BAR TO FORCE A TAIL PULLEY FROM UNDER A FRAME. THE BELT THE TWOEMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON WAS ALREADY TENSIONED BY TWO CHAIN JACKS. WHEN THE PULLEY DISLODGED FROM THE F...
11/07/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost ON WED. NOV. 7TH, 2001 @ 2PM, EMPLOYEE WAS OPER-ATING THE JAW CRUSHER, BREAKING A JAM WITH A STEEL WEDGE ATTACHED TO A 1/2"" STEEL CABLE. THE EYE BROKE OFF OF THE WEDGE ALLOWING THE WEDGE TO DROP INTO...
08/16/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REPLACING RETURN ROLLER ON CONVEYOR #8, USING A COME-ALONG TO LIFT THE BELT. THE HOOK ON THE COME-ALONG DISLODGED ALLOWING THE BELT TO DROP. EE WAS LEANING OVER ON THE BELT APPLYING PRESSURE. WHEN THE...
01/21/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE ASSISTING A WELDER, HE WAS GRINDING ON A SCREEN AND SOMETHING FLEW UP AND HIT HIS CHEEK AND WENT UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE. NOTHING WAS FOUND IN HIS EYE.
01/21/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE REPLACING SCREEN PANELS ON 3RD TOWER EMPLOYEE HIT HIS OWN FINGER WITH A 3 LB HAMMER. HE CUT HIS FINGER TIP ON HIS RING FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND. (3RD FINGER) ALSO, BROKE THE BONE IN THE TIP OF T...