Sherwin Alumina, L.P. — Accidents

Total: 802 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was in the process of depressurize 5-2 DFP mud blocks when he opened drain valve that spray on face. EE washed off under safety shower. EE states he had his goggles on and that when he was washing...
12/04/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE fell through 2nd deck to 3rd deck (10ft Fall) inside 4 washer while descaling inside tank. EE was transported to ER. as a per caution. EE was released with restrictions for one day.
12/01/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was washing his PPE off in shower when some water that contained caustic entered his eye. Left eye corneal burn.
11/30/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was swapping a pump on 4-2 when he noticed his boots were cracked. He changed his boots. On 12-1-14 he noticed that small patch on the bottom of his right foot was red and sore. Medical ha...
11/29/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Opening value with hammer when value spun around and hit employee right middle finger. Contusion right middle finger.
11/26/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was opening value (Digestion) with wheel wrench when his left pinky got caught between wrench and wheel. Contusion left pinky.
11/25/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee strained hamstring swinging sledge hammer
11/25/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was closing 4-3 suction value when the hammer contacted 4-4 suction value and jammed his right wrist. Right wrist strain.
11/23/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a Cytec issue at 5 Diluter. While swinging a hammer (8 lb with a long handle), his right pinky finger got caught between the hammer handle and piping/equipment resulting in a f...
11/18/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee turn to move to another spot and hit his left knee on a value. Employee did not become reportable until 12/1/14 when he went to the doctor and received restriction. Left knee contusion.
11/12/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was cleaning the tail pulley area on #1 Lime weigh belt. He shoveled two scoops into the wheel barrel and on the second one some dust billowed out of the wheel barrel and got into his right e...
11/06/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking into Bldg35 north west door, lost footing and fell on right knee. EE was taken to the medical department and diagnosed with a contusion and laceration to right kneecap. EE received sutu...
10/30/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was assisting fellow EE with closing the discharge lukie on 5-8 heater using a nut runner. As the valve was almost closed the nut runner torqued up, the handle swung around and hit EE on the right...
10/28/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was assisting 2 Dig drill replace drill stem because it was leaking. While trying to take off drill stem chuck from quill shaft using pipe wrench he felt strain in right shoulder. Employee pr...
10/24/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee slipped and fell on his back. At initial visit to the clinic, all x-rays were negative and the EE was given a full duty release. During a follow up on 11/11/14, new x-rays showed a fractured...
10/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Wearing incorrect foot wear (leather boots vs. rubber boots) boots got wet and employee developed-Plantar Fasciitis
10/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was coming down the stairs at the north end of 5 unit when he felt a pop on his right knee. During his evaluation, the employee mentioned he had felt the same pop on his right knee last Satur...
10/20/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Strom employee ee was shoveling bauxite in North A tunnel. Employee stated that he experienced pain to his lower back while shoveling. Employee had previous back surgeries, this is an aggravation of s...
10/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Trying to open a train car door by pulling on it. Pulled and sprained back.
10/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated that he had a caustic burn down the back side of his right leg
10/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost He was spraying the caustic off the floor when some got in his mouth. Employee was not wear his provided PPE at the time.
10/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Was hosing liquor out of area, when done employee was shutting off hose and opened it to full instead of closing valve resulting in over spraying on himself.
10/14/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was hold a blind while supervisor was using a jack hammer to chisel out residue to unclog pipe when it slipped off and hit employees hand.
10/11/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Using a sledgehammer to open a valve.
10/05/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE reported that he was working on DFI bypass valve using a sledge hammer and felt soreness on his left shoulder after using a sledge hammer. Neck muscle strain.
10/05/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE had just completed tearing down 3-17 heater. As he was moving his equipment out from under the heater, his glasses fogged up. EE was walking, looking down, and hit his head on the blow down header...
10/01/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was closing 5-5 ftk south vapor valve using long wheel wrench, while working gate valve the wheel wrench slipped causing a contusion of the employee's right thumb and palm. Contusion Right ha...
09/30/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee stepped into a hole causing a same level fall. EE struck shoulder resulting in a dislocated shoulder. EE was taken to a medical facility where his shoulder was put back into place. EE was rel...
09/28/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was about to hose down on the pad at 5 Hytank but when he tried his hose plugged off. He worked the valve to see if it would pass through and it did. He lost control of the nozzle when it bec...
09/28/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was breaking a bolt free with wrench pulling toward himself when he heard a pop left shoulder. Shoulder rotation cuff injury.
09/26/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted While disengaging the clutch, on #1000 portable water jet, EE contacted a protruding bolt, with his right forearm. EE received a contusion to his right forearm as a result of the contact.
09/25/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Swinging a hammer to open a valve.
09/25/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee fell while working on feed pot. Laceration to right knee.
09/09/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was rolling surry blinds using an Impact wrench 2950 approx weight 50# with socket. While shooting top nut that was slightly worn impact slipped off nut he attempted to keep control of impac...
09/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was struck by a port a power on his shoulder on 9-9-14, taken to the clinic for initial treatment on 9/10/14 and released to full duty. At the EE's 9/18/14 follow up he was referred to an ortho and...
09/05/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted While working on 1-2 slurry booster pump, EE grabbed the impeller to rotate the shaft. The sharp leading edge, of the impeller vein, cut through his leather palm glove and resulted in a laceration to...
09/01/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted EE was using a ladder to repair hanger, he missed the first rung on the ladder while going up. This caused him to strike his Right Wrist on the top edge of the tank. Wrist strain.
08/28/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was closing the gate valves on 2-2 ESP dust screw using a pneumatic air gun, when the air gun caught his left glove causing his wrist to over torque. The glove tore away.
08/26/2014 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE was on a scaffold in 24 area and squatted down to move into position to replace the old valve with a spool as he turned to face the pipe he twisted his right knee and felt it pop. Strain-right kne...
08/25/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee was hosing out shell of 33 Press when he slipped on some mud and his arm came in contact with the press causing a burn.
08/18/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee was stepping off of a conveyor when his knee 'popped'. Employee sustained a strained right knee.
08/13/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was working in Water Jet Shop disassembling a quill shaft. Using a 24"" pipe wrench to break nuts loose from the shaft, employee felt a pull in his shoulder. Employee was diagnosed with a s...
07/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted Employee was building scaffolds in area 45 bottom side and went to break afterwards noticing soreness in his lower right side of his back. Employee stood up from his chair after morning break to retur...
06/06/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on disconnecting the #4 Cake Wash Pump in the Calciner. EE was distracted by radio traffic while he was cutting the boot off of a wire. When he returned to the task after the radio call...
06/05/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While hosing down under #1 Tray EE lost his grip on the hose (spent liquor (13.1pH) and was sprayed in the face, resulting in irritation to his lips and left eye.
06/01/2014 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Security officer called the back gate and stated that she was feeling sick. She stated that she was dizzy and light headed. She was on the North E-crane working security detail. Dehydration.
05/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Cleaning inside of 8 washer liquor tank on the 4th deck with a water hose. Caustic mud splashed back on EE while cleaning the tank (all appropriate PPE was employed). EE began cleaning hard hat and...
05/21/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was working on 7 evap man way deck; when he tripped over a plug causing him to fall forward. While falling forward, employee caught himself with his right hand. This caused him to bend his ri...
05/21/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was working in 34-1 Switch House Pulling wire to 2-1 TT Overflow pump motor. As he descended the 8 foot ladder, upon stepping on the concrete floor, employee stated that it felt as if his le...
05/15/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was opening the vapor valve on 1-17 heater, when he caught his arm on the stem of the valve causing a laceration to left arm. Laceration left arm