Cantera Carolina Pta #3 — Accidents

Total: 20 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/19/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was adjusting excavator screws with an industrial cricket when he hit his face on the left side. He feels intense pain on the left side of his face.
04/10/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost EE was ""enangotado"" adjusting motor screws with an industrial cricket at the primary crusher plant, when he stood up, he felt pain in the lower back and his left leg.
02/19/2009 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal Employee was walking at the plant facilities, a cornerstone of the crane collapsed, hitting the employee directly to the body and falling down. Employee was wearing safety equipment as required (capac...
07/03/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost The employee was going up the stairs to the plant control room when he slipped and injured his right knee. He feels lots of pain and his knee is swollen.
04/05/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost The employee was leaving the clarifier area when he slipped and fell due to the polimers residue on the floor. He injured his right shoulder, right wrist, his back and right leg.
11/30/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost The employee was cleaning the plant floor. When he bent down to pick up a sack of material, he slipped falling sideways injuring his right shoulder, his neck and back.
10/21/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost The EE was adjusting some screws on the disks brakes of an article truck (#350). The screw driver broke, cutting his right hand thumb. They gave him 5 stitches.
05/19/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost The employee was removing a ladder from the press machine to put near the boom truck. When he tried to do it, the ladder slipped and he jumped out off the truck. He was impacted to his left lateral si...
03/10/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 241d lost The employee was helping another employee installing a belt on the Press. As they started to work on it, the equipment operator activated the conveyor by mistake causing another employee to fall in th...
09/02/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost THE EE WAS LIFTING SOME HEAVY BASES IN ORDER TO PLACE THEM IN THE ""SCARPER"" (A MACHINE THAT SEPARATES THE SMALL STONES FROM THE LARGE ONES) AND HE FELT A SEVERE PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CAN HARDL...
08/24/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost The ee was walking toward his work area, and passing near the secondary crusher, he felt the impact of an artifact on the back of his head. This produced a wound in his left/ back side of his head in...
02/27/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRAVELING FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER, THE COMPANY CAR GOT VERY HOT. HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO INSPECT THE PROBLEM. WHEN HE REMOVED THE LID OF THE RADIATOR THE PRESSURE OF T HE VAPO...
07/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost THE EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING UP THE GREASING GUN WHEN HE CUT HIS MIDDLE (RIGHT) FINGER.
07/03/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost EE INDICATES THAT WHILE HE WAS CUTTING A RUBBER BAND FROM A CONVEYOR, THE RAZOR HE WAS USING TO CUT SAID RUBBER BAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO CUT HIS LEFT THUMB.
06/14/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost THE EE ALLEDGES THAT HE HAS FELT MUCK PAIN IN HIS BACK, AND THE PAIN HAS BEEN INCREASING AND THEREFORE HE IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE RISK MOVEMENTS, WEAKENING HIS STRENGHTS.
10/31/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost THE EE ALLEDGES THAT HE WAS ADJUSTING THE BELTS OF THE STONE MILL, WHICH ARE VERY HEAVY, AND WHEN HE STOOD UP HE FELT A STRONG PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
10/20/2000 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost THE EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS REPAIRING ELECTRICAL CABLES OF THE CONVEYOR, HAVING TURNED OFF THE BREAKERS, IN ORDER TO FIX THEM AND WRAP THE CABLES WITH TAPE, WHEN HE TURNED ON THE BREAKERS, HE R ECEIVED...
08/15/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A CRUSHER WITH A WRENCH, THE WRENCH FELL, THEN THE LID OF THE CRUSHER OPENED AND THE EMPLOYEE FELL ON TOP OF A MOTOR AND THE DOOR OF THE CRUSHER FELL ON HIS LEG, HURTI NG HIS...
06/27/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost THE EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING THE AREA TO TRACE THE PATH FOR A NEW ROAD, AND HE WAS CLIMBING THE MOGOTE (HILL) #2 OF CAROLINA LANDFILL, HE SLIPPED OVER A LOOSE ROCK AND IMPACTED HIS RIGHT KNEE W ITH THE...
02/23/2000 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THAT FOR A LONG TIME HE IS SUFFERING FROM STRONG HEADACHES AND HE FEELS CONGESTION IN THE FRONTAL PART OF HIS FACE. SOMETIMES HE GETS DIZZY. HE ALLEGES THAT IT IS DUE TO THE DUST AT Q...