Bayer Alumina Plant — Accidents
Total: 689 accidents | Fatalities: 2
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/18/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | employee was in front of press, tripped and fell, abrasion to right arm and left knee pain |
| 09/16/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 15d lost, 26d restricted | employee was closing a discharge wheel valve, felt extreme pain in both shoulders |
| 09/14/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 19d restricted | employee was closing a valve with 8 lb hammer, finger was smashed finger between hammer and valve |
| 09/01/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Employee was closing a valve, pipe wrench pinched finger between valve and circulation line. |
| 08/31/2015 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | 10 dB shift with 25 avg loss right ear |
| 08/26/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Lifted up a cover for a pump and felt pain in left shoulder. |
| 08/11/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | Employee pinched finger between railing and pipework. Per email from reporting party, EE was changing out the bag on the number 3 zimpro using a pipe wrench to hold bag up, while coworker, (new to job... |
| 08/10/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 14d restricted | Employee was tightening valve packing, wrench slipped off nut and crushed finger between valve and wrench causing a tuft fracture 4th digit left hand. |
| 07/31/2015 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | 10 dB shift with 25dB avg left ear |
| 07/26/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was closing a discharge valve, he felt a pull in low back. |
| 07/25/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was caustic cleaning with a pry bay to remove scale, goggles became fogged, took goggles off to wipe them off, was wearing safety glasses and pry bar fell into trench , and caustic splattere... |
| 07/21/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 28d restricted | We had to move the old valves to the other side where the crane could fly them out. During the process of moving the old valve over the new one, it got caught. Two people let go but the third person... |
| 07/17/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 13d restricted | Employee dropped 4 lb hammer on top of left foot causing pain. |
| 07/10/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was trying to loosen a wing nut with a prybar, prybar slipped and hit finger causing bruise under nail. RED LINE CASE Case did not become recordable until 8/14/15 when prescription medicatio... |
| 06/26/2015 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was standing at work station in Machine Shop and felt something in his right eye, corneal abrasion seen, no foreign object seen, eye drops prescription given |
| 06/20/2015 | DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 2d restricted | RED LINE CASE Employee states that he started having cramping at 230 and at 530 felt worsening cramps and nausea, at 745 reported illness. |
| 06/19/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 63d restricted | RED LINE CASE, QUESTIONABLE INCIDENT, UNDER REVIEW employee was coming down ladder, misplaced foot and missed bottom rung, grabbed ladder and felt pain in low back |
| 06/16/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 118d lost | Employee was hooking up a barge at R52 loading dock, the barge shifted due to wind. He was attempting to board the barge and the barge employee pulled him onto the barge, he felt a pull in his left sh... |
| 06/07/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 17d restricted | RED LINE CASE BECAME RECORDABLE ON 6/17/15 CASE UNDER REVIEW employee was opening a valve and struck 5th digit right hand with sledgehammer, unsure how it happened, 1 week later presented with increas... |
| 06/02/2015 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 48d restricted | employee was running an impact tool, the impact slipped off the nut, the socket hit the grating and bounced off grating and struck employee in mouth breaking 2 teeth and lacerating lip requiring sutur... |
| 06/01/2015 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | 10dBshift with 25dB avg loss left ear |
| 05/23/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 34d restricted | Employee was pulling a piece of plastic pipe and the pipe slipped and crushed finger causing fracture and laceration requiring sutures. |
| 05/23/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 70d restricted | employee was swinging sledgehammer and came in contact with T handle on valve pinching finger causing fracture and laceration to index finger left hand |
| 05/18/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 47d restricted | employee was shoveling hydrate and 2 hours in to job he noticed stinging and burning to both feet, chemical burns to both feet |
| 05/15/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 267d lost, 12d restricted | employee was pulling on packing on water ring, used the puller and it broke loose, he lost his footing and fell backward catching self on left hand to break fall, felt pain to left elbow, shoulder and... |
| 05/06/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 71d lost | employee was changing a valve out, he was straddling pipes and when he stepped down he bumped his left knee on pipe and his knee was caught between the pipes causing contusion to the left knee |
| 05/05/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 279d lost, 51d restricted | RED LINE CASE LATE REPORTING, UNSURE OF INCIDENT DATE AND TIME , WORKED FOR 1 MONTH BEFORE SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION states that while closing a liquor valve he missed the valve with the sledgehammer... |
| 04/23/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Red Line Case: Case became Medical Treatment on 5/13/15 employee was hammering and elbow hit the tank and felt pain in right elbow |
| 04/17/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Report of incident on 4/18/2015 employee was crossing over stair case, the staircase rocked causing employee to be unbalanced, he smashed his right thumb and bruised inside of right har when thumb and... |
| 04/14/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | On Tuesday 4/14/15 at a tank roof a worker was gathering tools and stepped over a pipe with his left foot near a ""rafter"", he then stepped with his right leg. His left foot was still held in place b... |
| 04/10/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 50d restricted | RED LINE CASE: H&S Manager is a disputing work relatedness employee states was hitting on mud 13 valve liquor floor for about 10 minutes and in the process of hitting the valve he felt a pull in lower... |
| 04/09/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | RED LINE CASE- Salaried employee- initial determination not believed to be restricted, later determined that restricted tasks were essential job functions Determined to be restricted 5/6/2015 Employee... |
| 04/08/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 18d restricted | employee was closing door on screen box, tightening nuts, holding the wing nut with left hand, swung 4 lb hammer and struck left thumb |
| 04/06/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | employee was closing a valve on press 8, it was getting hard to close and he felt a pop in right elbow as he was twisting the valve |
| 03/20/2015 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | employee bent over to unload a supply box, started feeling pain in left lower back, felt spasms and tightening in back |
| 03/20/2015 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | 10 dB with 25dB avg loss right ear |
| 03/20/2015 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | 10 dB hearing shift with 25dB avg loss right ear |
| 03/09/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 12d restricted | RED LINE CASE. Injury date was 3/9/15 did not become restricted until 3/13/2015. Closing blow off valve, was loosening up a valve with a 8 lb hammer, felt pain in right elbow. |
| 03/03/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 16d restricted | Employee stepped off rail car to platform and foot slipped and missed platform. Fell onto buttocks and left leg fell into open space between rail car and platform causing contusion and abrasion to kne... |
| 03/03/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 30d restricted | Employee was rolling a pump and finger caught between shiv and belt causing nail avulsion, laceration and left third finger fracture. |
| 02/27/2015 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | 10 dB hearing shift with 25dB loss left ear |
| 02/23/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | RED LINE CASE injury date was 2/23/2015- did not exceed first aid level of care until 3-2-2015 employee was getting into skid loader, planted right foot and twisted to sit down, felt pop and pain in k... |
| 02/10/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | employee was hitting a valve with 6lb sledgehammer in a confined area, the hammer spun around in his hand and struck him breaking front teeth |
| 02/09/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 86d restricted | complained of back pain unresolved from December 2014 |
| 02/06/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 89d restricted | Re-occurrence of back pain from initial back injury 12-2-2014. States no specific injury but turning wheel valves and hard T valves hurt irritated back condition. |
| 01/30/2015 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | 10 dB shift with 25dB hearing loss RED LINE - work relatedness determined 2/25/2015 |
| 01/30/2015 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | 10 dB shift with 25dB loss both ears RED LINE work relatedness determination given 2/25/2015 |
| 01/05/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was hammering to break a t handle loose, the handle struck his right index finger causing laceration |
| 12/27/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Was hooking air hose up to stinger, opened air valve and hot material shot out of valve hitting hand causing thermal burn to left hand. |
| 12/22/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 62d restricted | The injured employee sustained 3rd degree burns on both knees and lower legs from caustic liquid that seeped into his PPE |