Houston Plant — Accidents

Total: 46 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/10/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was building plow assemblies on metal table, when attempting to flip it, the plow slid and flipped rapidly which caught a finger resulting in a smashed finger and laceration. Employee was we...
09/03/2025 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was bagging on BGI when the air line for the pinch tube began to leak air. EE turned off the air line and leaned over to check the air hose & attempt to repair. The employee put EE's left hand nea...
10/11/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 83d restricted While installing the drive belts on mill, they were turning the sheaves & rolling the belts over the grooves. During the 4th belt, the injured EE had left hand on the belt near the sheave. The belts w...
08/26/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was wrapping the pallets when one of them got stuck in the stretch hooder on the chain conveyor, employee tried to manually pull it out and strained back. Employee did not complain at that ti...
12/17/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 122d lost EE was teaching a temp to run the robot, as EE began down the stairs EE started coughing and missed the last step which led to a fall on EE's right side, in which EE rolled/twisted EE's left ankle. E...
04/01/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was attempting to close the ears on a hose camlock with a 5 lb. steel hammer when EE struck right thumb with the hammer causing the injury.
10/11/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 108d lost Employee was sitting in a chair at the 100lb. bagging machine when employee swung to the left to catch a new bag that was falling off of the stand, causing employee to strike left elbow.
11/23/2020 ELECTRICAL FATALITY Fatal Contributing Factors: (1)Energized equipment. (2)EE failure to follow company LO/TO procedures. (3)Outer wire jacket showed signs of heating & cooling. (4)EE grabbed the live ""C"" phase wire.
11/26/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 7d lost, 61d restricted EE was overhauling Mill #5. EEs were adjusting the flanged ring that sits on top of high side by hand to line up bolt holes when the flanged ring slipped off of high side crushing EE's left index & m...
11/24/2018 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cleaning out the wind box for Mill #3. The wind box is a tight area. The EE got a cramp in left inner thigh. The EE exited the wind box and started walking off the cramp. The EE decided to...
08/15/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Loader operator in training injured shoulder when hitting it against the cab wall when loader turned onto its side.
02/07/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Injured person was cleaning glass beaker in the lab with the incorrect size wire brush when the top of the beaker broke causing employee to cut right index finger.
11/17/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost Temporary employee was assisting with mill overall using an air impact tool and bent over to loosen the nuts on the plow. As temporary employee began to straighten up EE felt pain in EE's lower back....
07/27/2017 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Temp employee removed a safeguard to clean out a clogged valve. EE proceeded to clean out the valve with finger. EE did not shut off or lock out the machine. EE right index finger was cut off at the f...
12/08/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving parts on a pallet by hand and pinched right hand middle finger between two metal parts causing laceration to right middle finger bottom knuckle.
03/22/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee finished unloading material. He went to rack his hoses on his truck. As he was racking them, he slipped on mud and lost his footing causing him to twist his body to try and catch himself from...
09/30/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to turn a shaft with a pipe wrench above his head. It broke loose and struck the employee in the head with the handle in the head.
08/29/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was working on a bagging system that had sprung a leak. Employee reach behind the machine to find out where the leak was. A clamp came down on his hand and caught his index and ring fingers i...
06/18/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was walking and tripped on a curb at a local convenience store after refueling his company vehicle. He fell on his elbows and knees bruising them and injuring his right shoulder in the proces...
09/24/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee was rodding out mill #5 feed tank with a bar and hammer. He next went to mill #3. While climbing down mill #3 ladder he felt numbness from his left fingers and his left shoulder.
06/22/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee was dumping a hopper full of material, wasn't paying attention to his footing when he pushed the lever, he didn't realize his foot was underneath the hopper and when he pushed it downward the...
04/08/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was cleaning up oil near some line blinds. He slipped and banged his shin into a product line.
08/02/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted Conditions contributing to the accident involved a combination of inexperience and incorrect usage of tools.
03/21/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 121d restricted An employee, in an attempt to re-adjust the photo eye of a palletizing machine, had his right hand crushed by a bag wiper.
03/03/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 89d restricted Employee was transferred from warehouse location to mine site. Employee was loading 50 lb. sacks of material on to pallets from 7:15 a.m. to time of injury. When the employee stood straight after bein...
07/12/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While attempting to clear the right hand fill spout employee hit his right hand on the end of the spout cutting the inside of his right index finger.
03/12/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Twisted knee when he stepped off of bagging unit.
01/28/2009 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 33d restricted Employee was replacing packing and thought the piece of equipment was turned off, the equipment cycled and pulled his left hand, pinching it between the inside casing and the actuator. The equipment h...
11/13/2008 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning out a tank and while bent over the clamp from an air hose broke and the hose fell hitting him on his right ear causing his hard hat to come off and the plug in his right ear to f...
09/09/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee used an unprotected razor bladde to cut a plastic tie wrap. The blade slipped and cut his finger.
01/27/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 91d lost While ""rodding"" mill 3 feed tank, employee strained right shoulder.
11/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Victim staes the injury occurred on 11/23/07 just before leaving work at 5:00PM (CST). She said she was loading a truck and was poked with a wire in her left little finger. Reported to management on...
09/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While cleaning out a bagging machine, EE caught his left middle finger on the impeller blade (the bagger was locked out, the blade did not move). He sustained a laceration and avulsion to his middle f...
09/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was filling 100 lb. bags of barite when a bag burst and product sprayed into both eyes.
07/30/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Reported that he was pushing product, which is thick and gummy in consistency, through a feeder when he exerted a pushing type force with a twisting motion in the completing the activity. Discomf...
01/09/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee slipped on mud while walking and sprained his wrist when he braced his fall.
12/19/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee stumbled on stairs in the mill room as he was servicing the mill.
09/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee injured back while stacking 100 lb. bags.
09/09/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Employee injured his wrist while swinging a hammer.
08/17/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 5d restricted Employee struck his hand against a bagging machine.
08/04/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 74d restricted Employee tried to step over a ladder that was laying on its edge. He tripped and fell to the concrete surface. Strained and bruised left shoulder and arm.
05/02/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee missed placement of bag and cut hand on spout. This was initially determined to be a first aid case. Upon audit for 7000-2 preparation it was discovered that the wound was sutured.
02/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was bagging and stacking 100 lb. bags when he experienced a sharp pain in his chest.
01/16/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost During packing, a bag burst and sprayed powder on the side of employee's head. Employee reported incident and pain on 01/24/2005.
08/19/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 3d restricted Employee had bagged 21 pallets of 50 LB. bags. After taking a break at 10:00 p.m. he experienced pain in his back.
01/22/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None UNKNOWN PARTICLE LODGED IN EYE WHILE WELDING.