Desoto — Accidents

Total: 21 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/01/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted MSHA inspector issued citation forcing us to file even though we don't believe this is a recordable. Employee stated they had soreness in shoulder on Thursday, May 1. There was no lifting, pushing, pu...
11/21/2022 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 171d restricted While checking rotation of the piggy backs in the pit, the pig was rotating backwards. Employees switched the electrical wires inside the junction box. When turning the power back on it caused an el...
06/29/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 34d restricted Injured employee assisted in maintenance of log washer. Employee was standing on walkway holding journal of log washer. As EE was doing this another employee was in the tub of the log washer removin...
05/24/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee states EE and another employee were carrying a pipe. Each employee was positioned on an end of the pipe. one employee suddenly dropped EE's end resulting in EE's right shoulder being strain...
02/02/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 143d restricted Employee was training employees on how to train a conveyor. He states he was using a hammer to tap the rollers for adjustment. He completed this and walked to his truck and as he began to open his t...
10/08/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was using a utility knife to cut a piece of conveyor. The knife slipped and lacerated the employee's right leg.
10/24/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee states he was pulling on a suction hose of a water pump that was stuck in the mud and injured his lower back.
06/25/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee states he was installing flashing on a conveyor belt to prevent spillage. As he was pulling on the flashing to properly place it his right hand went across a piece of jagged metal resulting...
05/13/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee states he was operating a water wagon to wet the roadways. In the evening the employees back began to bother him.
04/26/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee states he was cleaning built up material out of a catch hopper on a conveyor line with a shovel when a rock hit his hand.
09/15/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 47d lost, 4d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE REAR SECTION OF AN 8"" PIPE THAT WAS BEING PULLED FROM A TRENCH BY A 824 JOHN DEERE LOADER. THE REAR OF THE PIPE SUDDENLY CAME UP OUT OF THE TRENCH AND STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST.
09/07/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee states he was securing crane to lowboy trailer. As he was throwing chain through the hook of the crane to secure felt a pain in his right shoulder.
04/16/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was striking a U joint with a hammer on a Terex Scraper when a piece of metal came off of the U joint entering his right index finger.
09/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 40d restricted Employee states he had positioned a 6X10 sheet of metal in a vertical position in a hopper to weld. He had placed (3) 2x2's in a horizontal position with one end against the sheet of metal and the o...
05/29/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee states he was walking down stairs of control tower when he stepped on a wrench and twisted his ankle.
04/08/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 87d lost, 30d restricted Employee was replacing flooring at the primary plant. The employee was using a pry bar to move a steel plate when he felt pain in his back.
03/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee states he was removing hydraulic pump and it slipped and caught his finger between metal lines and cut left middle finger.
09/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was opening a fuel fill cap on storage tank on truck, spring loaded lock on cap hit him in the face.
09/15/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While using a grinder, employee got some metal in eye.
09/26/2003 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 20d restricted CUTTING WELD OFF DRAGLINE GEAR. GEAR WAS OUT OF MACHINE BUT THE GEAR ITSELF WAS NOT SECURED & WHEN THE WELD WAS KNOCKED OFF THE GEAR SLIPPED OFF THE SHAFT HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD & PINNING HIM UNDER T...
04/16/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted WAS ENDING SHIFT AND GETTING DOWN OFF SCRAPER. STRAINED HIS BACK AS HE WAS GETTING OFF MACHINE.