Kopperl Plant 2034 — Accidents
Total: 14 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/05/2018 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 60d restricted | Employee was pulling on a pry bar to remove the V-belts for the secondary shaker when releasing the pressure on the pry bar ee felt back tighten up. |
| 10/19/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 40d restricted | Employee was replacing the rear tire on a service truck. Employee was trying to lift the old tire into another truck when the employee felt soreness in lower back. |
| 08/08/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 14d restricted | Employee was replacing rollers on a conveyor belt. He was trying to force the roller frame between the belt, he lost his grip and smashed his left index finger between the roller frame and conveyor fr... |
| 03/21/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was standing under overhead hopper when a 2.5 inch rock fell and struck on left shoulder, employee was examined by physician and was release to regular duty, employee followed up with physici... |
| 06/27/2012 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 35d restricted | Employee complained of pain in right shoulder, neck and back from driving haul truck. |
| 02/01/2012 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 35d restricted | Employee was conducting a workplace examination on the primary conveyor belt and knocked off some built up mud on a troughing idler with a hammer. The hammer and employees left arm was pulled between... |
| 04/25/2011 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 47d restricted | Employee was removing wiper blade on primary shaker, while loosening bolts he felt pain in his left shoulder and neck, he was examined by a physician and was released to work with restrictions and wil... |
| 03/07/2011 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | Employee was replacing cutting edges on a 980H Front End Loader, the employee pushed up on a bolt that slipped out of the cut out, when another employee engaged the impact wrench cutting employee's ri... |
| 10/11/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 14d restricted | Employee was climbing on the side of a Cat 750 Excavator to remove fuel hose. His foot slipped on bottom step an he felt pain between his right elbow and shoulder The employee did not request medical... |
| 04/28/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 65d restricted | Employee was hooking welding trailer to pick-up and was not lined up with trailer and tried to pull trailer to align with pick-up and strained his back. He was seen by a doctor on 5/3/06 and was told... |
| 03/27/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 292d lost | On 3/25/06, EE told his supervisor that his back was aching. On 3/27/06, EE wanted to see a Dr. He stated that his back had been hurting for a couple of weeks and believed pain was caused from a previ... |
| 03/22/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 310d lost | Employee hurt right shoulder while adjusting tail pulley on feeder belt. He reported injury to plant manager but did not want to see a doctor at this time. On April 4, 2006 he requested to see a docto... |
| 04/28/2005 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 38d restricted | Got on a hopper, dumped load, slowly pulled off hopper, put on high gear. Thinking he was in low gear came off hopper too fast. |
| 10/09/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 106d restricted | EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING LOAD STEPS INTO BACKHOE BUCKET. THE STEPS SLID IN THE BUCKET, SCRAPING EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT THIGH CAUSING A BRUISE. EMPLOYEE WENT TO SEE THE DOCTOR AND WAS RETURNED TO LIGHT DUT... |