McNeil Plant & Quarry — Accidents

Total: 237 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/13/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was moving from the platform between the cab and the glad hands when EE's foot slipped off step. EE caught self by grabbing the handle on the side of the tractor with EE's left hand. EE felt pain i...
02/21/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was driving haul unit loaded with slurry up a ramp. Tires began to spin and lose traction on the slick ground. Unit began to slide backward then tip back onto its end gate causing the unit to...
02/01/2017 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was exiting a Skid Steer Loader. When EE rose up to get out of the seat, EE felt pain in lower back. The pain got progressively worse over the next few days. Requested medical attention on 2/...
11/20/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was doing preventative maintenance on the West Elevators. Wind blew material into face while employee was changing out goggles to safety glasses causing eye irritation.
10/07/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted employee was changing lights on #3 RK Kiln Deck. As EE was helping to dismantle the scaffolding, EE's left foot slipped into a groove twisting EE's left ankle. Pain and discomfort increased and subsid...
10/01/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee was moving 50 lbs bagged product and experienced pain in lower back.
09/01/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted As employee exited MCC a forklift made a turn in front of EE and blew dust around EE. Later that evening, EE's left eye began to itch and in the morning the top and bottom eyelids were swollen. Medica...
07/05/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was cleaning up spilled material with a shovel. Wind blew material behind safety glasses and into eye causing irritation. Requested medical attention on 7/6/16.
05/27/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was blowing down the bag flattener with compressed air to remove dust. Particles got behind EE's glasses and into EE's eye causing irritation. Employee requested medical attention on 6/1/16....
04/15/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was shoveling material out of an airlock chute on top of Bin #6 from a standing position. As employee shifted pressure back and forth from foot to foot in order to be able to reach the chute...
03/05/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was swinging a sledgehammer to strike the side of a metal structure to dislodge choked material built up inside. Swinging the sledgehammer caused employee's arm to feel weak and sore.
02/16/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 129d restricted ON 2/16/16, EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGEHAMMER TO STRIKE THE SIDE OF METAL STRUCTURE AND DISLODGE MATERIAL BUILT UP INSIDE. SWINGING THE SLEDGEHAMMER CAUSED GREAT PAIN TO DEVELOP IN LEFT SHOULDER. R...
02/08/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted Employee was shoveling material and experienced back pain. Bent over to pick up tools which caused more pain. On 2/13/16 experienced additional back pain. On 2/14/16 requested medical treatment for ba...
02/02/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was closing the sliding doors of Building #1. One door stuck. Employee grabbed the door from both sides and pulled on it to try to get it to move. Pulling motion caused back pain. Requested m...
12/27/2015 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using an air lance to blow material off of the Kiln Deck. Wind blew the material back into his face. Material got behind his safety glasses and into his eyes. Diagnosis: Corneal abrasion/...
10/03/2015 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 196d lost Employee was unchoking a screw conveyor with a poker bar when his arm became entangled in the screw.
09/09/2015 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d lost Employee was pressure washing Trunnion Bearing Housing. Began to feel nauseous and vomited. Became disoriented, weak and was sweating profusely. Paramedics arrived and was transported to an ER. Treate...
06/26/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was hitting the outside of Hydrate Bin #3 with a hammer to dislodge choked up material. As he was striking the bin, a cap on an outside spout popped off. Lime shot out of the spout, went behi...
04/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee was using a shovel to clean up spilled material. As he was shoveling material, he felt pain in his shoulder. Diagnosis: Shoulder/arm sprain. Employee requested medical attention on 4/24/15.
03/09/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was putting 50 lbs bags of Pebble Lime onto pallets inside of the Pebble Bagging Building. His back/waist began to hurt the next day. Employee requested medical treatment on 3/12/15.
01/15/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee sandwiched his middle finger between a T-bar handle and grate structure while cleaning the grate causing a contusion injury.
12/04/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee was attempting to remove some hard lines on the block inside Loader. The wrench slipped and his right thumb struck against the motor block and peeled his thumb nail backwards, separating it f...
12/01/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was bagging pulverized lime at the Pulverized Bagger. Pulverized lime on his face shield either fell through a hole in the face shield which is used to secure the face shield to the bracket o...
11/13/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was backing up a Pickup Truck at the Tire Changing Shop and accelerated into the Tire Changing Shop wall. The Pickup crashed through the wall and struck two employees. Driver was treated for...
11/13/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted Employee was working inside the Tire Changing Shop when a pickup truck crashed through the wall of the shop. He was struck by the rear tailgate in his upper extremities (arms) and thrown back against...
10/29/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Employee was standing on the top of face in the Quarry looking at how the shot had gone. The ground beneath him gave way suddenly causing his left leg to buckle at the knee. Requested medical treatmen...
09/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted Employee spun a sheave clockwise with his left hand to position it and placed his right hand on top of the V-Belt between sheave and motor sheave. His thumb was underneath the V-belt as it moved. His...
08/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee opened a one-touch door above the separator to release some pressure. As he turned to walk away, material erupted from the chute creating a cloud of hydrated lime around him. Material got beh...
08/13/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was using a shovel to clean up fines material. When he forcefully drove the shovel into the pile, the shovel's head struck a rock that was hidden under the fines material - which he did not s...
08/05/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS USING A T-BAR TO A CLEAR MATERIAL FROM A CHUTE. WHILE PRODDING THE MATERIAL INSIDE THE CHUTE, IT BROKE AWAY CAUSING THE T-BAR THAT HE WAS GRIPPING IN HAND TO SLIDE FORWARD. HIS RIGHT PINK...
08/01/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 117d restricted Employee put a fan blade in a vice grip and used a pry bar to try to straighten it out. He placed his other hand on the vice to get leverage. While pushing down on the blade with the bar, the fan blad...
07/25/2014 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was examining work area when material above him fell on his face and got behind his safety glasses. A foreign body got lodged in his eye and could not be flushed out. Employee received medica...
06/02/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was cleaning a fuel tank with a mixture of water and Deox (a corrosive acid). As he poured the mixture over the tank, some spilled onto the top of his shoe and soaked through it. The mixture...
05/27/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was walking up the access gate to enter the C-Section of Crushing and Screening. He slipped on the ground at the access gate and caught himself by extending his left arm. The palm of left han...
04/14/2014 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was cleaning up material using a skid steer loader. A strong gust of wind kicked up dust in the area around him. Material got behind his safety glasses and into his eye causing irritation. He...
03/13/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was using a cutting torch to cut off a shaft. He needed to switch the torch from his left hand to his right hand. As he passed the torch from his left to his right hand, the flame shot under...
03/06/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was steering disabled haul unit being towed by a loader over railroad tracks because its air system failed and back brakes locked up. Unit's bed was in raised position. When haul unit had cle...
03/04/2014 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 11d restricted Employee disconnected an airline hose that was connected to an air compressor. When the airline hose separated from the compressor, the end of the hose shot backward and struck the employee in the mou...
02/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was material into the open bed truck. While he was operating the load out controls, the wind blew material coming out of the load out chute in his direction. Material got behind his glasses a...
02/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was switching out an empty barrel of grease with a full barrel that weighs approx. 120 lbs. As he moved the barrel to the ground he felt a stretch in his lower back but no pain. The pain star...
02/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 56d restricted Employee was moving a storage rack when the top horizontal rail (that is attached to the vertical support with a hinged mechanism) slipped off its base of support and came down. Employee's finger was...
01/20/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was climbing out of the operators cab of the Water Truck when he lost his footing on the bottom step. When his foot slipped off the step, he lost his balance, let go of the cab grab rails and...
11/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee removed a cover to unchoke a pipe located below Kiln #1 Primary Dust Cyclone. Upon removing a cover plate on the pipe, a large amount of dust was expelled into the atmosphere. Dust got behind...
11/22/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was striking a piece of metal that had become stuck between the roller on the 10A belt conveyor and the chute with a sledgehammer to try to dislodge it. The sledgehammer head bounced off the...
11/20/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 19d restricted Employee was moving 50 lbs bags of ANFO from the mobile trailer to the holes on Face 7. He said he twisted at the waist and his back started to hurt shortly there after.
11/18/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was using a blower to blow dust off his body. As he moved the hose over his chest and up toward his face the blast of air blew his safety glasses off his face and they fell to the ground. Emp...
10/04/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing out the old skirting on the north side of the 14A conveyor belt. He lay the old skirting across his legs and began cutting it with a utility knife to shorten it down. As he was m...
10/01/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was doing clean up on ground level around the Raymond Mills. He was bending down and shoveling almost all day. When he got home that same evening, his symptoms were worse and the pain was mor...
08/15/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 85d lost, 57d restricted Rocks were stuck between the top of the frame of the bed and the endgate. Employee tried to raise the endgate up with both hands. All of the sudden, the endgate swung closed. His right ring finger got...
08/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was cleaning up material under the 7C conveyor belt using a shovel. He was shoveling material that had a lot of clay in it so the material was wet and heavy. As he was shoveling the material,...