Bayer Alumina Plant — Accidents

Total: 689 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/28/2011 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None After he was washing the 2 presses he became lightheaded, headache and had spasms to lower middle back; it has been hot all day
07/22/2011 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None While overhauling an underflow pump we were trying to hurry and get it finished with the pump because they needed it and we finished. Then I threw my tools in the box and my coworkers said that I was...
07/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted The valve stem caught on grating, tail of valve turned ""fish tailed"" and hit the end of toe of boot, caused boot to shove up against toes.
07/21/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was working on scaffold, leaned forward, head bumped on beam, lost balance stepped forward and chest touched hot pipe, obtained burn to left chest.
07/18/2011 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None He was starting to ""feel bad"" upon leaving his unit. He stated that he consumed large amounts of water throughout the day, and when he got inside of the break room, he drank more water and then pro...
07/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 69d restricted He picked up a beveling machine, when putting it on the floor, twisted back and had instant pain to low back. This case was after 7/12/11 since it did not become recordable until restrictions were pl...
07/10/2011 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee states he was working on closing a valve, under the # 32 hi tank, when he says he began to feel really tired. Employee says that he felt like he had really worn himself out while attempting...
07/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was installing a refurbished wear plate on a pump. While adjusting the E-clip, it slipped, and his finger was caught between wear plate and the shaft. The wear plate that fell on the employ...
06/23/2011 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee says while working in Precipitation he began to cramp in his abdomen and back.
06/21/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee says he was taking the bolts off of the number 7 heater when the wrench came loose from a bolt, employee put the wrench back on the bolt when another employee engaged the empac, causing emplo...
05/24/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted He was trying to pull auto rodder, working in awkward position using 24 inch and 18 inch pipe wrench when he felt pain in his lower back. He received prescription medication and restrictions on 5/25/1...
05/16/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 220d restricted Employee was shoveling scale, rust, aluminum fluoride from abandoned circulating tank. Employee noticed aching in back during task. The employee was given restrictions on 5/27/11, which made it recor...
05/14/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Employee says on 05/14/2011 that she was walking up the stairs when her left knee gave out causing her pain. Then on 05/15/2011 she was under 4a tank with a coworker when she felt a pulling feeling in...
04/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 48d restricted While the employee was climbing on a work platform, his foot slipped, which resulted in losing his grip on the platform. As a result, his thumb extended backward.
04/21/2011 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 278d restricted Employee was kneeling to access an electrical junction box and twisted his knee and has noticed pain and discomfort in knee since the incident. There was no recordable treatment until 5/20/11 when re...
04/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 75d restricted The employee was coming back from getting unit 5 blow off sample. The area was flooded and as he stepped on the grating, the grating moved causing him to step in a ditch. The employee twisted his...
03/16/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was injured on 3/16, BUT did not request medical treatment until 3/23. Employee was cranking a hand winch, when the handle slipped, causing the winch to hit the back of the employee's left ha...
03/09/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 72d restricted While replacing gaskets on the suction line from #7 product pump on the HEC, employee attempted to maneuver pipe with a chain fall. Employee was having trouble aligning the pipe with the flanges and d...
02/22/2011 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was preparing to wash underflow pipe from F2 to F5 and walked around screen box. The gasket failed and he was splashed by caustic solution. He was contacted on head, face and upper torso. DAP...
02/18/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 78d restricted Employee was preparing to hose down area and stepped on a piece of pipe and twisted left ankle.
02/17/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A Digestion employee was in the process of removing a 1L1 pump. During the removal, the employee had enough room so he took the hub out before removing the rest of the pump. He noticed that the key ha...
02/16/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted Employee was using sledgehammer to knock wing nut into position and hit left thumb causing a contusion. Employee reported to medical dept on 2/21 and was not improving, finger xrayed and hairline frac...
02/16/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Confirmed hearing shift in left ear. Note: The hearing loss was confirmed on 4/25/11, which made it recordable.
02/03/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 69d lost Using a wrench and wrench slipped causing him to strike top of hand on adjacent beam. Patient diagnosed with ganglion cyst. 3/21/2012 Surgery scheduled to remove cyst. Case became recordable on 3/21/2...
02/01/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was walking behind press #17 and slipped and fell striking his right elbow on the floor. Floor had buildup of scale and mud which created slipping hazard. Conservative treatment until 2/7/201...
01/28/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted The employee was pulling a screen box out. It was in backwards and was stuck. She was pulling on it with a pry bar and shaking the box. It got stuck and it jarred her wrist. This injury did not be...
01/07/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted After tagging out 51 Bin Dust Collector Blower, a calcination employee was headed to take 55-1 filter offline, and as she was walking, she caught her left toe on protruding blower platform and fell on...
12/21/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was lifting face shield when dust blew into his left eye.
12/20/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted A precipitation operator was putting a caustic hose on the bottom of tank #70 while standing on a scissor lift. While tapping the hose connection with a 4 lb. hammer, he struck his middle finger tha...
11/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a slide gate in a trough. He removed his goggles to wipe sweat from his goggles. Another employee struck the slide gate and splashed his co-worker with a caustic. Employee was...
11/13/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Employee was swapping a tank and had difficulty operating a valve and strained himself. He felt a strain in his groin area.
11/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was swapping pumps and screen box gasket failed splashing leg with some caustic.
11/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee picked up a control valve with an air hoist and was jerking on the chain to swing the hoist and the chain swung and hit the employee in the left eye tooth. The tooth appeard to be chipped. Em...
10/28/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting another employee to move a heater drill and the drill moved unexpectedly and struck the employee in the right arm. Employee was being evaluated in Medical Dept on Tuesday, 11/2/...
10/27/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking across grating to inspect a relief valve. The grating was damaged and the employee's leg slipped through the grating. Conservative treatment has not totally resolved the injury. P...
10/19/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Employee was crawling over a pipe and twisted his knee on 10/19/2010. The initial conservative treatment did not resolve the issue and physical therapy was started on 12/6/2010.
10/13/2010 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in the instrument shop in Digestion dept and was exposed to chlorine gas from a spill associated with the filling of the hydrochloric acid tank. The truck driver filling the tank...
09/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing a 6"" pipe spool with a valve attachment, with another employee, the pipe shifted off balance causing it to lunge upward and pinching employee's left index finger against pipe flange. T...
09/17/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was changing filter cloth and became overheated. Employee reported to medical department.
09/17/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was removing filter cloth and became overheated. Employee reported to medical department.
09/15/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on instrument box and his foot slipped in algae and caused him to fall forward. He struck his finger on an adjacent concrete piling causing right middle finger to hyper-extend res...
09/14/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was using pry bar to remove screen box and felt pop in lower back with some pain. Felt increased pain and reported to medical dept.
09/08/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 202d lost EE had completed a task on a scaffold landing. Material from the task the ee had preformed on the scaffold caused his ""wet grip"" gloves to become slippery. As the ee feet reached approx 7 feet on th...
09/02/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was working on top floor of Precipitation and started to have cramps in arms. Employee took frequent breaks however started feeling worse and reported to Medical Dept at 2:45
08/27/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was walking across grating and caught toe in lip of grating which caused her to trip and fall forward to same level; resulting in a contusion to knee.
08/22/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 120d restricted Employee was ascending stairs on side of #20 press in Clarification and her foot slipped and she fell backward. Her foot got caught in the step and she twisted her left knee.
08/17/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Performing normal routines and became overheated and reported to medical. Rested and drank additional fluids and returned to work.
08/11/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Working in heat and felt weak and drained, with legs cramping at night after work. Reported incident to Medical Dept on 08/12/2010. No treatment returned to work.
08/05/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was restringing bucket and became hot and dizzy.
07/29/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was having leg cramps due to work in heat.