Selma Plant Quarry & Mill — Accidents

Total: 320 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/28/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 25d lost EE STATED TO THE SAFETY DIRECTOR THAT HE IS EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMP. DR. SINCE EE HAS SPENT OVER 32 YEARS AS A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC HE WAS SENT TO TH...
01/08/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost EE WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO PM SERVICE ON 1178 992D CAT LOADER. UPON INSPECTING WORK AREA HE NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL (MUD) ON RT REAR CONTERWEIGHT AREA WHICH CONTAINS BATTERIES & ACCESS TO ENGI...
01/07/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost WHILE CLEANING UP WORK AREA AT DUST PUMP EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO PUT SCRAP BEARING BALLS AND BEARING HOUSING ON PALLET. HE WAS PICKING UP BEARING HOUSING (WEIGHING APPROX. 60 LBS) TO PUT ON PALL ET. HE...
12/13/2002 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS VISUALLY INSPECTING A BROKEN SCREW CONVEYOR THRU AN ACCESS DOOR ONT HE EAST SIDE OF DRIVE END OF SCREW CONVEYOR. THE COMPARTMENT ABOVE EVIDENTLY HIT IT'S PULSE DOWN CYCLE WHICH WENT DUS T FALLI...
10/24/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WS TIGHTENING A BOLD ON ANGLE IRON BAG HANGER OF DUST COLLECTOR USING A RATCHET. RATCHET SOCKET SLIPPED OFF OF NUT AND RATCHET HANDLE HIT HISFRONT TOOTH (UPPER RIGHT) CHIPPING A PORTION OF THE TOOT...
10/21/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE REPLACING KEEPER PINS ON #1 COOLER,SOUTH AND NORTH DRAGS, FINE CLINKER WAS FALLING THROUGH COOLER GRATES AND SOME OF IT GOT BEHIND EE GLASSES AND INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTI C DROPS...
09/13/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None THE CHUTE FOR CEMENT SILO 27 WAS PLUGGED. EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BEAT THE BOTTOM OF THE CHUTE TO TRY & UPLUG IT. AS HE STRUCK THE CHUTE WITH THE HAMMER, HE MASHED HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWE...
08/16/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE WAS ASSIGNED TO CLEAN UP IN MAINTENANCE SHOP. HE WAS PUTTING A STEEL SHAFT, 4""X5' AND APPROX. 250 LBX, BACK INTO THE STORAGE RACK. THE SHAFT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND PINCHING RIGHT MIDDLE FI NGER B...
07/27/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost WHILE LOADING BARGE RRC 300 EMPLOYEE NEEDED TO THROW CEMENT FLOW VALVE TO DIFFERENT POSITION. VALVE STUCK WHILE THROWING IT AND EE WRENCHED BACK AND INJURED HIS RIGHT WRIST. BACK DID NOT IMPROVE, WAS...
07/27/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 25d lost EE EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS OF CARPAL TUNNEL, WAS TESTED AND WAS DETERMINED HAS BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL - SURGERY PENDING. *SURGERY RIGHT 10/17/2002 SURGERY LEFT 10/24/2002
07/11/2002 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 227d lost INJURED AND OTHER EE WERE ASSIGNED TO REPLACE 2 BREAKERS IN LCK1 UNIT SUBSTATION. THE BREAKERS WERE K1A AND CH. THE BREAKERS WERE OPENED AND DISCHARGED, THEN RACKED OUT TO THE DISCONNECT POSIT ION. TH...
07/11/2002 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost INJURED AND OTHER EE WERE ASSIGNED TO REPLACE 2 BREAKERS IN LCK1 UNIT SUBSTATION. BREAKERS WERE K1A AND CH. THE BREAKERS WERE OPENED AND DISCHARGED, THEN RACKED OOT TO THE DISCONNECT POSITION. BREAKER...
07/09/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EE WAS ON HIS WAY TO UNPLUG SILO 21 WEIGTHFEEDER WHEN HE NOTICED SILO 11 WAS ALSO PLUGGED WITH A LUMP IN THE DISCHARGE CHUTE. HE GRABBED ANOTHER LUMP AND PROCEEDED TO TRY TO KNOCK IT THROUGH. THIS WOR...
06/19/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS TAKING BLANK OUT OF C-14 SCREEN. BLANK WAS BEING HELD WITH A COME ALONG. THE BLANK WAS HANGING UP SO INJURED PICKED UP THE BOTTOM OF THE BLANK. IT SLIPPED MASHING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF H IS LEFT...
06/14/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 21d lost EMPLOYEE PRESENTED NOTE FROM HIS PERSONAL PHYSICIAN WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF PROBABLE BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL, POSSIBLY WORK RELATED. EXAMINATION AND TESTING BY SPECIALIST CONFIRMED DIAGNOSIS AND H E UNDER...
06/13/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 21d lost EMPLOYEE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN BOTH ARMS & HANDS WHICH APPEARED TO BE SYMPTOMS OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. SUBSEQUENT TESTING CONFIRMED THIS & HE HAD BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE ON 7/29/02.
06/11/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost WHILE REMOVING LARGE EXHAUST FAN IN CLINKER TUNNEL, IT WAS BEING PULLED OUT ONTO A 2X12 BOARD BEING USE FOR A RAMP TO GET IT TO THE FLOOR. THE FAN TIPPED OFF OF THE BOARD BUT WAS STILL ATTACHE D TO CH...
03/26/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE USING JACKHAMMER OVERHEAD TO REMOV MATERIAL BUILDUP FROM 31 COOLER SOME MATERIAL GOT IN EE'S LEFT EYE. WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTIC DROPS FOR EYE.
03/19/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE WAS USING A STEEL BAR AS A LEVER TO SWITCH A VALVE AND CHANGE CEMENT FLOW FROM ONE SILO TO ANOTHER. THE VALVE WAS DIFFICULT TO MOVE CAUSING EE TO INJUR HIS BACK.
02/15/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING FAST VAC TO DO CLEANUP BETWEEN NORTH & SOUTH VIBRATING PANS. AS HE WAS COMING OUT OF THE TUNNEL ONE OF THE VALVES ON THE SOUTHSET OF PANS SPEWED OUT HOT CLINKER. THE CLINKER WENT BEHIND H...
02/07/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT K2 ALLEVIATOR, 3RD COMPARTMENT, DUST COLLECTOR USING AN AIR LANCE WHENPOSITIVE PRESSURE BLEW DUST INTO HIS FACE AND EYES. GIVEN ATIBIOTIC DROPS FOR EYES.
02/06/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS FOLDING OUT K-555 DRAG CHAIN (LINKS ARE APPROX 1 FOOT SQUARE AND WEIGHT APPROX 20-30 LBS EACH, FOR INSTALLATION WHEN HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO OF THE LINKS, M ASHING...
01/31/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WA INSPECTING UNDER RAW #1 ROCK TRIPPER BELT, TRIPPER WHEEL LOCK COLLARS, WHEN DUST FELL DOWN INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES. GIVEN ANTIBIOTIC DROPS FOR EYE.
01/31/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost STRAINED LEFT SHOULDER WHILE REPLACING WHIZZER DECK LOWER DECK RAW 1 EAST SEPARATOR. AFTER CONTINUING PAIN WAS REFERRED TO ORTHOPEDIC. ORTHROGRAM WAS DONE AND REVEALED A ROTATOR CUFF TEAR. LOS T TIME...
01/11/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS AT GRINDING TABLE IN MAINTENANCE SHOP USING HAND GRINDER ON A PIECE OF METAL WHEN GRINDER SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT KNEE CAUSING A LACERATION REQUIRING 3 SUTURES.
01/06/2002 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FORKLIFT TO MOVE BRICK PALLETS. WHEN HE GOT OFF OF THE FORKLIFT HE STEPPED ON A ROCK TURNING HIS ANKLE. THIS WAS EMPLOYEE'SFIRST SHIFT RETURNING TO WORK FROM THE PREVIOUS LOST TIM...
11/19/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE INSTALLING BALLS IN RAW #1 MILL. THIS AREA (HOOKING UP BARRELS) IS WITHIN 20 FT OF THE HIGH BAY HOIST BARRICADED AREA. CONTRACTOR WAS HOISTING 5 SHEETS OF PLY WOOD ON...
11/19/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE INSTALLING MILL BALLS IN RAW #1. THIS AREA (HOOKING UP BARRELS) IS WITHIN 20 FT OF THE HIGH BAY HOIST BARRICADED AREA. CONTRACTOR WAS HOISTING 5 SHEETS OF PLY WOOD OF...
11/08/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost EE WAS REMOVING CRUSHER HAMMERS AND PULLING THEM TO DOOR OPENING AND PLACING THEM IN LOADER BUCKET. HE FELT PAIN IN GROIN AREA AND LATER DISCOVERED A LUMP IN THAT AREA. WAS SENT CO. DR. ON 11- 26-01,...
11/02/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost EE WAS LIFTING BARREL LINERS THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR BP2 AND PLACING THEM ON A WAGON WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
10/08/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 22d lost EE CONTACTED COMPANY ON 10/8/01 & INDICATED THATHE THOUGHT HE HAD CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROM IN HIS RIGHT WRIST/HAND. WAS EXPERIENCING FINGER NUMBNESS & WRIST PAIN. HE WAS SENT TO HAND SPECIALIST & SUBSEQU...
08/31/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 60d lost EMPLOYEE PRESENTED WITH COMPLAINTS OF PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS, WRISTS AND ARMS. SUBSEQUENT NERVE CONDUCTION STUDIES REVEALED LEFT CARPAL AND CUBITAL TUNNEL AND RIGHT CARPAL TUNNEL. CAR PAL & C...
08/31/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 20d lost EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED EMPLOYER OF PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN BOTH HANDS, WRISTS AND ARMS THAT APPEARS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. EVALUATION REVEALED BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. SURGERY...
08/01/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE ADDING OIL (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID) TO A COMPRESSOR THAT WAS STILL PRESSURIZED, INJURED & ANOTHER EE WERE BOTH SPRAYED WITH OIL FROMTHE UNIT. SOME OIL WENT INTO INJURED'S EYE. DOCT OR PRES...
07/24/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE ADVISED SAFETY DIRECTOR THAT HE IS EXPERIENCING PAIN AND NUMBNESS IN TIGHT HAND, WRIST AND ARM. EVALUATED FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. WILL HAVE CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASE SURGERY ON NOVEMB ER 1, 2...
06/24/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost WHILE USING LONG BAR TO THROW BARGE LOADING VALVE EE STRAINED HIS LOW BACK.
05/23/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS SWEEPING AND SHOVELING ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE MILL BUILDING WHEN DUST AND DIRT IN THE AIR GOT INTO HIS EYE. ANTIBIOTIC DROPS PRESCRIBED.
05/18/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 46d lost EE INFORMED COMPANY THAT HE EXPERIENCED NUMBNESSIN BOTH HANDS & ARMS. WAS MAINTENANCE MECHANIC ~20 YEARS BEFORE BECOMING HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. TESTS CONFIRM CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. SURGERY PERFORM...
05/17/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE WAS AT TOP OF STAIRS IN CORE BUILDING. HE TURNED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON DOWN THE MIDDLE LANDING OF THE STAIRWAY. AS HE TURNED HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE AND HEARD A LOUD SNAP.
05/03/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE WAS LIFTING AND MOVING A SPROCKET ACROSS A TABLE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. STATED HE HAD PRE-EXISTING BACK INJURY AND HIS BACK GOES OUT SOMETIMES.
04/21/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS STATIONED AS A SPOTTER FOR THE CRANE LIFTING A TRASH CONTAINER. AS EE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE MOVING CRANE, HE FELL ONTO THE GROUND CUTTING HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
03/11/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AFTER INSPECTING FINISHE MILL #1 EAST SEPARATOR EE WAS CLOSING INNER DOOR WHEN A PILE OF CMENT FELL OFF OF A SHIZZER BLADE AND INTO HIS FACE. SOME CEMENT WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. WAS GIVEN ANT IBIOTIC...
01/16/2001 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost EE WAS COMING DOWN STEPS FROM C15 AND STEPPED ON A ROCK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS ANKLE. ANKLE GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND EE ASKED TO SEE CO DR ON 1-25-01. CONTINUED TO HAVE...
11/06/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost EE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING ON DOCK STAIRWAY INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE. DID NOT REQUEST DR'S CARE UNTIL 11/27/00 MRI SHOWED TEAR & SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED FOR 2/6/01
10/19/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING OVALITY BEAM TO MEASURE KILN #1 1STTIRE TO SHELL OVALITY WHEN THE OVALITY BEAM HIT A LOW HANGING PLATFORM ABOUT 3' UPHILL OF 1ST TIRE. THE OVALITY BEAM MAGNETS BECAME DETACHED AND THE DEV...
10/11/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 30d lost EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLT ON SILO #1APRON FEEDER WHEN HE FELT A POP OR PULL INSIDE HIS ELBOW. HE WAS ULTIMATELY DIAGNOSED WITH CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME & HAD SURGERY ON 1/2/01.
09/30/2000 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost WHILE WALKING ACROSS GROUND FLOOR OF MILL BUILDING EE STEPPED ON A MILL BALL THAT WAS UNDER APPROX. 3"" OF DUST ON THE FLOOR. EE DID NOT REQUIEST TO SEE A DR. UNTIL 12-1-00. SUBSEQUENT TESTS RE VEALED...
09/29/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CHANGING DUST COLLECTOR BAGS AND CAGES. AS HE REMOVED A CAGE IT SLIPPED AND THE SHARP EDGE CAUGHT HIS FINGER, CUTTING IT AND REQUIRINGSUTURES.
09/19/2000 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING AT HIS TOOLBOX IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP REMOVING TOOLS FOR A JOB WHEN A FOREIGN BODY GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME.
09/09/2000 NONPOWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED & ANOTHER EE WERE ASSIGNED TO UNCRATE AND MOVE A NEW PLC CABINET(APPROX. 700-800 LBS). AFTER UNCRATING, THE CABINET WAS HOISTED & PLACED ON MACHINERY ROLLERS. AS CABINET WAS BEING MOVE D 1 OF...