Granusol, Inc. — Accidents

Total: 33 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/02/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 225d lost Employee was shoveling ore leakage from under a conveyor belt. He has been treated for a non work related back since May 2012. He shoveled 3-4 shovel fulls when he pulled a muscle in his lower back.
11/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee lifted a small table that was being used as a weight to hold the cardboard down. When he swung with the table in his hands to his right to set it down, he smashed the back of his right hand a...
01/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 363d lost Employee bagged 50 bags at 50# each on a pallet. He said on his last bag he felt a sharp pain from his groin to his stomach. He went to the emergency room. He is excused from work at least until his n...
12/15/2010 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee went to unplug an extension cord that was plugged into a drill. He had one hand on a metal beam and touched the prong on the extension cord at the same time causing him electrical shock.
10/13/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was cutting a bolt from a steel beam with a cutting torch. A hot coal fell on the bottom of his pants burning a hole on his pants then falling into th etop of his slip on steel toe boots. He receiv...
09/03/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 139d lost EE was shoveling a powder type ore with a shovel and by pulling it with a solid rake. He did this for 30-45 mins. The shift ended, then he called in the next day. He went to the emergency room, then m...
08/27/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EE was packaging 50# bags. He felt a tightness in his back. We had a Save a Back class on 8/11/10. EE decided to do some exercises that he had learned in the class. At that time he got a sharp pain in...
06/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Employee drove a small endloader up to a spill at the east side of Granusol. It had rained hard all day. Employee stood on a wet surface as he turned to put a shovel full of ore in the loader bucket....
08/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost EE was packaging 50# bags on a turn table. He pulled a muscle in his lower middle back. EE reported the incident on 8/17/09
09/15/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was sweeping and shoveling at the screen plant. The mill was down. He left his area to go over to the next mill. He sat down to talk to two other employees. he said he had a sharp pain go dow...
06/20/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Using a jackhammer to break up ore build up. Pulled muscle in back.
06/03/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost EE was holding up the inlet spout of a super sack to the discharge chute of a portable hopper used to do transfers. The hopper had approx 2000# of material inside of it that would not flow out. The op...
02/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was lifting 50 # bags from packaging machine from a North position turning and stacking at waist level to a South position or 180 degree turn.
03/29/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 150d lost EE went into the Granusol Mill. The operator was emptying out a baghouse. He had the side door open for visual aid. EE saw a clump of ore in- side the door of the baghouse. He stuck his hand inside to...
03/08/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was poking out a chute going from the dryer to a bucket elevator. The bucket elevator was running at the time. His bar that he was using to poke out the ore struck a bucket, causing it to kic...
08/04/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Slipped on a step to a platform scale. Fell and hit right upper ribs on scale read out.
04/23/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE DRYER AND BURNER ON PLATFORM WALKWAY. HIS LEFT FOOT SLID OFF THE SIDE OF PLATFORM, DROPPING ABOUT 3"", CAUSING HIS LEFT ANKLE TO TURN AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND....
03/22/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 68d lost Rained the night before the shift started. Puddles of water on the floor. The floor is concrete with dust. EE was carrying a bucket of oil. he slipped on puddle of water and fell on his back.
08/20/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 216d lost EE IS WORKING ON LIGHT DUTY W/RESTRICTIONS. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO MOVE SACKS WITH FORKLIFT (NOT TO HAUL). HE STATED WHEN HE WAS HAULING HE GOT A JOLT FROM HITTING A POTHOLE, CAUSING PAINS IN HIS ARMS/L...
04/15/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost PACKING 100# BAG FROM BAGGING MACHINE TO PALLET. TWISTED MUSCLE IN BACK.
01/10/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ORE IN PACKAGING AREA. HE HAD A NEAR FALL, CAUSING HIM TO JAM MUSLCES IN BACK AND NECK.
09/25/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost HELPING GRANUSOL OPERATOR OTHER EE CHANGE SCREENS. WHILE WALKING AROUND THE ELEVATOR EE HIS HEAD UNDER THE CATWALK. HE THEN RAISED HIS HEAD TO SOON, KNOCKING HIM TO THE FLOOR.
07/23/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost AFTER PERFORMING HIS REGULAR JOB DUTIES THE NEXT MORNING HE WOKE UP WITH A STIFF NECK AND BACK. HIS REGULAR JOB DUTIES CONSISTED OF PACKING 50# BAGS AND OPERATING A FORKLIFT.
05/12/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 209d lost THERE WAS A POWEROUTAGE. EE WAS IN THE MILL STARTING UP THE MILL. HE TRIPPED OVER A AIR HOSE LAYING ON THE FLOOR.
05/09/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost A BLOW LINE BUSTED (HOLE) FILLED AREA FULL OF DUST. THE OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE THE BOTTOM STEP OF THE STAIRS. HE MISSED THE LAST STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO THE WALL OF A ELEVATOR. INJURY TO RIB (LE...
10/04/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING FLOOR PLATFORM SCALE BY HAND TO CLEAN. WHILE MOVING THE SCALE HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.
08/01/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost WHILE EMPTYING OUT A FINISH BIN, EE DECIDED TO USE A SLEDGE HAMMER TO GET THE MATERIAL TO FALL FASTEP. HE TWISTED HIS BACK.
10/27/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost AFTER DISMOUNTING A FORKLIFT THE EE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ORE ON THE FLOOR.
10/24/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost EE TRIPPED ON ADJUSTMENT HANDLE ON FLOOR & FELL AGAINST STAIRS
07/17/2000 POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WENT TO THE DOCTOR, HE HAD AN ELEVATED MANGANESE LEVEL DURING A ROUTINE PHYSICAL.
07/17/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS BREAKING UP LUMPS OF ORE WITH A HAMMER AND SHOVEL. HE HAD A MUSCLE STRAIN IN THE GROIN AREA. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR 7 DAYS LATER AND WAS PRESCRIBED SOME MEDICINE TO PREVENT INFECTION.
06/22/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost WHILE DESCENDING STAIRWAY EE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING RIBS TO BE BRUISED AND LOWER BACK.
05/26/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 152d lost WHILE DESCENDING THE CONVEYER TUNNEL AT THE CALCINER HE TRIPPED OVER HIS FOOT JAMMING HIS WRIST, KNUCKLE OF SMALL FINGER ON RIGHT HAND (BRUISED).