Lugoff Plant — Accidents

Total: 17 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/01/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing a propane bottle on a warehouse forklift, an employee felt a pain in EE's back and left leg as soon as EE placed the bottle in the holder on the back of the forklift.
10/30/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While using a grinder, a maintenance mechanic received a laceration on the thumb when the disc caught the bolt being cut and kicked back into EE's left hand, cutting through the leather glove EE was w...
05/07/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Contacted on 5/08/2019 by a OTR trucking company that one of their drivers had allegedly been hurt on our site. The driver did not report the injury to anyone at the time of the incident so details ar...
12/12/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was stacking bags on a pallet in the bag house. As EE was finishing the top row EE felt a pop in the left shoulder and felt pain. EE notified the S&H supervisor about the injury and also informed...
11/21/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While hoisting an unloaded electric chain hoist to move it out of the way, the hoist hook briefly caught/bound on a piece of machinery, popped loose, and struck the worker in the lip causing a lacerat...
03/12/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 624d lost The employee was assisting in repacking a slurry pump. After using wrenches to loosen/tighten bolts associated with the process, he began feeling pain in his back and legs.
12/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted A mill operator was using a hand-truck to move 50lb. bags of mill media, when a bag became unstable and slid off of the hand-truck onto the ground. The employee stopped to put the bag back on the hand...
10/15/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was bagging and palletizing 50 lb. bags of sand. After positioning the bag on the pallet, he felt a pain in his back when he began to stand back up.
10/03/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking up a catwalk in the sand pit carrying a screen and slipped and twisted his right foot.
03/15/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 212d restricted The employee slipped on a tread plate ramp and fell injuring his left shoulder.
02/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted A bolt had worked itself loose from the stabilizing guide on the loadout stairs causing it to fall down and catch on the limit chains. EE reached down to free the guide and his left hand was smashed...
01/18/2006 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Terminated employee claims he injured his elbow on the job.
11/09/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was squatting on a feed bearing trunnion housing to attach a cable sling to a hoist. Employee grabbed a fence guard with his left hand and a rigid pipe with his right hand to stabilize his d...
08/13/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking down an incline to his underground hopper when he lost his footing in loose sand and fell to the ground. Employee?s head protection came off his head during the fall. When he at...
06/22/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost Truck driver smashed his left index finger in the tailgate latch while attempting to close the tailgate. Driver sustained a fracture of the left index finger and an open wound.
05/13/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was bending over and using a pry bar to close the bottom gate of a covered hopper. When he stood back up he experienced pain in his back.
09/12/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 192d lost UNIMIN OPERATOR WAS DRIVING LOADER W/SHOVEL LOADED ADN ELEVATED OVER 6 FT. CONSEQUENTLY, THE SHOVEL IMPAIRED HIS VISION. HE DROVE DIRECTLY INTO OUR MACK DUMP TRUCK, PLOWING INTO CAB OF TRUCK A ND ABOV...