Gramercy Operation — Accidents

Total: 579 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/23/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on #3 Settler scaling out the launder, when the gun of the scaler became jammed. The pressure of the air from the gun caused it to jam the left middle finger between the gun handle and...
11/23/2009 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 9d restricted EE filled the S. Primary Feed with caustic when drain was open. When he approached the drain valve to close it, the ore he was standing in washed from under his feet causing him to slip into the caus...
11/07/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 48d restricted EE was inspecting the temporary conveyor set up in Section IV. He was walking down a sloped area and lost his footing. He tried to regain his balance & twisted his left knee. His work duties were r...
10/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 126d lost, 46d restricted EE attempted to open a valve on tank 36. He felt an intense pain in the right shoulder. He was evaluated and underwent reduction of the right shoulder which was unsuccessful. He was then admitted t...
10/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 53d restricted EE has been on permanent restrictions for several years due to historical knee/joint problems. In December, he saw an orthopedist that confirmed his permanent restrictions and placed him on additiona...
10/06/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost On October 6, 2009 the heel of employee's left foot got caught on a step causing pain in left knee. Because of symptoms worsening, he was referred to an orthopedist and was diagnosed with a torn meni...
10/06/2009 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Working in Precip removing packing from draw off valve. While removing 2nd set of packing, packing blew out of valve spraying caustic in employee's face. Diagnosed with chemical conjunctivitis in le...
09/20/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was taking settler overflow sample when he slipped and fell onto tank. Landed on his lower back and right arm. Received 2nd degree thermal burns to the lower back and right upper arm. Beca...
09/16/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Injury was blowing down the 650# pressure transmitter under #1 power boiler. The trench under the power boiler filled with hot water and was missing a piece of grating. He stepped into the trench and...
08/28/2009 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee reported to work on 8/29/09 with complaint of a bulge on the side of his abdomen. Employee was sent to his personal physician for diagnosis & treatment. As of this date, employee is allegin...
05/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Injured & another EE were changing valves on the bottom of the middle low pressure heaters. The middle valve is the one they were working on when the wedge that was being installed flew out and hit E...
04/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 214d lost Injury was pulling the stem from a valve yolk when he felt a burning sensation in his upper right arm. He reported to medical & was treated and released for duty with no restrictions. After persista...
04/24/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 181d lost, 7d restricted Installing pin in the bucket of a front end loader using a 10# hammer. When he applied force, he felt pain in his right shoulder causing him to drop the hammer. He was then placed on restrictive duty...
04/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working in V-1 near top of dome. Co-workers were lowering spiders & other equipment into vessel. A disconnect plugged with a female disconnect coupling fell from above through the manway hole...
03/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was opening a 2"" drain valve. Water from opened drain valve blew out, knocking off his hard hat. After closing the valve, he was removing his monogoggles to wipe water from the goggles and his f...
02/17/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working on welding repairs of #3 kiln Unax coolers, hot metal from area being welded fell in left shirt sleeve causing 2nd degree burns on his left upper arm. Cleaned, then applied Silverdine c...
02/05/2009 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 48d restricted EE and another EE were changing out 8"" Clarkson valve on #3 header south. As EE was working, he bent down & when he stood up, felt a pain in his right knee. EE will be on restricted duty pending a...
01/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While breaking flange to drain, line separated and caustic sprayed employee in eyes. He was taken to Williamson Eye Center. Steroid eye drops for inflammation was prescribed. He returned to work wit...
01/22/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was cleaning out a ditch, too close to the edge and when he casted the machine slid into the ditch. He was taken to GA Medical where he was checked out. He then went to the doctor, he was dia...
01/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working around #1 slaker back flushing a pump. He completed the task & upon entering the control room removed his goggles. When he did this there was some filter aid/lime stuck to his g...
11/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted While opening a valve, employee felt a pain in his left shoulder. He was taken to CORE medical in Baton Rouge and was diagnosed with left shoulder sprain. He returned to work with restrictions.
10/29/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE reported that he hurt his left thumb & wasn't sure when the injury occurred. Earlier, he was reaming out the stab-in to the north wash header using a manual reamer and a maul. He stated that he di...
10/29/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 10/29/08, EE worked through the day using a hand grinder on piping. On 10/30/08, EE reported that his shoulder was hurting and he believes this is related to the work on 10/29/08. EE was sent for...
10/14/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted EE reported that while untying a ship, the rope fell between the dock & the bumper. When he pulled on the rope, he twisted left knee & noticed that it was little stiff. He did not feel the need for me...
09/30/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee was working at the cold end of calcination. While using a maul to open a valve, he smashed his right index finger between the maul & the breaker bar. Finger was x-rayed and found to be frac...
09/23/2008 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None NOT WORK RELATED: EE was examined by medical on 9/24 as follow up to his complaint of back pain. EE did not have a specific work event or incident which triggered this back pain; EE reported taking...
09/21/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cherry Picker was making a lift to reinstall catwalk, rigging on catwalk slid and came unhooked. Section of platform came down and hit employee in the lower right back, causing a contusion.
08/31/2008 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Employee stated that after returning home from his shift on Sunday evening 8/31/08 he noticed a caustic burn to the back of his leg (ankle area). He did not report it until 9/5/08. GA personnel trans...
08/30/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE bent down under the feedlines to the ""A"" filter decks. His hardhat fell off. He picked up his hat and stood up striking his head on the corner of Clarkson valve. He sustained a small cut to t...
08/25/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While preparing to take AG-5 out for a turnaround, EE was reaming out AG-5 suction with a maul & reamer. As he hit the reamer with the maul, a piece of metal chip flew off and struck him in the left...
08/12/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted EE was attempting to open cold condensate valve at #1 Power Boiler to add condensate to steam drum when valve broke loose; his small finger on left hand got smashed between valve wrench and a pipe, ca...
08/06/2008 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost Serviceman was eating lunch in break room, went to restroom. Supervisor heard thump, went to check on, weak in chair in restroom but coherent. Then passed out, first responders immediately contacted,...
08/05/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a tree branch with a pocket knife, when the knife slipped, and cut his left thumb. The laceration required seven stitches to close.
08/01/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 228d lost On 8/1/08, EE reported that he slipped while descending the stairs on 102 gantry. EE did not fall, but caught himself with his arms on the hand rails. As a result of this event, EE complained of sho...
07/11/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While attempting to close the bottom valve on #2 tray, EE stated that he felt a ""pop"" in his left shoulder and his left arm went numb. He was taken to Medical, where upon examination, it was determ...
07/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was closing a valve on tank 68 when the beater chain broke, striking him in the mouth, resulting in a chipped tooth.
06/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost EE & his co-worker were working in Evap in the HI3 unit turnaround. They were heating a pipe that needed to roll for flanges to come together. A rose bud and a maul were being used. While hitting t...
06/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on a valve bench repairing a valve next to a co-worker that was grinding. A piece of metal flew into EE's left eye. He was wearing his safety glasses. Required medical treatment to r...
05/02/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was feeding cable through a sheave from top to bottom. As the cable got to the end, a loop formed. When the end of the loop got close to the sheave, the cable slipped in, jamming the tip of...
04/27/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An operator was securing a wire nut to a one inch cable using a socket wrench. The wrench slipped off the nut causing him to smash his finger between the wrech handle and a pad eye. Nurse in GA's me...
04/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing scaffold from tank using a 15-ton gallion. Scaffold material got caught in the ladder. Pushing the scaffold with his leg, it swung around and hit his knee. On June 4, 2008 he wa...
04/07/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hit in the right eye with a piece of metal while working on a break in job. Eyelid swollen upon leaving jobsite. Employee was kept awake from the pain. Reported to Medical the followin...
03/31/2008 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was standing next to the (Grant) robotic de-scaling machine while waiting for a hammer bit to be replaced. The bit to be installed rolled off of a nearby tank leg support and struck employee...
03/28/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reported that his left foot was hurting. He was taken to the Medical department where his foot was washed well and wrapped with antibiotic ointment. It was determined that caustic got into...
03/11/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing a tipper valve on #1 ESP, EE tried to free the valve, grabbing it with his right hand. When it came loose, the valve dropped, pinching EE's thumb between the valve handle stop and the...
02/16/2008 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 344d lost A section 4 employee alleges that an injury occurred to his right shoulder as a result of a minor altercation with his supervisor. An investigation is continuing, but at this time the company has no...
01/08/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 190d lost, 91d restricted Using a mall to break open a valve, employee felt pain in his right shoulder/upper back and was treated with first aid measures. The employee's injury failed to improve with first aid treatment. Upo...
12/21/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working under #3 filter cutting metal support brackets, EE was in the process of chipping slag off of beams, when a piece of foreign material flew in his left eye. Medical treatment was required.
12/13/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A mud rig had been installed on tank 68 to drain caustic to the west unit sump. While taking the mud-rig off the bottom of tank 68, his hand slipped off the wrench and hit the 2"" ball valve on the b...
12/10/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was operating a Bobcat to clean hopper grids. A dump truck was backing up at the same time as the Bobcat. The dump truck pushed the bobcat forward and the Bobcat slid sideways. The jolt cau...