Fernley Operations — Accidents

Total: 64 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/01/2023 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee failed to lock out, tag out, test out a belt-driven piece of equipment and used right hand to get the energized belt to move. Belt engaged and right hand fingertip was cut off by pulley/belt...
05/25/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was lubricating a shaft that was outside the line automated packaging area when at the same time, they grabbed a bag for no reason near a moving roller. Their hand reached really high and the...
01/30/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 69d restricted Employee lowering landing gear on portable welder trailer. Trailer hooked up to forklift. Putting stabilizer leg of trailer in place, aprox 15 lbs. Pulled pin with dominant left hand, held leg with ri...
06/25/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee dropped a jack hammer on their ring finger on the right hand when sitting the tool down on some railing.
06/18/2016 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee went to get some additional tools and when returning to work area ee stubbed the toe of steel toed boot on an anchor that was bolted to the floor.
07/18/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was making repairs inside the kiln and a dust particle got in his eye. Doctor prescribed eye antibiotic to prevent infection.
06/10/2013 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted During a severe thunderstorm a miner was closing the shop door. The wind caught the door and slammed it in to his shoulder.
04/30/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was cleaning up debris in the kiln and got something in his eye. The employee was not wearing his goggles. His eye was washed out but he had scratched his eye.
04/29/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was moving cinder blocks that had wood attached to them. When he picked up the cinder block the wood attached scissored closed and smashed his ring finger between the cinder block and the woo...
09/18/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 112d lost On 10/2/2012 EE came into work using crutches and stated that he had injured his back on 09/18/12 while operating a loader. On 9/18/12, he left work around 3:00AM without notifying anyone of his injur...
08/06/2012 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 2d lost The employee had an epileptic seizure. He was picked up by his mother.
03/13/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Picking up bag from his right side to the left and twisted his left ankle.
02/03/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Moving a storage box, lifted and set box down.
01/23/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost It had snowed over night giving us about 3 in of snow. Most of the walkways had been cleared and the snow had started to melt. The two employees were walking in an area that had not been clean by the...
03/30/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was helping install safety chains on the presip catwalk. he was holding a latch for EE White to weld. The welding rod accidentally while showing another ee were he should hold the part, and touched...
02/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing up # 52 elevator on cooling side of silos with an MSHA inspector. when he got to the top he felt his left butt cheek start to hurt. Turned out to be a pulled muscle.
12/08/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing masking tape from an air line in the bag house, when the air system was turned on. This employee's head was right next to an air vent when the system came on next to his left ear...
06/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was moving steel in shop when something cut his finger (Right Hand). He thought it might be a sliver of metal, but not sure .
07/30/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was cleaning under 5 pound line when a dust shield came off. He tried to put it back on and got his left hand caught in belt.
05/23/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 101d lost Unplugging crusher, when pry bar got caught in crusher wheels, bar then came up and hit EE under neck. Knocked EE out, chipped teeth, hit head and hurt back.
02/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost Employee was stacking 25# bags onto a pallet, when he said his lower back started to hurt. He then said it was starting to hurt worse so we put him on a stretcher and called 911.
01/11/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 36d lost, 57d restricted EE was moving an empty tank from the ground to set it on top of a freightliner flat bed. The crane stopped. EE jumped off and slid on the ice/snow twisting his ankle.
12/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was trying to remove a piece of D.E. from the crusher, when a piece fell on his right hand.
11/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE was trying to clean out the tailgate on a dump truck, when the tail gate closed on his hand (right hand- middle finger).
10/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Bent down to lift a pipe off ground with shoulder, as he started to stand up he hurt his lower back.
10/08/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Jackhammering inside Kiln, when he stepped on a metal pin. It went through his right shoe and poked his foot.
08/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost EE was stacking bags on pallet, when he hurt his lower back Monday , did not ask to go to the doctor till Thursday 8-16-07.
08/06/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Walking backwards, he tripped over oxygen hose, fell backwards and tried to stop the fall with his right hand and hurt his right shoulder.
07/10/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Was trying to unplug crusher from platform with pry bar, when one rock fell out of crusher tray on top of right foot.
06/19/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Employee was sitting in a chair at the valve-bagger station. You push foot pedal then a bag fills up, slide the bag off, slide the next one on, then press the foot pedal down. He said he pushed the fo...
02/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was tearing open plastic bags that had holes in them ,when he said his wrist & hands (Left & Right) started to lock up .
08/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Bent over to pick up a box of parts and felt a pull in his back.
08/02/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was working and a chain broke letting come along fly back and hit his shin. We were told by him what happened but did not think anything was wrong at the time and did not want to go to DR.
07/17/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was tightening vice to work on nozzel and the wrench broke. It came up and hit him right between his eyes, breaking his glasses. It also hit the left side above his eye. He was given first aid and...
03/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 24d restricted Miner was in compliance with rules and regulations; the equipment involved was the mill roll. Miner followed all safety precations. Miner needs to identify his pinch points and avoid them to prevent i...
03/09/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was in compliance with rules and regulations; there was no equipment involved. He was wearing proper protection. Miner was well trained and followed prcautions to prevent injury. (He was dumping...
03/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Miner was in compliance with rules and regulations. The equipment involved was the mill roll and he was using personal protection equipment and other safety devices. Miner was well trained and was usi...
03/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None LUMBAR SPRAIN, LEFT SIDE OF HIP, WHILE ROTATING 12"" CHANNEL ON TABLE FOR CUTTING. EE BROKE NO ASPECT OF COMPLIANCE WITH RULES & REGS. THERE WAS NO EQUIPMENT INVOLVED IN INJURY, AND NO PROTECTIVE GE...
12/06/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 30d restricted Two employees were putting a brake drum on a drive axle of a dump truck. One employee picked drum up, turned it around on a table so it would face axle hub. He picked it up and turned around, bent ove...
08/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was playing with the conveyer belt.
08/01/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee dumping bags. did not use proper turning technics. Lumbar sprain.
07/20/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 80d restricted Removing bags from conveyer belt, hand got caught on conveyer belt, laceration of hand, hospitalized at the moment.
05/27/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None HIT RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH STAPLE GUN (HAMMER TACKER).
05/02/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee was installing metal plate on shrink wrap machine inside warehouse. Plate was being held in the air by a chain connected to a bolt in the middle of the plate. When the bolt came out the plate...
01/21/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted EE CLEANING WASTE PLASTIC OF THE TRIMMER WHEN HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN MOVING BELT AND PULLEY. HAND AND FINGER LACERATION.
12/15/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee saw plastic caught in two of the small belts by the knife on machine #137 and tried to remove it while belts were still running fracture of left index finger.
08/10/2004 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was climbing elevator ladder to turn down spout valve, when he hit himself on elevator guard. Laceration above left eye (forehead).
06/04/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 152d restricted Rebelting bucket elevator when cable roller broke free. Cable roll hit employee on hard hat and forehead resulting in laceration of forehead.
11/12/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS OPERATING VALVE BAGGER, HE REACHED OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER TO PICK UP EMPTY BAG WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
07/28/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS TRYING TO PULL A PIECE OF PLASTIC OUT OF THE HANDLE MAKER ON THE FORM FILL AND SEAL MACHINE, WITH A PAIR OF NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS. WHEN IT CAME UNDONE SHE ACCIDENTALLY HIT HERSELF IN THE M OUTH, C...