GRAND SALINE OPERATIONS — Accidents

Total: 282 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/23/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None STS (standard threshold shift) recorded during annual audiometric testing.
01/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE is employed by J Rayl Transport. On the day of January 26th 2011 he was running a normal Morton Salt Shuttle. EE was getting out of his tractor to check the trailer and slipped on wet steps. When E...
01/21/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A loose wire on the #3 gear contractor prevented the hoist from operating. An electrician was called and the wire was tightened. Miners remained underground during the repair due to surface weather co...
12/04/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost After performing maintenance work on the bucket in the HP building top floor, ee was descending a 12'fixed vertical ladder. During the descent ee's hand slipped resulting in his falling from one level...
09/24/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE was operating the bag machine, producing 25lb sacks of table salt in paper bags. A bag had cleared the machine without the bag tape being cut. EE attempted to cut the tape with a retractable safety...
08/11/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The MVR process startup resulted in an undervoltage condition that resulted in power being lost to the #2 hoist and reset would not function. The mine was evacuated at 12:22PM and completed at 12:28PM...
08/06/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lost SWEPCO power to the #2 hoist due to an electrical storm. Miners were evacuated at 6:05PM and completed at 6:14PM. Power was restored and the hoist was tested. Miners returned underground at 6:35P...
07/22/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted While lifting and lowering an outrigger extention block and pad on the condor 100 lift truck, employee states he mashed his right hand between the extension block and water cooler mounting bracket as...
06/21/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted EE states he was tilting vacuum cleaner back to lie on its side to move under a conveyor belt. While doing so, his finger became caught between the vacuum cleaner frame and a handrail leading to an up...
03/30/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The main upper hoist contactor coil failed causing the hoist to malfunction. The mine was evacuated at 12:20 a.m. and completed at 12:30 a.m. The faulty coil was replaced and the hoist was tested. The...
03/24/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #1 hoist speed control contractor stuck on control #3. An electrician was summoned and freed the switch. Miners were evacuated at 8:22am. Evacuation completed at 8:39am. The hoist was repaired and...
03/24/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #1 hoist speed control contactor stuck on control #3. An electrician was called to replace the entire switch with a new one. The miners were evacuated at 9:38am the evacuation was completer at 9:5...
03/03/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A wire supplying power to the upper limit switch was compromised by a short circuit. Miners were evacuated at 7:50 p.m. Evacuation completed at 8:04 p.m. The encoder and track limit switch was replace...
02/25/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a malfunction in the main contactor. The mine was evacuated at 4:33 a.m. and completed at 4:55 a.m. The hoist was repaired at 6:55 a.m. and the miners returned underground at 7:00 a.m.
01/08/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Hoist operator noticed arc flash on brush end of electric hoist motor. Motor was shut down and an electrician was called and the mine evacuated. The lug connections to the brush rings were tightened....
11/14/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Vibration cause a wire to break on second stage contactor resulting in loss of second gear. the mine was evacuated at 3:52 am and complete at 4:05 a.m. The hoist was repaired at 4:15 a.m. and the hois...
10/02/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE states he was washing the KCl crude filter when he noticed the tank was filling too fast. He left the filter to shut off the water when the tank ruptured and sprayed hot brine on employee's ankle.
09/02/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #2 Hoist was shut down to replace a broken hydraulic gage. Miners were evacuated at 11:00 a.m. and evacuation was completed at 11:11 a.m. The hoist was tested and miners returned underground at 1:...
08/24/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Power outage occurred in the power and production department due to a tripped breaker. Evacuation started at 10:31 a.m. was completed at 10:41 a.m. The breaker was reset, the hoist was tested and the...
07/03/2009 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was saw cutting asphalt when he started to feel weak. Employee was transported to local hospital and given IV fluids and released for work.
06/12/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Lost SWEPCO power on both hoists due to component failure on SWEPCO side. Miners were not evacuated due to the unavailability of an electrician to operate the emergency generator. SWEPCO power was res...
04/22/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Termination on second set of hoist contacts broke loose from vibration causing hoist to malfunction. The mine was evacuated at 11:33 pm and completed at 11:47 pm. The hoist was repaired and tested and...
03/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 115d restricted While clearing a jammed can in the north shaker line accumulator, employee's hand became caught between discharge wheel and accumulator frame resulting in lacerations to top of right hand, middle and...
02/04/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The pinion brake on the # 2 hoist drive would not release. The mine evacuation was complete at 1:50pm. A new pinion brake releif valve was installed, the hoist was tested and restored to service. Mine...
01/20/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was assigned to clean up oil spillage near the block press. While applying oil to the dry floor, he slipped and grabbed a stack of pallets with his left hand to avoid falling to the ground le...
01/14/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Swepco power outage affected city of Grand Saline and multiple counties. Power was restored at 8:31 a.m., the hoist was tested and mining operations resumed.
01/12/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Experienced intermittent loss of control power due to faulty contactor relay that controls hoist speed. Miners were evacuated and the control contactor relay was replaced. The hoist was tested and min...
01/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was demoing some (RMC) ridgid metal conduit during a weekend shutdown. The employee used Tru-trape to support one end of the conduit while he cut a strap loose with a reciprocating saw....
12/19/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Employee states he was walking around the back of a fork truck at the maintenance shop to access the area he was working in. While walking behind the fork truck and through the bay door, his right foo...
05/30/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee states that while stacking 50 lb bags of USP product onto a pallet for loading, he felt a burning sensation in his left wrist. A short time later, he noticed some swelling in his left wrist....
04/27/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE states he was bagging 40lb film sacks of pellets, when he stepped off the wooden platform to retrieve more bags. While stepping down from the platform, his foot contacted the edge of the wooden pla...
02/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE states he was manually palletizing 50lb paper stacks of USP product. While removing bag from scale to stack on pallet, he felt a spasm and discomfort in the middle of his back. EE was seen by a ph...
01/03/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE states he was preparing to move a load of round cans using the Nissan electric fork truck. When he applied pressure on the operating handle without activating the speed control, the machine abruptl...
11/12/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The electrical windings in the rotor shorted in the #1 hoist motor. The mine was evacuated at 5:45 a.m. The hoist motor was replaced with a new rebuilt motor and the hoist was tested. Miners returned...
10/30/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During the shaft inspection, a defective slow down switch was found. The mine was evacuated and the slow down switch was replaced with a new one. The hoist was tested and miners returned underground a...
10/02/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The incremental encoder failed. The mine was evacuated at 1:20am, and completed at 1:30am. The encoder was replaced and tested at 3:35am, and the miners returned underground at 3:45am.
09/20/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Bad fuses (2400v at sub station) Evacuation of the mine started at 10:27 am, and was completed at 10:37 am. The fuse were replaced around 11:15 am, and the miners returned underground at 11:20 am.
09/12/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Relay on the main Lower contacts had a broken finger that activates the steps (speeds). The mine was evacuated at 8:10 p.m. the relay was replaced around 1:40 am, & the miners returned underground at...
08/21/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A sensor showed the pinion brake on the #1 hoist to have a wear switch and brake release fault. The mine evacuation was complete at 7:30 a.m. The hoist was repaired and tested. Miners returned undergr...
08/21/2007 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 201d lost EE received an electrical shock while hanging a super sack bag onto filler spout. Physician instructed to remain off work one day. When he returned to work he felt ill. Dr diagnosed with coronary art...
08/08/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #2 hoist showed a computer fault code of ""drive stall"". The mine was evacuated & an electrican was notified. The hoist computer system was reset & the code cleared. The hoist was tested at 10:50...
07/05/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Excessive moisture entered the #1 hoist electric motor causing it to fail. Miners were evacuated at 4:46 a.m. and out of the mine at 6:59 a.m. The hoist motor was replaced and aligned at 8:05 p.m. The...
06/25/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An interruption in power supplied by the public utility company interfered with use of #1 & #2 hoists. Miners remained underground for 50 minutes until an electrician arrived to restore electrical ser...
06/13/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Vibration caused a wire on the speed controller to become disconnected from the hoist speed controller. The mine was evacuated at 6:42 am and was completed at 6:55 am. A new termination was installed...
05/24/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A loose connection caused a wire termination to burn off a speed control contactor. The mine evacuation started at 3:28 am and was completed at 3:42 am. The hoist was repaired at 4:07 am and tested pr...
05/23/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Vibration caused wire to loosen on mechanicl contactor that controls speed steps on the production hoist. The mine was evacuated at 4:10pm and completed at 4:23am. The hoist contactor wire was repaire...
05/16/2007 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None While in process of transferring diesel fuel into mine via the #2 intake shaft, the fuel pipe leaked allowing approx. 400 gallons of diesel fuel to accumlate in #2 sump pump containment area. The mine...
03/19/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 310d lost Employee states he was operating a fork truck unloading a pallet in the warehouse. While backing out of the pallet rows, he was struck by another fork truck that was traveling from the dock area. He w...
03/15/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The slow down switch for the #2 hoist failed to function properly. The mine was evacualted and the slow down switch was replaced with a new one. The hoist was tested and miners returned underground at...
02/21/2007 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 80d lost, 7d restricted Employee states he was moving a 55 gallon waste salt drum using a 3 wheeled barrel dolly. While moving the salt container, the car dolly encountered a damaged piece of flooring which caused the dolly...