Bridgeport Plant — Accidents

Total: 113 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/11/2013 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 10d restricted Employee suffers from tendonitis in the left shoulder as a result of repetitious work related activity. Fueling 777 Cat haul trucks.
09/10/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee sprained his ankle when he stepped on to cat walk after releasing his lanyard from a position above his head.
06/20/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was dragging a tow cable. He dropped the cable and it struck his right thigh causing a laceration. Sutures were required.
06/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was attempting to move around the end of a rail car, when he slipped and fell striking his head on the rail car. Height of fall was approx.3 ft. Sutures required to close wound.
03/10/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 329d lost A mechanic suffered a torn meniscus in the left knee when the tailgate on the service truck struck his knee while attempting to climb in the bed. The employee refused medical attention until January 2...
09/21/2012 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 48d lost, 81d restricted Employee reported left shoulder began hurting while driving truck. Initial diagnosis was strain/sprain. MRI revealed arthritis, bone spurs, and SLAP tear. None of these conditions are a result of empl...
09/04/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 97d lost, 70d restricted Employee was lifting a 10 lb ladder out of a rail car and felt a burning in his right shoulder. Acute tendonitis
08/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 207d lost Employee's left hand was struck by a rock while his hand was resting on a handrail. Broken bones and lacerations.
01/03/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Retrieved tools from top of pad mount transformer at the end of the day, coming down the ladder fell from bottom step to the ground landing flat of back
11/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 49d lost, 16d restricted Employee was lifting a roll of skirtboard rubber causing strain. This injury became reportable on Jan. 13th 2012, when the employee finally was able to see an orthopedic surgeon. The injury had not be...
09/27/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's left index finger was caught between an electric motor and motor base as the motor was being lifted by a mobile crane. The employee was trying to prevent the motor from swinging.
09/23/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was grinding inside a shaker when a tiny particle bounced off the side of the shaker and went behind his safety glasses. The particle was removed with a cotton swab but antibiotic drops w...
08/16/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was using a steel bar to clear chute of obstruction. The bar pulled through his hand cutting his glove and his left hand. The injury required sutures.
07/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE had been working on machine when he felt pain in right forearm. Pain has progressed and treatment was sought one week later.
03/21/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using a grinder and a piece of metal fell into his right eye. He was wearing required PPE and conditions were windy.
02/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None This customer truck driver attempted to exit the cab of his truck and became entangled in the seat belt causing him to fall out of his truck breaking his leg.
09/13/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was trying to pull a grease gun hose from a grease line hose. He was having difficulty. He exerted more force causing the two hoses to come apart. His right hand flew into a conveyor frame be...
04/12/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee lacerated his right thumb on a razor knife while performing repairs to a R60 Haul truck.
12/21/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Drill steel fell out of carousel. Driller couldn't get it back in by himself so he had EE come help him. Pipe was stuck so the driller started the rotary head down to unstick it but it hit the pipe sm...
05/14/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting holes in a piece of belting to be used as a curtain on a dewaterings screen at the sand plant, EE was on the 7th hole and standing while cutting toward his body, the utility knife came o...
05/04/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of repositioning a grease line, when his left index finger (finger nail) was caught in between belt and roller. The employee received a lacaretion, requiring sutures.
05/04/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was operating a dozer pushing material. As he was backing the dozer, he struck a large rock, jarring and straining his neck.
11/11/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 9d restricted Employee struck by water discharge hose, 10"", 65 psi, when hose seperated from fitting.
11/11/2008 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 158d lost Water discharge hose separated and struck employee.
07/14/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stepped backwards and fell to ground. Landing on left wrist and spraining wrist.
11/01/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding on a weld when he was struck in the left eye by a foreigen object
06/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was climbing in to a chute to do repair work when he slipped and fell and injured his wrist and brusied over back
12/04/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 96d restricted Employee was climbing down the ladder on a Cat 740 haul truck when the truck was bumped by a Cat D9 dozer. The employee lost his grip on the ladder and fell to the ground injuring his left ankle/foot....
10/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Workers were performing conveyor roller replacement, when an 8' long roller slipped and slid on framework, towards worker. Worker put up his right hand and roller pinned worker between roller and colu...
09/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was climbing off of a hitachi model 1100 shovel when he slipped and fell spraining his right ankle
08/15/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 92d restricted Employee was removing a screw from a wiring harness on a sensor when he heard a poping noise from his left wrist as a result of holding the wires down keeping them from moving. Employee was issued a s...
08/09/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee while lifting sample buckets for Q.C. out of truck turned and felt a pain in middle of back while taking samples to lab. On 8/15 received notice from doctor that employee was diagnosed with b...
06/22/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 20d restricted After employee finished cutting pipe he noticed small clump of grass on fire. As employee raked dirt onto fire with foot felt sharp pain in right knee. According to doctor, employee sprained knee and...
06/02/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee while removing broken glass from window pane cut through gloves and lacerated his left thumb. He was taken to the local hospital where he recieved 5 stitches. He returned to work on same shif...
03/07/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 45d restricted While inspecting a rail car, EE pulled right shoulder. At the time, EE did not feel anything was wrong with shoulder. EE decided to see a doctor on 4/11/05. Doctor released EE to work, no restr. & sch...
01/11/2005 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing on a platform observing the Primary hopper being cleaned out by the backhoe when a hinged catwalk section he had lifted and latched back to the handrails prior to, came down and...
11/13/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee, while assisting the ground crew get a sump pump out of a muddy area, strained his groin area. The employee was diagnosed on 11/29 as having a hernia and was scheduled to have surgery on 12/1...
10/29/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While drilling, employee wiped his (L) eye with his sleeve and got a piece of metal in it.
10/26/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost After exiting his personal vehicle, employee was walking across parking lot and stepped on some clothes hangers. He fell striking his left knee on the ground. This accident was not reported to his sup...
09/22/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding on a 12"" pipe in the sand plant and was grinding on root pass when the wind gusted and particles got into his eyes.
09/09/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding and when he raised his face shield, accumulated metal shavings on the frame went into his eye.
07/20/2004 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE THE ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER AT THE TRUCK LOADOUT PULLING WHEN HE FELT A STING ON HIS WRIST.
07/14/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee slipped and fell off of a 275 clark loader while attempting to climb down the loaders ladder. two broken ribs on his lower left side
06/29/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 240d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF RAIL CAR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND BREAKING HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.
06/14/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 65d restricted EE WAS UNLOADING PIPE TRAILER WHEN FLANGES FROM ONE PIPE STRUCK ANOTHER CAUSING LOAD TO MOVE. EE JUMPED APPROX. 4 FEET TO THE GROUND TO AVOID BEING HIT BY A PIPE.
04/15/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AROUND CHASING IRON AND STEPPED ON GROUND THAT WAS UNEVEN BECAUSE OF RAIN AND TRACKS TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
04/06/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE LIFTED THE GANG BOX DOOR UP, PUSHED THE DOOR IN AND THE LID FELL STRIKING HIS CHEEK. CHEEK WAS LACERATED REQUIRING STITCHES.
02/25/2004 MACHINERY NO VALUE FOUND None Shovel struck rear of haul truck waiting to be loaded.
12/05/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None OPERATOR PULLED WRONG LEVEL ON PUMP. PUMP SWUNG AND HIT FACE AND NOSE (9 STITCHES).
08/29/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF HAUL TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND BUMPED HIS KNEE. EE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THAT TIME. ON 9/13/02 EE ASKED TO SEE THE DR BECAUSE HIS KNEE WAS STILL HURTING. THE DR T...