Crystal Plant — Accidents

Total: 27 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/28/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee cut right forearm by broken glassware requiring 5 stitches.
01/21/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 359d lost The employee and two co-workers were removing a 4' x 4' fan housing from a wall opening when the employee felt a sudden pain in left shoulder.
11/04/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing coil from electric valve when the valve busted causing scrubber water to run down behind employees safety glasses into EE's eyes. Took to have eyes checked to ensure no damage. E...
09/19/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting a piece of rubber tubing, employee, using a utility knife, sliced the rubber towards EE's body instead of away, the blank ran up EE's thumb opening up a one-inch cut. EE was taken immedi...
08/24/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The mechanic was lifting glassware into place, the tubing slipped in EE's grip, glass edge tore through glove lacerating EE's upper forearm. The cut was approximately one inch wide, requiring four sti...
07/24/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was placing a gearbox (5lbs) on a reactor and when EE tried to stand up EE felt a tightness in lower back.
12/29/2015 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None As part of the company's medical surveillance program, the employee was diagnosed 12/29 /2015 by a NIOSH Certified B-Reader with pleural plaques. Suspected cause is exposure to mineral fiber while wo...
07/01/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1078d lost The miner was emptying 100 lb. bags of material from a pallet elevated over a waste hopper. As he moved a bag of material to the front of the pallet, to empty the bag, the weight of the bags broke som...
01/10/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing wire racks in the warehouse,the employee cut the back of his right hand on a sharp edge of the wire rack.
05/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 93d lost Two employees were carrying a section of drill casing to a drill rig by hand. One of the employees slipped in the muddy conditions and dropped his end of the pipe. This put strain on the other employe...
07/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was moving drums of material that were sitting on a wooden pallet, to seperate the drums. He felt pain in his left wrist, which at the time seemed very minor. The miner continued his duties,...
12/21/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost EE was walking from his pickup truck to his road tractor when he slipped and fell on ice in the parking lot behind the Unimum Crystal Plant at the loading dock. He was taken to the emergency room at B...
09/04/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 63d restricted While positioning drums on a pallet, the miner slipped on the forks of a forklift which was parked behind him with the forks flat on the floor. The miner fell backwards twisting his knee as he fell to...
10/14/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was lifiting and moving 50 lb bags of filter media when he sprained his back.
07/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was kneeling on top of a tank while removing the tank lid. The lid was tilted and some liquid spilled onto the tank and soaked into the employee's pants, at the knee, and then onto the em...
05/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was picking up a vacuum hose to start clean up on his floor, some loose sand was laying inside the hose and was flipped up into the employe's eyes.
10/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted The employee was standing on a wooden pallet lifting a 60 lb. sample box and dumping it into a tote. One of the pallet slats broke, causing the employee to lose his balance. The sample box he was lift...
09/15/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was helping replace the lid on top of an acid storage tank. When he put his right knee down on to the top of the tank, he came in contact with acid which burned his knee just below the knee...
07/16/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was cutting a plastic vacuum hose, using a pocket knife. The knife slipped when the blade hit a thin section of the hose, resulting in a cut to the miner's left hand.
01/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was lifting and streching forward in order to move an electric motor into the bed of a company truck, when he felt pain in his lower back.
01/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was lifting bags of filter media with his left arm and opening the bags with his right hand using a utility knife. He lifted approximately 450 bags from 11 AM until 2 PM. No problem was notic...
09/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was inside a tank checking the tank lining using a hand held portable light. While his head was tilted forward a drop of liguid fell feom the top of the tank, striking the top edge of his saf...
08/25/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting plastic banding from a loaded pallet using his pocket knife. He failed to cut completly through one piece of the banding, the knife slipped and cut him on the left forearm.
02/28/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted The employee walked between a hopper and the wall. His shoulder brushed the fire extinguisher which fell on his left foot.
12/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was removing a 4 ft. piece of sch. 80 4 in. pipe from the vent on a reactor. Injured employee saw that the pipe was falling and tried to catch it. The pipe hit his right hand and broke his...
09/20/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 126d lost, 3d restricted GOT OUT OF BUCKET ON THE LIFT AND STOOD ON A TANK THEN STEPPED OVER ON A 1 1/2"" INSULATED PIPE THAT RAN DOWN THE WALL NEXT TO WHERE THE SIDING WAS BEING INSTALLED. THE BRACE THAT HELD THE PIPE PULLED...
04/06/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS GOING UP FLIGHT OF STEPS TO WASTE PLANT TOO FAST, NOT PAYING ATTENTION OR USING HANDRAILS. HE TRIPPED IN-BETWEEN STEPS AND LANDED ON HIS FACE.