Gramercy Operation — Accidents

Total: 579 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/20/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee engaged a 9-ton come along when a welded lug on the press shell gave way. The detached parts of the lug struck the employee in the chin/neck area resulting in a laceration.
04/13/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Upon stepping over a ditch, employee felt a sharp pain in the back side of right foot (bottom of heel)
04/01/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was removing guard and got right hand pinky finger smashed. While pulling belt guard employee's finger became pinched between the guard and the jack bolt for the motor
03/21/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Upon trying to take the water off the slurry injection pumps employee slipped and tried to prevent EE's fall with EE's left leg and filled boot with caustic
02/22/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was setting up an eliminator on a valve on the south primary feed tank suction and the eliminator fell off the valve smashing employee's finger.
02/15/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost Miner was unhooking and moving a hose when the miner sustained a caustic/chemical burn on leg/thigh. Follow up appointment was held today and surgical intervention was recommended by the burn unit.
01/13/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 67d restricted Employee was working in Batch when EE's lower leg was splashed with caustic. Left untreated, has developed into a severe burn requiring significant treatment.
12/26/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted MINER WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO OPEN A VALVE WHEN THEY SMASHED RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND VALVE CAUSING A CONTUSION & FRACTURE TO THAT DIGIT.
12/01/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Plugged flange line broke loose exposing miner to caustic liquor. Chemical burn to multiple body parts as result of incident.
10/18/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Using a pry bar inserted into the notched holes of the barrel of a capstan fitting to open a gate. Employee applied force with the pry bar it bent and rotated causing the employee to lose their balanc...
10/06/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost This incident was just reported to the Safety/HR team as a result of an internal investigation which was held on 11/4/2021. 2 Employees/Miners were involved in ""horseplay"" inside of a designated br...
09/21/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was closing valve when EE leaned over steam line. As EE stepped back and placed EE's right hand on the steam line for balance receiving a thermal burn.
09/21/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 72d lost, 3d restricted At 5:10am EE was walking to observe A- Train Product to check to see if it was in service when EE tripped and fell on curbing hurting right shoulder.
09/13/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee slipped while descending a ladder hitting ground with left foot, toes down. While walking away employee realized that the left great toe was swollen.
08/14/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost While grinding a banana wedge on a bench grinder, the wedge was pulled into the grinder causing right pinky finger and ring finger to be caught in between the grinder wheel and tool rest.
08/13/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was using screw driver it slipped off the screw head. Employee was no wearing gloves, hands were sweating and the top of left hand caught a corner of the sheet metal panel they were working o...
07/07/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee while working on a dozer pushing material slid into a cavity causing employee's head to move side to side rapidly causing a strain to neck
06/03/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 262d lost At 11:30 am Employee reported that while moving the forks on the forklift they felt a pain in right shoulder.
05/10/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Operators were beginning to work on installing steam and air rig on TK61 for caustic cleaning. While in process of installing steam hose operator was burned by steam.
05/03/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removing a driveshaft and drive tip from a capsten fitting to a hopper. The employee straddled the driveshaft with left hand holding the drive tip and right hand was holding the driveshaft. The employ...
04/04/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost While installing a steam rig on the bottom of Tk 48 employee stepped in residual ore/liquor which seeped into the bottom of EE's boot through a hole and burned a small area on EE's left lateral side f...
10/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee finger caught between wrench and top of freight elevator door. Causing fracture to the finger tip and laceration to finger requiring stitches.
08/07/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 26d restricted Crew was swapping out a 12"" pump at #6 pond. While moving pump to new location, with an extended boom forklift, pump was suspended from the forklift by rigging. A miner was walking along side of the...
07/06/2020 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 7d restricted Operator was draining line through the steam rig. Operator checked pressure on airline to take off and nothing came out. Operator proceeded to take airline off and caustic bypassed check valve and spr...
06/30/2020 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None IW was connecting rigging to an excavator bucket when EE's left foot was pinched under the bucket resulting in partial amputation of left big toe. Bucket moved due to listing of derrick barge when cra...
05/12/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was using forklift to transport 55 gal oil drum to powerhouse area. In the process of moving drum from warehouse pallet to transport pallet, drum rolled and pinched/smashed right middle and r...
05/08/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was walking into Press Floor area at NE entrance to assess scale buildup on wall to determine work that needed to be done in area. Was in process of communicating to mobile equipment operator...
05/01/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost Personnel had rolled spool out of #1 Decanter U/F Pump and was washing rocks out of pump, this loosened plugged material in pump causing hot caustic mud to spill out of discharge line. Personnel heard...
02/04/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was closing V1 steam valve to secure vessel when right thumb was pinched between the valve wrench and the railing.
01/27/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was opening a valve and EE's right index finger was pinched resulting in a laceration and fracture.
11/12/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee stepped on grating while untwisting a hose and sprained (L) ankle.
10/16/2019 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was a welding helper cutting and welding stainless steel. Employee worked a double shift and noted a problem on the drive home. Employee reported the eye incident the following day. Employee...
10/14/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Left forearm foreign body.
09/15/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pushing forward to open a valve using force and EE's forearm made contact with a bolt underneath the valve. Resulting in a laceration to EE's (R) forearm that required 4 stitches.
08/02/2019 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Laceration without foreign body right little finger.
04/30/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 290d lost Employee was on a stand by HI-2 swinging a maul to open a drain valve when EE felt a pop in the right shoulder. EE was seen at Gulf Coast OCC Med and referred out to Ortho. MRI was done on 05-03-2019...
01/21/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was opening draw off valve at TK -34 where their left thumb was caught between the beater and maul. X-Ray was negative on day of incident. On 1/31/2019 after swelling went down they visited a...
01/19/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was removing scales with a chipping hammer when a piece of debris was knocked off and punctured the glove on employee's left hand. When the glove was removed there was a fine point on left th...
01/18/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 62d lost, 6d restricted Employee was driving a cart, became distracted and drove into a hole striking a pipe. Employee was taken for medical care at Gulf Coast and (R) elbow x-ray was negative. First visit to Dr. on 2-6-2019...
01/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Powerhouse boiler operator was climbing steps (2) at a time going to restrooms. When the operator felt a pain in right shoulder.
11/10/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was trying to open a circulating line on T-6, in the process of swinging the maul they missed the valve and struck their right middle finger between the handle of the maul and a safety rail.
11/09/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting tie wraps with a pocket knife. When the tie wrap broke the knife slipped and cut (L) middle finger.
10/29/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was leaving an office and walked around a barricaded area and slipped in the mud. EE braced self on the dumpster to keep from falling and right foot turned outward resulting in a fracture.
09/14/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was opening a three way valve and caustic made contact with their left eye and both nostrils.
08/20/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was removing the wrapping from around a new light stand, and when ee loosen the stabilizer bar finger was pinched between the two bars.
08/10/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in precipitation standing on a platform at Tank -52. Removing a 90 degree steam injecting piping. When they removed the last (2) bolts they felt caustic liquid enter their left glove resu...
08/08/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was blasting a metal plate when the air hose was entangled on the plate resulting in a left shoulder strain.
08/02/2018 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While opening a screen box, a leaking nearby pipe sprayed spend liquor to both ears and eyes to left side of face.
07/15/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 53d restricted Employee was nailing down a cloth on the #5 pan filter when EE hit left index finger with a hammer resulting in a fracture and a laceration.
06/21/2018 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 1d lost, 6d restricted The employee was changing a control valve on # 4 boot pump. EE has the controlroom operator stroke the valve and while stroking EE felt the glove on right hand being pulled into the shaft.