Carolina Stalite Company-Stalite Mill — Accidents

Total: 171 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/08/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was clearing lime dust material from a hopper. EE had stepped back while the hopper's vibrator was energized. Suddenly the material inside broke loose splattering EE in face and body area. Ap...
05/17/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee heard 3/4 silo belt lock down, ee went to the control room to turn it off. EE then went to investigate what was wrong, ee found some rock had wedged and locked belt down. EE went to get a bal...
05/16/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was walking carrying two buckets of castable material, to be used to patch holes inside the #1 rotary kiln. Employee stepped onto uneven ground twisting the right ankle.
04/14/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee exited the shipping department control room using the stairs. At the bottom was some more concrete stairs, when EE stepped down EE rolled EE's ankle.
04/11/2018 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was hooking up the welding trailer using the hydraulic lift from the tractor. Positioning the tong of the trailer and using the controls from the tractors hydraulic lift at the same time, the...
03/27/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting metal using an Oxyacetylene torch. It appears some rust was behind the metal employee was cutting, hot molten metal splashed back into employee's face. A small piece of molten met...
03/14/2018 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was helping change out a roller on the #1 kiln. The wind was blowing hard yesterday. EE felt something in right eye, like it was scratched. That afternoon eye became sore, ee seen a s...
01/19/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was walking around the rear of the articulated front end loader, inspecting due to the loader over heating. EE slipped on the snow/ice strain EE's left knee.
11/28/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was replacing the wheel chocks back onto the 644 J John Deere articulated front end loader, using a one inch rubber bungee strap to secure them. As ee was pulling on the strap, the anchor...
11/27/2017 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee begin to have chest pains before employee starting working.
07/09/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted The injured employee was walking to turn off the augers power switch. Employee twisted employee's ankle when employee stepped over a 6 inch steel pipe.
03/02/2017 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 1d lost EE was weighing in and out customer trucks. EE began to have chest pains, then later numbness to EE face and hands. More so to the right side.
01/01/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was cleaning fine material from underneath the #4 discharge conveyor. EE was using a shovel to push the material into the flow of water from a water hose. As EE was pushing the material, EE f...
12/24/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The injured and another employee was cleaning out a lime slurry tank. The steel rod that they where using got stuck inside the tank. As they where pulling the rod out lime slurry started to flow. They...
10/13/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was working on cleaning out lime from the #2 lime tank, using a pressurized water hose, also was opening and closing a 6 inch gate valve. They said that their shoulder got a pain in it that e...
10/04/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of rubber with a utility knife. Employee accidently cut hand.
10/04/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 102d restricted Employee was installing a grease O-ring seal to a rock crusher. The O-ring slipped off from the back side where employee started. Employee fell forward to the edge of the brass socket liner.
09/23/2016 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sitting at EE's desk. EE was turning EE's head to the right as EE was standing up, EE hit EE's right forehead on the corner of an electrical panel box.
09/14/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 188d restricted The injured employee was carrying a guard up a stairway. EE raised one end up an felt pain to right shoulder.
08/16/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was attempting to install a coiled spring into a collar that holds a bit of a small jackhammer. EE almost had the spring inserted, but was having a problem with the spring going in all the wa...
07/12/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 4d restricted Employee was shoveling off fly ash from the top of 1 and 2 dust tank. The employee alleged that something popped in their lower back when they lifted a shovel of material.
04/22/2016 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 92d restricted The injured employee and another employee was erecting a 30 foot conveyor into place. The conveyor was suspended with chain and cable hoist. The conveyor needed to shift to the left a couple of inches...
01/19/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was climbing down a ladder, near the end of EE's descent EE's foot slipped off the ladders rung causing EE to twist EE's ankle.
11/27/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was carrying a bucket to gather some rock from a conveyor for his hourly sample. He stepped down into the discharge belt conveyor area. The employee didn't look where he was stepping. He step...
10/06/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted The injured an another employee was replacing the bearing on the drag chain sprocket. The sprocket was suspended, as they was positioning the sprocket into place. The sprocket moved forward wedging th...
08/25/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee went to the warehouse to get a wire cloth screen. He pulled the screen from the rack. He leaned the screen against the trailer. He was lifting the screen lost his grip, the screen was falling...
08/13/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was inspecting the #4 kiln pinion gear. He stepped from one level of concrete to a lower level, planted his foot wrong twisting his left ankle.
07/11/2015 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee said that he exited the #1 and #2 Kilns control room to the # 1 kilns firing deck. He felt a twitch or pinching feeling to his left knee. He returned to the control room. When he would put pr...
06/15/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was washing material off the concrete in the 5/6/7 discharge conveyor area. Something got into his eye.
06/11/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee cut a 3/4 inch hose to length. Then he was making a vertical cut downward splitting the hose lengthwise. Holding the hose in his hand he cut through the hose his glove and the palm of his...
05/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 64d lost, 80d restricted The injured employee used his left arm grabbing the steering wheel to mount the rubber tired tractor. He felt a sharp pain when he pull himself up.
05/14/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee hooked the crane cable block into the lifting eye of the conveyor belt carriage. When the crane operator began cabling up, employee seen the cable block drifting toward a 55 gallon oil drum....
04/20/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was using a parts puller to pull a coupling hub off a shaft, he said it was tight. He was using an adjustable wrench to turn the treaded shaft. He was using repetitive motion to remove the hu...
04/05/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee stepped off the #4 kiln coal mill 5 inch high concrete platform, to retrieve a welding lead. He planted his foot on the edge of the 5 inch high concrete platform and twisted his ankle.
02/24/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 43d lost, 17d restricted The employee exited his vehicle and was walking to his work area. It had been snowing for several hours. He stopped to make contact with the front-end loader operator working in that area. He took a c...
01/21/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stepped out of the 3&4 control room onto the #4 side kiln firing deck. Upon stepping, some grit blew into his eye. He stepped back into the control room and removed his safety glasses, then r...
01/16/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 5d restricted The employee was using a hammer and punch to remove the cut bolts from the connecting ring on the ID fan stack. A piece of the punch chipped off the top cutting his hand. At the time of the injury, th...
07/10/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted # 7 Rotary kiln was taking down with a problem to the drag chain. The injured employee was washing material away from the drag chains drain chute. The maintenance man dropped his flashlight, he ask th...
01/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 84d restricted Employee was squatting down washing underneath the tail pulley on the 3 deck screen conveyor. When he raised up he felt a pop in his lower back. He had tingling to his groin and both legs.
11/21/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was cleaning up after a maintenance job on the # 6 baghouse. He had bent down to grab the welding and ground leads and a cutting torch. As he proceeded to move forward and began to stand up,...
10/17/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 163d restricted EE and another ee where changing the oxygen bottle on a portable welder trailer. The other ee set his end of the tank onto the trailer. As ee lifted his end to stand the tank upright, the other end sl...
09/26/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted Employee was walking toward the silo talking to the loader operator on a hand held radio. He stepped on a rock, twisted his ankle. He caught himself before he hit the ground. He stood up real quick, h...
08/01/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee was exiting the cab of the water truck. He hold the steering wheel with his left hand and the grab iron with his right, with both feet on the top step. He placed his left foot on the lower st...
10/26/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was watching his Rotary Kiln the wind blew fine gritty material underneath his safety glasses scratching his left eye.
08/14/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted A couple weeks ago he had a crick in his neck. It went away but stayed irritated up until 08/14/12, this is when he reported to his supervisor that his neck was pain. The loader pins are worn causing...
07/24/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted The employee was using a sledge hammer to clear dust from a hopper. He believes he strained himself swinging the sledge hammer.
04/24/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured miner was replacing a trust roller on the #1 kiln upper pier. The wind was blowing foreign materials around, when the miner wiped his brow, a piece of foreign material got into his eye.
04/23/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured miner was preparing to change a trust roller on the #1 kiln upper pier. The miner was clearing material away, and the wind blew foreign material into his eye.
09/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee was helping another employee carry a woven wire screen. As they were setting the screen down, the edge of the screen rubbed the injured employee's elbow cutting him approximately four inc...
05/20/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The EE was welding inside the loader bucket, using a LN25 wire welder. That Friday afternoon his eyes were sore, by Saturday evening his eyes became worse and began to swell.