Boron Operations — Accidents

Total: 344 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/15/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE ALLEGES THAT WHILE OPERATING BOBCAT, THE SHOVEL CAUGHT ON REBAR STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND CAUSING JARRING MOTION, LEADING TO LOW BACK PAIN.
09/03/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE AND CO-WORKER WERE USING TORQUE MULTIPLIER TO TIGHTEN BOLTS ON AXLE WHEN MULTIPLIER SLIPPED - HITTING EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD.
08/31/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT SUMP #8 WHEN HE STEPPED INTO HOT LIQUOR THAT SEEPED INTO A SMALL HOLE IN HIS LEFT BOOT CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURN.
08/06/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS TAPPING ON DOZER BLADE WHEN A METAL PARTICLE FLEW UP AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT CHEEK.
07/28/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE HODING AN AIR ACTIVATED VALVE WITH A PIPE WRENCH EMPLOYEE BENT TO PICK UP A CHOKER WHEN THE AIR PRESSURE HOLDING PLUG RELEASED AND PINCHED HIS FINGERS.
07/28/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted WHEN RUNNING FUSING MACHINE, PARTNER WAS SWINING A PIPE OVER FOR NEXT WELD WHEN PIPE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND INTO MACHINE PINCHING EE'S RIGHT HAND.
07/27/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT ON 7/27/03 HE WAS FUELING EQUIPMENT IN THE RAIN WHEN HE FELL IN THE MUD. HE STATES THAT HE DID NOT FEEL ANY PAIN UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER AND WENT TO HIS OWN PHYSICIAN WHO TOLD HIM...
07/08/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None VISITOR WAS ON SITE FOR MINE TOUR WHEN HE FAINTED, FALLING FACE FIRST ON CONCRETE AT MINE OFFICE. SUSTAINED X2 LACERATIONS TO CHIN THAT REQUIRED STITCHES AND 2 FRACTURED TEETH. TRANSPORTED TO EMERGENC...
06/29/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost WHILE WALKING ACROSS UNEVEN GROUND EMPLOYEES FOOT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING CAUSING HIS ANKLE TO TWIST AND FALLING TO GROUND.
06/21/2003 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS RESETTING A CUBICLE WHEN AN ELECTRICAL ARCH CAUSED A FLASH BURN TO HIS RIGHT HAND.
05/21/2003 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE HAS SUSTAINED A NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
04/30/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS CARRYING A 50 # BAG OF SALT WHILE STEPPING OVER A SMALL DITCH WHEN HE FELT A PULLING PAIN IN HIS LEFT CALF.
04/14/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT UNLOADING SULFURIC ACID RAIL CAR WHEN HE HEARD A POP AND IMMEDIATELY EVACUATED THE AREA.
04/07/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BANDS ON 500' ROLLS OF POLYPIPE WHEN THE BOX KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS LEFT PALM 2"" LONG, REQUIRING STITCHES.
02/20/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS PULLING ON PIPE WRENCH WHEN HE FELT HIS BACK ""POP"" THEN PAIN IN LOWER BACK.
02/17/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE STATES HE WAS STEPPING ON GRATING WHEN THE GRATING FLIPPED UP CAUSING ABRASION/CONTUSION TO L INNER KNEE BY DITCH WALL.
01/21/2003 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE HAS HAD A NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
01/14/2003 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE C/O ONSET OF CERVICAL PAIN WHILE DRIVING HAUL TRUCK.
01/14/2003 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None HEARING LOSS.
01/14/2003 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS, HEARING LOSS.
01/08/2003 OTHER NO VALUE FOUND None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
01/08/2003 OTHER NO VALUE FOUND None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
01/08/2003 OTHER NO VALUE FOUND None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
01/08/2003 OTHER NO VALUE FOUND None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
12/26/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
12/01/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DESCENDING LADDER ON UNIT RIG 33 WHEN SHESLIPPED AND FELL TO THE DIRT GROUND- FALLING ON HER TAILBONE.
10/24/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS WORK AREA HE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP HIS HAND RAIL AND IT HAD BEEN WELDED TO TABLE. EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK/SHOULDER PULLING ON RAIL TO LIFT IT.
10/16/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BELT ON #2 DRYER WHEN HIS GLOVE/THUMB BECAME LODGED IN PULLEY, CAUSING FRACTURE, AVULSION, LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB.
10/15/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE CLAIMS CONTINUOUS TRUMA INJURY TO BILOTERAL WRISTS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.
10/11/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FOLD UP LEG ON LIFTING BENCH WHEN THE LEG DROPPED CAUSING LACERATION TO R-HAND 5TH DIGIT, REQUIRING STITCHES.
10/08/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE CLAIMS CONTINUOUS TRAUMA INJURY TO BILATERAL WRISTS. (CARPAL TUNNEL SYND.)
08/28/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE SUFFERRED A NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS.
08/06/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None MILLWRIGHT WAS WORKING ON BEARING IN HC4 SCREW HOUSING - LOOSENING BEARING CROSSOVER WHEN HE HIT THE VERY SHARP SCREW WITH HIS RIGHT WRIST.
07/18/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING UP THE HOSES OF HIS CUTTING TORCH AFTER COMPLETING HIS TASK, WHEN THE CUTTING HEAD CAME INTO CONTACT WITH HIS R-FOREAM, CAUSING 2ND DEGREE BURN.
07/04/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WASLKING FROM PIT GATE TO BAP WHEN SHE TRIPPED AND FELL CAUSING ABRASION INJURY TO HER R KNEE AND PALMS.
06/18/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WALKING DOWN PIT SLOPE TO INVESTIGATE POWER CABLE WHEN THE GROUND GAVE WAY UNDER HIS R FOOT - CAUSING EE TO FALL FORWARD, LANDING ON HIS R TEMPORAL/EAR. EE SUFFERED A TENNIS BALL SIZE A BRASION...
06/04/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE WAS TRYING TO OPEN A STIFF DOOR ON A CONTAINER & WHILE PUSHING IT OPEN HE APPARENTLY HURT A MUSCLE IN HIS SHOULDER. EE CLAIMED HE HURT HIS SHOULDER AT WORK ON 6-4-02 BUT DID NOT INFORM SUPE RVISOR...
06/04/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 151d lost EE WAS STEPPING OFF A 3 STEP STAND AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL ONTO HIS L SHOULDER.
06/02/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE SLIPPED ON LADDER WHEN OPENING DT BIN 3-4' OFF THE GROUND, HITTING HIS L FOREARM ON THE LADDER CAUSING A CONTUSION TO HIS L FOREARM.
05/12/2002 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHEN THE OPERATOR LEANED OVER TO TURN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, DUST BLEW OUT OF THE VENT INTO HIS FACE, GETTING DUST PARTICLES IN HIS LT. EYE. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. EE WAS SENT TO E...
05/06/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost EE STATES THAT HE HAD TO OPERATE A JACKHAMMER TOBREAK UP PRODUCT AND WHEN HE COMPLETED THIS TASKHE FELT BACK PAIN, EE SUFFERED A LUMBAR STRAIN.
05/06/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A FLIP GATE ON THE TRUCK DOCK #7 THAT HAD BECOME HUNG UP AT THE EDGE, BUTWHEN THE FLIP GATE WAS RELEASED, IT SPRUNG UP & BACK DOWN ON THE EE'S LT. HAND CAUSING A FRACTUR E TO HIS...
04/22/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE EXPERIENCED AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE CLEANING SOLVENT THAT HAD BEEN JUST USED TO CLEAN THEEXTERIOR OF THE SHOVEL SHE OPERATES. EE WAS GIVEN EPINEPHRINE BY THE PARAMEDIC THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE E...
03/05/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE WALKING, EE TRIPPED ON THE METAL COVERING ON TOP OF GRATING, FALLING TO THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED AN AVULSION INJURY TO THIS EE'S RT. HAND, FIFTH DIGIT, THAT REQUIRED STITCHES. THERE WERE ALSO A F...
02/27/2002 RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None WHILE WALKING ON CATWALK ABOVE SMALL PINHOLE LEAK IN HYDROCHLORIC ACID UNAWARE OF LEAK INHALED FUMES
02/25/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE PREPARING TO DO A PUMP ALIGNMENT, EE HAD TO REPOSITION PUMP, TO PUT NEW BOLTS IN BASE. WHILE PUMP WAS PUSHED OVER TO THE SIDE, EE WAS PLACING BOLT INTO POLE WHEN PUMP SPRUNG BACK INTO PL ACE, CR...
02/20/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE MIXING REAGENT EE BECAME AWARE OF BURNING SENSATION TO R WRIST. HALF DOLLAR SIZE SECOND DEGREE CHEMICAL BURN TO RIGHT INNER WRIST.
02/20/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE SCRAPING MUD OFF THE RAKE EE SUFFERED A 1/2"" OPEN LACERATION TO R UPPER POSTERIOR ARM THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
01/15/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost WHILE DRIVING UNIT RIG 42 ON THE NORTH DUMP, EE HIS A POTHOLE WITH L FRONT TIRE, WRENCHING HIS BACK. EE NOTIFIED SUPERVISOR AT END OF SHIFT, BUT REFUSED TO BE SEEN AT THAT TIME STATING HE WANT ED TO G...
01/10/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None AUDIOMETRIC RECORDS INDICATE A STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT IN HEARING.