Arvonia — Accidents

Total: 21 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/07/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost EE was cutting a 24 inch I-Beam with a Torch. He backed up so another EE could knock it apart with a Cat 318 C LN Excavator with Shear attachment. When the other EE hit the beam it kicked up and fell...
10/17/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking out the door on the kiln deck when dust blew into his right eye. EE did have safety glasses on. EE flushed the eye. Eye continued to bother EE until he went to doctor on 10/18/10. D...
10/09/2008 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Injured employee was cutting up a tree that fell down for firewood. The tree had poison ivy on it and the employee the next day started to show signs of poison ivy. Employee went to doctor on 10/10/...
10/03/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was helping to fix a feed chute in kiln. Injured employee took off safety glasses and looked around chute. Another employee was using the torch to clean the area before cutting and...
07/18/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was tightening screen bolts when she stepped through a hole in between the two screens in the catwalk. Employee's right leg went through an approximate 10 inch diameter hole up to her thigh....
11/07/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hooking up a truck when the pressure in the line forced the cap off spraying product in his face.
06/29/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was cutting a hole in the belt so we could put a rope through it to pull the belt together. He was holding the belt with his left hand and cutting it with a knife in his right hand when...
03/05/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted The kiln deck was being washed down and another employee was starting down the stairs, slipped and caught himself. When this happened the employee dislocated his shoulder.
07/22/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was performing normal duties. Brass coating on forks of forklift was damaged. He was repairing when incident occurred. Employee rotated the forks to the vertical position and was using a h...
06/27/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 246d lost A contractor was working on some demolition work at the mine site. He was standing on a catwalk with handrails cutting loose the bottom of the catwalk from a hopper. He cut both of the supports to t...
03/05/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None ANGLE ERECTION CLIPS PROTRUDED ONTO WALKING AREA OF CAT WALK CAUSING A TRIP HAZARD. EE HUNG HIS BOOT ON ANGLE AND FELL, CUTTING KNEE. FIVE (5) STITCHES WERE REQUIRED.
10/29/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted EE TOLD DRIVER THEY WERE FINISHED UNLOADING BUT TO WAIT BEFORE HE PULLED OFF SO THAT HE COULD PUT THE LOAD LOCKS BACK ON THE TRAILER. EE WALKED ONT TRAILER, PUT LOAD LOCK ON, TURNED TO WALK OU T AND D...
04/12/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 67d lost, 21d restricted EE WAS CAUGHT OFF BALANCE WHILE USING HIGH PRESSURE HOSE. HE FELL WHEN HE STEPPED ON CLINKER.
01/28/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OFF EXCESS MATERIAL ON TOP OF TAIL PULLEY GUARD. HE PICKED UP FROZEN PIECE OF MATERIAL OVER HANDRAIL AND A PIECE BROKE OFF FALLING ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, BRUISING IT.
11/11/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HOPPER AND HIS WEIGHT LANDED WRONG AND LEFT KNEE JUMPED OUT OF JOINT.
10/16/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE HEARD A CHANGE IN KILN AND HURRIED TO CORRECTTHE PROBLEM BEFORE IT SHUT OFF. EE TRIPPED ON TOP STEP NEXT TO #8 KILN AND BRUISED LT. ELBOW. INITIALLY UNREPORTABLE & BECAME REPORTABLE DUE TO DR. SEND...
05/29/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REMOVING A BRAKE CONVERTER. HE HAD TO REMOVE AN AIR LINE ON THE TOP. HE HAD TO STAND ON THE MUFFLER OF THE TRUCK. WHEN HE WENT TO LOWER HIMSELF DOWN, HE GRABBED THE RESEVOIR & THE CAP C AME OFF...
11/28/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING KILN #8 WHEN HE FELT A STRAIN IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. HE HAD THE SAME FEELING ON THE 28TH AND ALSO THE 29TH. HE REPORTED IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR. THE EMP LOYEE I...
03/12/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE CLIMBED LADDER OF RAIL CAR, HAND SLIPPED AND HE FELL BACKWARDS HITTING ELBOW ON CROSSBAR SUPPORT ON THE WAY TO THE GROUND. FELL ABOUT 5'. ENTIRE BLOW OF FORCE WENT TO RIGHT ELBOW. BRUISED RIG...
11/06/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REACHING ACROSS PIPE TO GET SOME ABSORBENT MATERIAL AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING THE PIPE AND INJURING HIS RIGHT SIDE.
08/02/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost EMPLOYEE WAS BARRING ON THE RING AND FELT A BURNING IN HIS LOWER ABDOMEN. TWO WEEKS LATER HE FELT A LUMP AND NEEDED TO SEE HIS DOCTOR. HAS AN INGUINAL HERNIA.