Portage Operation — Accidents

Total: 11 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/10/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing conveyor. Pinched right ring finger between conveyor and another metal piece. Laceration of tip of right ring finger.
12/08/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping remove ceiling tiles in bathroom. At break time, employee removed ppe and sweatshirt when something entered eye.
10/28/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was rotating driven pulley by hand in order to distribute lubricant when EE's finger became pinched between the rpm sensor and the rpm pickup point.
06/01/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured had just finished using a die grinder when EE felt foreign material in left eye.
10/25/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was cleaning with a skid steer when a piece of material fell causing small debris to enter his eye.
02/15/2014 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured was changing a bearing on a bucket elevator when wind blew metal dust into his eyes.
11/13/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted Injured was installing sensor system in building. He was turning a conduit body onto the base of a red warning light and heard a pop in his right hand.
11/13/2009 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 128d lost Terminating cables on load side of de-energized breaker, cable made contact with energized bus detail on breaker located directly above, causing arc flash and burning ee hands.
07/07/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While chipping the welds on a steel fabrication, a metal particle must have gotten around the safety glasses and into his eye. Employee did not have any issues with his eye until he woke up the next m...
10/13/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Injured employee accidently turned on portable grinder and his left thumb came in contact with the turning grinding disc.
01/13/2004 NONPOWERED HAULAGE NO VALUE FOUND None THE INJURED EE WAS EMPTYING THE WHEEL BARROW OF FROZEN LIMESTONE FINES. AS HE WAS EMPTYING THE WHEEL BARROW, MATERIAL WAS FROZEN TO THE WHEEL BARROW CAUSING THE WHEEL BARROW TO ROTATE BACK AND STRIKE...