Little Rock Plant — Accidents

Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was removing material from the crusher discharge area and he picked up a large piece of material and attempted to break it by throwing it on the ground. When he went to throw it down he felt his n...
11/08/2012 OTHER INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None Two young boys discovered a badly decomposed body a few yards off of Woodyard Road. The area where the body was found was the south / east portion of the GEO mine site; in an area that was never mine...
06/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to install rotor of rotary air lock. The rotor became stuck as he atttempted to insert into valve housing. He attempted to dislodge rotor, causing a sudden release of rotor....
03/31/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was working inside hopper, below crusher. He was using a small air hammer to remove material accumulated on the wall of hopper. A large piece of material apprx 150 lbs broke loose and fell...
02/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Employee was removing trees that had blown over onto a fence.The employees cut the tree at the fence and the blade of the saw became pinched. When the employee pushed on the tree to free the saw, the...
12/10/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee slipped and fell into water while attempting to place intake hose into mud lake. He strained his back as he pulled himself up the bank of the lake, as the bank was muddy and steep.
08/21/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee slipped on a significant amount of water that was on the kitchen floor, and fell. When the employee fell, she hit her head on the floor, causing her hair clip to cut her scalp. Employee bec...
06/19/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Small foreign object was inbedded in employee's left eye. The injury was most likely the result of a power saw or grinder. The employee is uncertain of exactly when the incident occurred.
06/22/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was cleaning spillage from crusher operation with a shovel. After approximately twenty minutes of shoveling, a sharp pain shot up his back.
04/29/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was cleaning spillage from crushing operation with shovel. As he thrust shovel into the material, he inadvertently struck steel support of machine. The sudden interruption of his intended mot...
01/26/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted PULLING ON A PUMP HOSE AND STRAINED BACK
06/30/2000 STRIKING OR BUMPING DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 1d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO WELD A PIECE OF METAL. HE HAD LEANED THROUGH A PIPE GUARD RAILING AND WAS PRESSING HIS RIBCAGE (LEFT SIDE) AGAINST RAILING WITH ONLY HIS BODY WEIGHT. EMPLOYEE REPO RTED INJU...