COLUMBIA PLANT — Accidents

Total: 27 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/12/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 29d restricted Miner was repositioning an overhead loadout spout to load a railcar when the spout was caught in a bind on the railcar top chute door. The miner attempted to pull the spout over the chute door lip wh...
09/12/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was reinstalling tile on a steel fan blade with RTV and was cut by a piece of tile as it slipped out of EE's hand and fell to the ground.
03/03/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Dip/Depression in the asphalt at the bottom of the stairs.
11/14/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Technician was tapping on dust collector piping when debris fell between EE's eyes and EE's safety glasses. EE immediately rubbed the right eye and started to feel some discomfort. EE finished the shi...
10/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted employee was hooking up a new 2 1/2 inch hose to a booster pump located at the plant. The hose was brand new and was raveled and kinked up prior to putting water pressure to it. The employee had a gri...
07/13/2019 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None the Load out operator had just finished loading a flour truck, moved the loadout spout, tied up the dust collector spout and was on top of the truck closing the back hatch when the truck started to mo...
02/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None SIC EMPLOYEE was unloading the boxes, they reached over the side of the truck and into the bed to lift the box out. When they brought the box up and over the bed of the truck they felt a slight catch...
08/14/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 220d lost Office worker was moving 20lb boxes of copy paper when she said she hurt her back but didn't think it was serious. She came back to work on Monday and seemed to be normal on Tuesday she claimed it was...
01/30/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Miner was performing routine tasks carrying samples in a 5 gallon bucket down some steps and felt a pull in his shoulder. Minor first aid was performed and the miner claimed he felt fine. This injury...
08/29/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 207d lost EE was using an 8 x 8 Trash Pump, pumping sand and water from a clarifier. The employee, while standing knee deep in water and sand used his foot to push / adjust or move the 8"" suction hose. Shortly...
06/24/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted The maintenance employee was checking the wet process float cells. The employee climbed up the feed end of the float cell bank and reached up and grabbed a small guard at the top of the cells. He got...
06/03/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 25d restricted Employee was driving the company pickup and was crossing a RR track but failed to notice that the sand normally between the rails had been cleaned out leaving a 5"" drop. Even though the employee was...
06/11/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was cleaning a filter table and was about to step up to the table when he lost his balance and fell to the same level bruising his hip.
06/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was moving a 1.75"" x 40"" circular steel part. The part was waist high resting on a pallet and was supported by a forklift. Employee slid the part to the side and it tipped over the edge. Wh...
10/25/2008 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A level insicator and a heating elemnet within a double walled 500-gallon tank ignited combustible gasses within the tank. This ignition ruptured the vessel at the top seam resulting in a horizontal g...
10/06/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted Employee was releasing a torque tool that was used to close a gate door on the bottom of a railcar. Pressure was applied to the tool handle and the release button was pressed. The handle slipped from...
10/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 122d restricted The mechanic was removing a lid from a 4' x10' rotex screen. The lid was lifted from the screen and placed on the floor directly beside the screen. During the lift the mechanic felt pain in his chest...
12/23/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee stepped up on an bracket (16"" X 12"") located 22"" above the ground floor. From here he was using a hammer to hit an air-slide located 7 to 9"" above the bracket he was standing. Employee l...
08/19/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted The employee, working in the shop area, tripped over welding leads attached to the center work bench. He fell forward to the same level and his left hand rolled up between the floor and his chest frac...
05/18/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was replacing a threaded rod that was connected to a knife gate and small electric motor. A 17"" pry bar was used to feed the rod/gate into position. He had already fed the bar 3"" to 4"" in...
07/25/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While working on a broken water line in front of wet process, he had dug a ditch to expose the break. He needed to get to the far side of the ditch. He stepped across. The sand on the far side of t...
02/07/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted EE WAS USING 2 PIECES OF ANGLE IRON TO LEVEL A STEEL PILLAR. THE PILLAR SHIFTED AND THE ANGLE IRON ROLLED, CRUSHING EE'S RIGHT THUMB UNDER STEEL PILLAR'S BASE.
01/21/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WELDING A MOTOR BASE WEARING A WELDING HOOD AND NO SAFETY GLASSES. THERE WAS A GRINDER ONT HE WORK TABLE AND IT WAS ACCIDENTLY STARTED WHEN THE EE LEANED OVER. THE GRINDING WHEEL THREW FOREIGN...
05/01/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ON UPPER LEVEL OF HYDROSIZER AND LIFTED SAFETY BAR TO STEP DOWN ON THE GRATE ABOVE HYDROSIZER. HE DID NOT REPLACE BAR IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION AND THE BAR CAME DOWN AND STRUCK THE TIP OF THE...
01/22/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE WAS DRILLING HOLES INTO A PIECE OF STEEL, WHEN THE BIT BOUND UP CAUSING THE STEEL TO SPIN AND STRIKE EE HAND.
10/18/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None VICTIM WAS ON THE GROUND BESIDE THE E BELT TAIL PULLEY USING AN UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT CONVEYOR BELTING TO USE AS SKIRTING WHEN A TRUCK DROVE INTO THE WORK AREA STARTLING HIM. EE TURNED AROUND Q UICKLY...
07/15/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS OUTSIDE THE MILL BUILDING. ABOUT 5-6 STEPS AWAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS HE SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF GRINDING MEDIA AND FELL DWON THE STAIRS. HE REPORTED PAIN IN...