Bayer Alumina Plant — Accidents

Total: 689 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/19/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee was on top of presss #14 standing on work platform washing inside of press. Press malfunctioned and the door started to drift. Employee braced himself as the door impacted the door frame. Emp...
07/18/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was working on top of precipitation and started to feel overheated and was sent to medical department
07/16/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was closing lid on barge and stepped on one of the corregated ribs and slipped and struck his knee on the surface of the lid causing a contusion to his right knee.
07/14/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was working in Precipitation on top floor and started to feel muscles cramping at 10:00 and took breaks. At 1:45 cramping was more severe and went to Medical dept.
07/07/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee went to weather station for daily check and while opening the gate was stung by a wasp/hornet on the scalp. Site of bite has become infected and patient was prescribed Rx medication for the i...
07/03/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was feeling like his blood pressure was not right and reported to medical to have it checked. Possible heat stress.
06/30/2010 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 86d lost, 39d restricted Employee reported to Medical Dept on 7/8/2010 to report injury stating that he squatted down to go under trough and felt a pop in left knee. Rx medication and work restrictions applied 7/8
06/30/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 250d lost Employee was opening valve on bottom of primary precipitator. Valve was stuck and used excessive force to open valve. After task noticed pain in right wrist.
06/24/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee started work on 6/23 at 7:00 pm and was injured at 1:30 am on 6/24. He was using a sledge hammer to open that valve on the bottom of #9 Precipitator tank. He missed the valve handle and hit h...
06/24/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 254d restricted Employee was in parking lot and walked in front of a vehicle that was traveling at a slow speed and was struck. Employee did not have any significant injuries, but has had problems with knee that has...
06/24/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was working on top of #3 Boiler in sun and began to feel overheated and started to feel cramps in his leg. Employee got out of sun and went to air conditioned office. Reported to Medical Dept...
06/19/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was experiencing cramps in his hands and arms during a break after working for 3 hours. He was involved in taking a tank out of service. Employee was working in a hot environment and was drin...
06/17/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee noticed pain in right elbow after working graveyard shift on 6/17. Employee did not report to until 6/21.
06/17/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Injured was sick the prior day with gastrointestinal flu. Assigned regular duties on 6/17 and within 2 hours was starting to feel dehydrated. Visited medical dept and assigned work in cool environment...
06/17/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was using a jackhammer to remove scale for the interior surface of a filter press in Clarification. He got his left hand caught between the jackhammer and the surface of the shell causing a s...
06/14/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 105d lost, 45d restricted Employee reported to Medical Dept 7/5/2010 to report injury. Patient reports that she was swinging sledge hammer to open valve and felt a pull in right shoulder. Rx medication and work restriction app...
06/12/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was operating a valve on the bottom of a precipitation tank and felt a twinge in his back. He continued to work the remainder of the shift. He reported to medical on 6/15 indicating that he w...
06/07/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working with a co-worker using a jackhammer to loosen scale on gate valve. Jackhammering on top plate of valve. Sliver a metal fractured and became projectile embedding in forearm. Sent to external ph...
05/30/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 173d restricted Employee was assisting another employee to remove a nipple from a 1 inch ball valve. He was using a pipe wrench and as he pulled the pipe wrench toward his body he felt two pops in his shoulder follow...
05/29/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was working overtime on 5/29 and experienced heat cramps. He did not report to the situation to the Medical Dept until the 5/30. No treatment was provided. He was cleaning heaters.
05/18/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 163d restricted The employee was walking in a pedestrian walkway across main plant roadway and stepped on painted surface of walkway and slipped and fell. Rain had caused walkway to be slippery and the painted surfac...
05/10/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 77d restricted Employee was operating valves in plate exchanger throughout the day. He awoke the next day and felt soreness and tightness in his lower back and reported to medical on 5/11/2010. He was referred to ex...
05/07/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee has experienced a hearing loss a 10dB shift with 25 db impairment. This was confirmed with second test.
05/07/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 51d restricted Employee was removing a screen from a screen box. He was jerking on the screen to remove it and it jerked his back as it fell to the ground.
05/06/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stepped onto grating over a sump pit that was 3 feet deep and the grating moved out of position. The employee's left foot slipped into the sump to his calf exposing him to caustic and minor a...
04/26/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was hand shaking a stack of screens in the laboratory for particle size analysis of bauxite samples and felt a pop and pain in shoulder. The sample and screens weigh approx 5 - 8 lbs.
04/20/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 135d restricted Employee was stepping over pipe and bumped her left knee on adjacent pipe. Initially treated conservatively. Patient was not improving so work restrictions applied 5/7/2010.
04/17/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was using sledge hammer to open valve and valve handle swung up and struck hand and caused a contusion and laceration to back of left hand. No fractures. Work restriction and medication.
04/08/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was exposed to hydrochloric acid (HCL) fumes while working and developed eye, throat and respiratory irritation along with a headache. The exposure resulted from a spill of approximately 100...
04/07/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was stooping to move under a pipe and as he was getting up, his left foot slipped, twisting his knee. He was treated conservatively at time of injury. Injury did not improve and effective 5/5...
03/04/2010 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 4d restricted Skin irritation and secondary infection to tops of hands, skin irriation noted on upper arms. Condition reported to Medical Dept on 3/4/2010. Condition has gotten gradually worse since returning to wo...
02/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted Employee was assisting another employee to lift a portable generator into the back of pickup truck and strained back.
01/26/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was impacting bolts next to another EE who was grinding. His left eye became irritated when he removed his goggles.
01/18/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE's small left finger became pinched between a man-way cover and the reinforcement ring of the opening.
01/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee worked on 25A2 tank cleaning screen boxes on Saturday 1/16/10. Reported that he was experiencing pain on Monday morning 1/18/10. When he awoke he had significant back pain and was unable to p...
01/12/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee's back started hurting on 1/12 and reported to Medical dept on 1/14/10. No specific activity or injury that has caused pain. Work restriction and Rx medication prescribed 1/14/10.
12/18/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Pulling on pipe wrench and strained right shoulder. First aid treatment applied initially. Patient was not getting better so work restrictions applied on 1/8/2010 which changed the case to restricted...
12/12/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE slipped on a ladder and left knee hit a beam while holding a beam for a welder. INCIDENT BECAME REPORTABLE WHEN HIS KNEE WAS IMMOBILIZED, ON 1/6/2010, WITH A BRACE.
12/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Hand got caught in pinch point while moving a valve. Pinched 5th digit right hand. Work restrictions 1st applied on 12/15/2009 causing the case to change from first aid to restricted work.
12/11/2009 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 116d lost Employee reported to medical dept on 12/11/2009 stating soreness in shoulder. Treated conservatively. Continued working without meds or work restrictions. Diagnosed with torn rotator cuff and schedule...
12/07/2009 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee reported to work area and bent over to pick up newspaper to read and felt pain in his back and could not move.
11/27/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was using a pry bar to open slide gate on bottom of railroad car and the gate slipped open and the bar moved upward and employee caught finger between bar and side of rail car causing lacerat...
11/23/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None 11/23/09 employee reported experiencing discomfort in right wrist when using impact tools. Conservative first aid treatment was started. Patient was not improving so on 1/8/2010 patient was r eferred...
11/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was struck in elbow by valve handle. Patient was treated conservatively(first aid). Patient reported to Medical Dept 1/22/2010 that still having discomfort in elbow. Physician prescribed rest...
10/31/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 130d restricted 10/31 Opening ball valve that was hard to open. Jerked on handle to try and open. Felt pop in arm. Continued to work and did not report incident until next day. Seen by external physician on 11/1. Rep...
10/05/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was sitting in skid loader and leaned forward to pick up a bolt on the floor and felt a pull in left side of back. Employee was placed on restricted work effective Oct 13.
09/28/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 9d restricted Putting #10 thickener back into service. As they were actuating the valve both employees were looking down into the overflow box to watch the valve to determine if it was opening. On the 5th try the v...
09/22/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was walking into Area 4 breakroom and slipped and fell on wet concrete striking her right side: elbow, shoulder, hip and hand.
09/21/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was lifting valves from one pallet and consolidating them onto another pallet. Felt a twinge in his back
09/16/2009 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Jackhammering material from chute on #16 tripper in Bauxite barn - Bldg 16. Area was hot and employee started to feel ill and stopped and went to medical for rest and fluids. Returned to work.