Sandy Ridge Mill — Accidents

Total: 39 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/10/2023 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An equipment operator in the mine suffered a burn on right hand from an electrical arc flash. During shift start up at the pre-shift huddle, the operator was attempting to plug a 220-volt floor stand...
01/24/2023 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted At 8:30 am, a Heavy Equipment Operator who has worked at Sandy Ridge for 8 years with 10 months experience in the mining department was starting a 4-horsepower gasoline powered water pump when EE stra...
10/19/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was beating the cone at the bottom of tank #6 to loosen mud that had accumulated at the bottom of the tank. The head of the hammer glanced off the side of the tank. Because of this, he...
08/11/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 93d restricted While employee was stepping from a platform to load a truck his right foot slipped off the side of the truck causing his right arm come in contact with a guard rail. This caused a contusion on the elb...
08/19/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 148d lost Employee was attempting to pull a metal basket out of a trailer he was loading with bentonite clay. While doing so he injured his right bicep. The basket was in bad condition and a new basket was alre...
03/11/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 39d restricted Employee was trying to maneuver a 400 pound air compressor when he felt a sting in his lower part of his back.
07/16/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee stated that he stepped backwards to the right side at the same time when he twisted his right ankle.
09/08/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None An employee had his annual hearing test conducted on 8/23/11. On 9/8/11 information came back that he had a Standard threshold Shift (STS). On 9/12/11 employee was retested. On 9/27/11 results came ba...
02/17/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was climbing an extension ladder, when the ladder lost it's footing and slid to the ground with the employee landing on his right ankle, causing a bad sprain.
06/30/2010 FIRE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Subject was cutting a bolt off the bottom of a screw hopper when the hot bolt fell on the floor igniting the material cellflo that had spilled and accumulated causing a fire. The subject was taken to...
11/18/2009 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 137d restricted Around 11:30 am the subject was at the back of the maintenance shop telling another employee that he felt dizzy and had a sharp pain in his left arm and shoulder. Ambulance was called and he was taken...
05/27/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reported that his foot slipped off a rung of a fixed ladder while he was carrying a sample jar causing him to fall about 7 or 8 feet to the ground landing on his feet and legs first then fall...
06/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted An employee was cleaning the pan conveyor when the clay shifted under his feet causing him to fall first onto the pan conveyor, hurting his back and he said he did this x3.
06/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee walked into the office and told his supervisor that he was feeling some pain in his lower back and that he had started feeling some pain after running the 100 pound bag load on Thursday.
02/06/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None On 2/6/07 around 11:30am, the #1 dryer was shut down to make some adjustments on the PLC Controllers. Around 11:45, plant people noticed flames coming out of the ID Fan Piping, at that time we got the...
01/29/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost On January 29, 2007 around 3:25 pm Loader operator noticed that one of the teeth on the front end loader's bucket was bent. He then took a hammer and tried to straighten the tooth when a piece of meta...
10/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Ee was running 100 lbs bags when one of the bags got twisted up on the conveyor he stopped the conveyor and moved the stuck bag, his lower part of his back began to hurt.
02/17/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted EE WAS WORKING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF A 1845 CASE UNILOADER AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE MACHINE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AT THAT TIME. ON 2/19/06 EE NOTICED THAT HIS RIGHT HAND BELOW HIS PINKIE H...
11/28/2005 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee arrived at work around 12:00 am; he noticed on the surveillance camera that the crude stockpile showed gray color on the screen. He thought it had fallen down; he then took off the dryer area...
04/12/2005 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 43d lost, 254d restricted Employee was climbing the ladder on the Cat Loader he operates. He dropped his portable radio and while holding on with his right hand reached to pick it up with his left hand. He jerked his right a...
04/07/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted While using a sledge hammer to clean out a valve on the crude tank the employee hurt his right shoulder
03/01/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 174d lost, 65d restricted Employee moved a ladder and hurt his back.
01/05/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was loading 50 lb. bags when he noticed pain in his back and left leg.
06/11/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was engaging the PTO valve and left hand slipped off valve striking hand on metal frame of driver's seat.
05/04/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON UNEVEN CONCRETE BY SCALE AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.
01/22/2004 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None EE DUCKED UNDER A CONVEYER, HIS HEEL SLIPPED, HE FELL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
01/06/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 17d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER AND HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED. HE FELL & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.
09/09/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LEFT GROIN.
08/22/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 215d lost EE WAS CLEANING IN FRONT OF THE BAG PACKER WHEN HE TURNED TO THE LEFT TO PLACE A SHOVEL OF CLAY INTO A CLAY DISPOSAL HOPPER, THIS CAUSED PAIN INTHE LOWER LEFT BACK AREA.
04/15/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER INTO A RAILCAR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LEFT HAND STRUCK A WALL CAUSING A CONTUSION.
02/24/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE WAS WORKING IN TUNNEL, BENDING OVER HE BACKED INTO AN OBJECT CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN. *** EE DID NOT REPORT TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 3/10/03.
07/02/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT RIGHT HAND.
02/23/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 34d restricted EE'S HAND SLIPPED OFF PIPE AND GOT CAUGHT IN ROTARY LOCK.
11/06/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 31d restricted EE LEANED OVER TO PICK BAG OF MATERIAL OFF FLOOR& BACK STARTED HURTING.
10/12/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS TRYING TO UNSTOP A PIPE & A TRAP DOOR CLOSED ON HIS RIGHT THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION.
06/28/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost EE WAS STANDING ON RUNNING BOARD OF SEMI-TRUCK. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON WET PAVEMENT CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT ANKLE.
06/16/2001 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 30d restricted EE WAS WORKING ON HEAD PULLEY AND HAD A CAN OF ANTI-SIEZE SPRAY. WHEN EE PUSHED VALVE ON CAN TO SPRAY, THE CAN EXPLODED WOUNDING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.
06/28/2000 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost AS EE GOT OFF LADDER, FOOT SLIPPED AND RIGHT KNEE HIT AGAINST LADDER.
06/17/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A GRATE AND IT TURNED UP, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL INJURING HIS LEFT ANKLE.