Hood County Sand Plant — Accidents

Total: 18 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/12/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The employee was tightening flange bolts on an intake line connecting to a water pump. The employee said that they felt a sharp pain in their right shoulder while tightening the nuts with 2 crescent w...
04/16/2014 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None A Stelter & Brick employee arrived at the mine site to perform a bi-annual inspection of the dryers. The employee went to the field office and sat down and complained of chest burning. The employee to...
12/09/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was walking from the time shack to the field office when he slipped on some ice and fell on his left side. Employee fell on his left arm and left chest area causing him pain.
12/04/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was exiting a 262C skid steer, the employee stated that he had proper footing while stepping off the skid steer and felt his back pop. Employee then stated his lower back was hurting. Employe...
07/08/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 159d lost IEE was assisting supervisor cleaning out the buzz screen at the discharge end of the #1 dryer when IEE lost his footing and slipped on a small platform area of the clean out causing pain/injury to hi...
01/26/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Uneven surface, improper footing, be aware of surroundings, loose material.
04/03/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Worker was stepping down off of load out scales and twisted his ankle. He suffered a sprain.
02/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Shift repairman was pulling on dredge discharge hose. He was changing the discharge hose from one dredge to another. Felt a pull or strain in upper left arm.
08/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a fork lift in order to carry a pallet of parts to job site to make repairs. A bearing housing was starting to slip, so employee stopped the fork lift, lowered the pallet and go...
06/02/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two repairmen were removing bearing from housing. Tools used were punch bar and hammer. One repairman was holding punch bar while the other used hammer to drive bearing out. Sliver of metal flew off b...
05/13/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 153d restricted EE was drilling hole in poly float when drill hung, when un-hanging the drill it flipped 360 degrees and hit the EE on top of his hand. X-ray showed small bone behind knuckle was broken.
04/01/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 312d lost The injured was painting structural steel. He was climbing a ladder and slipped and fell. He claimed that his boots were slippery. He fell 9' to the floor. His co-workers, who did not witness the e...
12/02/2010 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EE was working in load out area loading trucks when he noticed his hand swelling. EE was taken to the Emergency Room due to swelling.
10/13/2010 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was running the dredge and while sitting in the cab he felt something on his hand. When he looked to see what it was, he saw it was a black widow spider but before he could knock it away, he...
08/31/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Injured EE and another EE were changing out pressure gauges on fines tower. Injured EE stepped to move down to the next gauge and twisted his ankle. He said he was in a awkward position to step, causi...
08/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was loading a bottle of oxygen onto mait. truck and pulled muscle.
07/18/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Acting as firewatch for welder. Received flash burns to both eyes as a result of reflection from welder inside dryer.
03/26/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Backing loader down ramp, loader hit uneven surface jarring employee causing neck sprain.