Bull Run Plant — Accidents

Total: 16 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/05/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While pre-shifting the middle deck screen media in secondary station, the associate rolled the chute forward to access the middle deck. EE proceeded to climb while grabbing the side of the screen step...
06/05/2023 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost We believe that when EE was tightening the side rails on the screen with the impact gun that the metal had fallen into EE's eyes behind EE's safety glasses. The next day, EE woke up with eye pain and...
11/13/2019 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was burning the explosives boxes on the bench immediately after the shot. The wind picked up & blew something under EE's safety glasses while back was turned. EE's eye became irritated. EE flushed...
07/28/2015 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was working on an electrical panel with push buttons on the front of the door to the panel. Employee checked the wires inside the panel for current and found no current. Employee began workin...
04/15/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted Employee was using a torch to trim a pipe. He was working in some awkward positions from a manlift. Later he noticed a pain in the mid section of his back. He thought it would go away but didn't.
03/23/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 55d restricted 1 injury; Employee was working at ground level installing an electrical ""can"" when he slipped on a rock, falling back. He tried to prevent impact of the fall by placing his wrist behind him. He land...
03/12/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Rigging a beam, forklift was in a tight area. Needed to get forks from under beam in order to lift with hook. Forklift operator completely retracted boom and still couldn't get fork from under beam. H...
02/09/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 81d restricted While picking up an electric hydraulic ram pump, associate twisted back.
12/03/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 111d restricted We had a stack of cribbing timbers to be used for the project. The timbers were 10""x10""x8"". They were stacked 5 high and 4 rows wide with one band around the center. When employee cut the band o...
09/18/2014 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d lost The individual was checking elevations of a cut section when he fainted and stopped breathing from an allergic reaction to physician prescribed medication. CPR was performed until he awoke and started...
04/16/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driller was using a hand held hammer and striking the top head of a down the hole hammer to loosen & remove. a mm size piece of steel went into his left wrist.
10/01/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 102d restricted EE was moving a sign that had fallen in the wind.
05/20/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Tightening the head nut on the 1560 Omni Cone crusher (P01-0273) at the Bull Run Plant. This procedure requires the use of a sledge hammer. He was swinging the sledge hammer against the tightening t...
04/04/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hammering on a rock (upper) jaw when dirt fell out of the jaw hitting him in the face. Employee was wearing safety glasses but dirt still got into the employee's eye. The crew was remov...
04/11/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Smashed left index finger with hammer
04/06/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 45d lost, 20d restricted Assoc. sitting in water truck at pile, 988II loader backed into the driver door of water truck jarring associate