Bear River Zeolite Company — Accidents

Total: 23 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/07/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was moving around totes of sample retains and strained muscles in back, neck, and shoulder.
12/27/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee slipped and fell hitting head and shoulder resulting in concussion and shoulder separation. (This happened under previous management and just found out about it)
12/06/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost EE was walking from upper office to lower mill when EE slipped on the ice and fell.
10/06/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 180d lost EE was standing by some pallets, moving a tarp when another ee was bringing pallets over. ee did not move and the other ee had pallets in front of self. EE did not see ee and ee did not move out of t...
01/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 357d lost Employee was working near the Raymond Mill by the feed conveyor/silo and was trying to break up frozen material.
10/01/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bucketing product out of bulk bag and transferring into a 55 lb bag and said when he twisted he felt a pain in his side/groin area.
02/17/2015 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 59d lost IE was up at the Raymond Mill by baghouse. Two other EE's and IE were feeding product through auger, auger was running and IE stuck hand in to move product and cut hand severely. He was immediately ta...
01/19/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 135d lost Employee was bending down to open a small door on our derrick screening system when his lower back started hurting.
06/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE was working on the bagging line and bumped his hand on a metal table/ledge. He went to doctor a couple days later. He stated he was okay and then started complaining that hand was hurting again and...
06/17/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was up on the landing with all other employees pulling tarps over rock pile. A rock came out from under him and he fell and sprained wrist. He went to the doctor the next day.
01/08/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was waling by warehouse and slipped and fell due to icy conditions. He has been to the chiropractor a few times but has not returned to work.
10/13/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost The incident happened on Oct. 13, 12 @ 1:20 am. EE reported on 10/16/12 that he bumped his head on a pipe in the automated line while packing buckets of zeolite. He never reported to other workers tha...
12/15/2011 POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None We were thawing out some barrels that were frozen inside a warehouse with a generator and kerosene heaters. The doors were closed and the EE's were going in and out of the warehouse only to check barr...
10/25/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 98d lost EE was shoveling rock for approx 15-20 min then he set shovel down and walked down to supervisor and stated that his shoulder was hurting and his supervisor sent him to the hospital. According to Dr's...
08/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was shoveling when she strained her wrist.
05/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 263d lost EE was assisting on the contruction of the L-3 Raymond Mills. EE was lifting & moving ducting for the mill, in the process he strained his back.
03/22/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 290d lost He was cleaning with line shutdown, then he went in & started the line & went back out to clean the tail roller & not sure how he got in the tail roller. The guard was off at the time of the accident...
11/22/2006 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 151d lost EE was grommeting 2lb bags and hit the foot pedat prematurely and the die came down and took off the tip of her right thumb.
01/30/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The injuried EE was helping the lift operator with the load, not watching where they were at, the ee got his fingers caught between the forks of the lift and the spout of an auger causing lacerations...
05/07/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Walking to check generator at 2130. Stepped on rock wrong, fell to ground. Looked at ankle, was bent inward. Stood up and popped back into place.
05/05/2005 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee put his hand in his glove and was bitten by a brown recluse spider.
03/30/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 30d restricted EE WAS GOING TO TURN ON THE PUMP TO THE DIESEL TANK. IT WAS A SNOWY MORNING. EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE PLASTIC LINING WHICH WAS SLICK DUE TO SNOW, CAUSING A BACK AND SHOULDER INJURY.
03/06/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost EE WALKING THROUGH YARD SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE RESULTING IN LOST WORK DAYS DUE TO BACK STRAIN. EE IS STILL OFF WORK