Davis Plant — Accidents

Total: 25 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/01/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was cutting a conveyor belt with EE's safety knife. As EE finished EEs cut, the knife came out of the belting and jabbed into EEs wrist, causing a small puncture through the glove into EEs left wri...
02/21/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was cleaning with a shovel at the tail of PRCV04 (primary conveyer), and with force hit some hardened material with the tip of the shovel, causing a strain to the right groin area.
08/16/2024 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d lost Employee was working at PRCV03 when they became dizzy from excessive heat, Employee had been running equipment for most of the shift and then moved to working outside. The local temperature at the tim...
04/02/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 65d lost, 76d restricted Employee was rigging down the crane, and picked up one of the outrigger pads and rolled it to the back of the crane storage box. When employee went to lift it up into its storage place, employee felt...
09/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was picking up the edge of a perforated metal plate which is called a punch plate; to put a chain thru the hole in the plate so employee could lift plate with the boom truck up to the top dec...
09/09/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting notches in skirtboard rubber so it could be fastened on the belt. Employee had left hand on the skirtboard rubber and cutting towards that hand when the knife slipped out of the r...
02/18/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hitting a bearing housing with a hammer in order to break it. The housing was made out of cast iron which when it was hit, caused a chunk of the steel to break out hitting the employee in...
06/19/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While being loaded with boulders in the haul truck, the employee was smoking a cigarette with the window down while not wearing safety glasses, even though being previously reminded to wear his PPE wh...
02/24/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was helping build truck bed for maintenance truck they stopped for lunch and his right eye was irritated and bothering him like something was in it. He came in the next day and said his...
01/16/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Climbing down off the ladder of a D465 Komatsu 60 ton Haul truck. He was on the second step coming down to the third step with three points of contact and foot slipped off third step causing the grip...
10/24/2014 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was cleaning cat walk on Primary Screen when he stepped on rock twisting his right ankle, causing ligaments on top of foot to swell.
03/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 317d lost Employee stepped out of office for a smoke break. When returning from her car, she fell onto the asphalt parking lot breaking her right foot. Note: Employee is not sure what caused her to fall. Possib...
01/13/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to clean some material from his loader bucket and was striking it with a hammer. A piece of the hammer broke off and embedded in his hand through his glove. Injury became reportabl...
12/04/2008 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Injured went out to clean under #57 stacker when he noticed the belt had stopped. He turned quickly to return to his tower to shut plant off and pulled his left leg muscle.
11/18/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 141d lost EE was making copies at the copy machine and started to return back to her desk when her left foot caught the edge of the copy machine causing her to trip and fall. EE was taken to the emergency room...
07/21/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING DOOR TO HIS LOADER WHEN WIND BLEW DUST BUILT UP ON HIS DOOR LIP INTO HIS RIGHT EYE BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED TO FULL DUTY AT BARNES VISION CLINI...
02/29/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted PULLING ON A FIRE HOSE WASHING OUT AN AREA WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK
01/22/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON ICE INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE AFTER AN ICE STORM. THIS REPORT WAS NOT FILED DUE TO MY THINKING IT WASN'T REPORTABLE, BUT EMPLOYEE WAS PUT ON RESTRICTED DUTY.
08/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF METAL (12"" X 36"") TO LAY ON A STACK OF METAL. HE LOST HIS GRIP ON THE PIECE OF METAL AND IT FELL ON HIS FOOT BEHIND THE STEEL TOE AREA OF HIS SAFETY BOOT.
06/08/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing blade in a box blade knife. The guard for the blade was bent causing the blade to pop out of the holder resulting in a laceration to the right index finger. Employee received 3 s...
08/31/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The seat adjustment on the loader wouldn't work correctly & mechanic tried to repair it without success. The back of the left knee of the employee had been rubbing against the front of the seat causin...
10/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Driller was lifting a DTH hammer in the winch line. As the hammer came through the table it caught on the table which caused it to start swinging. Hammer was swinging towards the window on the drill c...
08/16/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REMOVING STEEL FROM A FLAT TIRE THAT HE HAD TAKEN OFF A ROCK TRAILER. WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE STEEL WITH A HAMMER, THE HAMMER CHIPPED OFF AND STUCK IN HIS LEFT HAND. DOCTO R TRIED...
04/30/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CUTTING SKIRTBOARD RUBBER WITH A BOX KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG REQUIRING THREE STITCHES.
02/01/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WRENCH SLIPPED ON A BOLT AND FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN WRENCH AND METAL.