Pacific Plant — Accidents

Total: 43 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/06/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding a lug in the left hand and cutting it with a porta band saw in the right hand. The porta band saw slipped and lacerated the left index finger and slightly cut the long finger. Emp...
12/08/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost While drilling holes for roof bolts and mesh with a jackleg drill, a section of roof fell on two miners. The individual for this report suffered fractures to the tibia, fibula, and 3 vertebrae.
12/05/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 70d restricted Employee was installing shaft and bearing housing. Mounting bolt was not aligned. Employee used a pry bar to lift the housing in order to reposition the bolt. The employee reached under the housing...
08/17/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted Employees working at the end of the day. Employees wearing full-face PAPRs. Employees noticed fan blades making contact with housing. Employees were on opposite sides of the fan unit. One employee...
03/05/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee was injured in the track mobile during a collision. *Second submission. Spoke with MSHA help desk 3/16 and had uploading error.
07/10/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee stepped over process line during clean up activities and rolled ankle. Felt they could self treat until 7/20/18 when they requested to see Dr. Evaluation with the Dr. on 7/20/18 discovered no...
05/19/2018 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 171d lost Employee was removing liner from ball mill. A pneumatic jack was holding the mill in place. The jack failed and the mill turned 180 degrees. An employee inside the mill was injured from the fall/fl...
04/08/2018 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was pushing a pallet into the bulk sacker and pinched a thumb on the rollers. 8 stitches was placed on the thumb.
11/30/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee stated that while operating a loader in the pit, employee backed into a depression and jarred back. Employee requested medical treatment on 12/04/2017 and was given work restrictions.
09/05/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee stated ee fell as ee was dismounting the truck.
10/12/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was going down 2 steps, rolled foot/ankle and suffered a fracture to 5th metatarsal.
09/21/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Maintenance employee was trying to unclog transport pipe, as they were attempting to pressurize pipe, end cap blew off and struck ee in hand.
11/17/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 47d restricted Employee was working on the Caribs Fall Protection unit for trucks. He reports that he felt a pop to his knee when he stepped over a magnetic gate. Afterwards he reported pain when walking. Employee...
09/15/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was tightening bench vise and felt discomfort in his shoulder. Employee delayed medical treatment until 9/18/14.
09/02/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee stepped out of company truck and had discomfort in hip. Employee delayed treatment until 9/11/14. Employee became reportable on 9/22/14 when he received physical therapy.
06/12/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 161d restricted while working on replacing an arm of the auto package system employee had to kneel on a chain conveyor. when employee moved off the conveyor for break, he felt stiffness in his back. employee did no...
05/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was attempting to close a railcar door latch. The latch wouldn't go down to the locking position. Employee then, using heel of his foot, kicked the latch to close completely.On 5/22 employee...
04/29/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee went to turn around after picking up tools and felt sharp pain in knee. employee received MRI on May 16th indicating a tear in his meniscus.
02/15/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to cut a rubber hose with a utility knife. Employee was cutting towards his body and broke through the hose and his motion caused him to cut his leg with the utility knife. Cut...
12/22/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving 50 lb bags on a pallet when he jammed his wrist. Did not seek medical treatment until 3/14/11 and became reportable when employee went to physical therapy on 3/21/11. Employee sta...
03/26/2010 OTHER INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES 229d lost Customer's over the road truck driver was found unconscious near the truck scale.
02/12/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Maintenance employee was preparing to weld on 6DC9 dust collector. He was carrying a six foot step ladder on his right shoulder and a five-gallon bucket in his left hand. While walking around the du...
09/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee reported pain in right shoulder on 9/10/09 but didn't want to seek medical treatment as he though it was something minor. On 9/29/09 employee was attempting to release hand brake on a railcar...
07/07/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting skaker deck apart to send off for repair. While attempting to remove motor from frame, part of the beam holding the motor would not come loose, as the cuts were not completely thr...
03/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was wiping up oil from maintenance shop floor, while another employee was stacking three wooden pallets up. While cleaning floor, one pallet fell onto left index finger cutting it.
07/17/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Feedbox on #5 mill was jammed up with ground silica material. Employee shut down mill and cleaned feedbox out. Employee started mill back up after completing cleaning. Feedbox again jammed up, due...
04/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Employee was repositioning a 50lb bag of sand when he stepped on a pallet lift. The lift had a bolt break. The lift fell on the employee's foot. He went to doctor on 5-7-07. Doctor said looks like...
11/28/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going to empty a wheelbarrow of sand, while in the process of pushing the wheelbarrow, the employee stepped over a piece of grating that was bowed. The employee twisted his knee when he...
08/18/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost emp. was attempting to release hand brake on railcar. He grabbed a 3-foot bar and placed to release brake. emp, felt pain in left shoulder. Emp, went to doctor six days later. doctor said no findings,...
01/13/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving pipe with back hoe equipment, carrying pipe between the knuckle and using the bucket for support. Employee's safety glasses became fogged up due to cold weather. Employee stopped...
11/03/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Rail car brakes not working properly.
03/13/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were installing a press in the QA Lab, as they were lifting it into place one employee felt a pull in his left hip, resulting in a low back strain. The incident was not reported to manag...
11/18/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Lumbar strain occured during normal work activities as a Micron Bagger. This entails lifting and turning with up to 50 lbs. of bagged material.
10/08/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured right wrist doing normal activities of processing whole grain sand samples. Was lifting buckets and splitting the samples down to run screen analysis.
06/10/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A HOIST OPERATED LOADING CHUTE FROM A HOLE OF A RAILCAR. THE CHUTE JAMMED AND THE HOIST TRIPPED ITS OVERLOAD. EE PLACED HAND NEAR CHUTE PIVOT END TO SEE IF CHUTE WA S PLUGG...
05/03/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted DURING THE NORMAL COURSE OF FILLING AND PALLETIZING FIFTY POUND BAGS, EE SQUATTED DOWN TO REMOVE A BAG FROM THE BAGGING MACHINE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE. AFTER VISITING THE DR, WE FOUN D OUT T...
03/15/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 239d lost FOOT SLIPPED WHILE DESCENDING LADDER ON RAIL CAR, AND FELL TO PAVEMENT.
02/12/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted WHILE ATTEMPTING O OPEN TOP DOOR OF RAILCAR, EE STRAINED BACK. DOOR MAY HAVE BEEN FROZEN TO CAR.
01/29/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted WHILE CLIMBING LADDER, THE LADDER SLIPPED, THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED TO GROUND, THE LADDER LANDED ON RIGHT FOOT BEHIND THE PROTECTIVE TOE GUARD.
01/26/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 56d restricted CARRYING PIECE OF ANGLE IRON ON ICY ROAD. SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO BACK. RECIEVED DIAGNOISS OF FRACTURE ON 3-19-01.
07/24/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None MECHANIC KNEELING DOWN TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM PUMP BASE, WHILE DOING SO, FOOT SLIPPED AND HIT KNEE ON 4"" PIPE.
07/04/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted WHILE PREPARING CAR TO BE LOADED, HE STRAINED BACK TRYING TO OPEN LONG GRAIN DOOR--SPRING LOADED. STANDING ON CENTER LATCH CONTRIBUTED.
05/08/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE UNPLUGGING FEED BOX OF #6 MILL, ROD CAUGHT ON FEED AUGER SMASHING FINGER AGAINST FEED BOX. EE WAS TREATED FOR CONTUSION AND PARTIALLY REMOVED FINGERNAIL. DOCTOR CLEANED AREA AND OPTED TO SUTURE...