Sherwin Alumina, L.P. — Accidents

Total: 802 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/12/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While performing routine task, employee was in process of working angle valve in 40 area on 1 Pr. After EE opened valve he felt pain in left elbow.
05/09/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE was stepping out of scooter and slipped on wet pavement. Outside 236 Canteen. Contusion right knee
05/07/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 75d restricted Employee was walking into the plant when he was struck by a scooter on his right side. He was working unrestricted at his regular job (training electricians) since 3/11/14. He had surgery to his right...
05/07/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While climbing onto a stand to work on east jack of 34 press, stand slipped out from under EE, causing a fall to the ground. Abrasion right leg.
04/30/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee stepped backwards into a hole and strained his lower back.
04/24/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 118d restricted Hosing out a press slipped and fell. Tried to break his fall and injured his left arm. Originally on Temporary Job Transfer until 5/5/14 when his injury of 4/24/14 became reportable.
04/23/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 71d restricted On 4/23/14 EE was working at 45 Green Liquor Horseshoe installing a spool using a ?"" drive impact for ~10-15 minutes at a time over a 3 hour period. EE was placed on Temporary Job Transfer on 4/23/...
04/22/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was going to replace guarding on the lime weigh belts., when EE stepped over the plastic barricade chain and slipped. Employee caught himself from falling. During the process employee felt pa...
04/22/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE working bottom header for 2 FFT. EE attempting to seat valve and lost footing while swinging hammer. EE hammer made contact with Right ankle/foot. Contusion right ankle
04/13/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was opening the freight elevator door (vertical bi-parting elevator hoist way door-requires manual operation) when his right hand was caught between the top of the door and the elevator. Emp...
04/01/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Hosing down on pad around 9 washer. EE was moving with hose down hose and tripped over pump out header. EE stated he was face down with liquor hitting the ground and splashing back up into his nose an...
04/01/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 55d restricted Installing liner bolts into #3 Rod Mill. EE was using a ""Spline Drive"" impact to install two liner bolts on 3 Rod Mill. EE reported to medical stating that while using the spline drive his left arm...
03/24/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was in the process of hanging a 20' nylon sling when he felt foreign debris in his left eye. Eye injury
03/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 142d restricted Moving bench strained shoulders
03/18/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was walking from the East side of the ship to the West side using the steps / stairs on the ship. When EE reached the last set of steps he noticed some piping right in front of the stairway along w...
03/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was climbing ladder to reach #2 condensate steam valve to isolate steam. While climbing the employee states he felt a pop but didn't experience hardly any pain. After lunch employee stood up...
03/11/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was walking into the plant when he was struck by a scooter on his right side. He was working unrestricted at his regular job (training electricians) since 3/11/14. He had surgery to his ri...
01/26/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Opening feed Lukie on 3-8 flash tank. EE was opening the feed Lukie on 3-8 flash tank using a ""nut runner"" and two multipliers. EE states that when he actuated the nut runner the scaffold he was sta...
01/19/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 96d restricted Employee was completing his Pre-Operational Inspection on Broderson #51.As he was descending from the deck he lost his balance causing a minor abrasion to his nose and pulled his left groin.
01/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was adding a water sump relay tank to control the level. Employee was opening the suction valve of the second pump when the relay tank overflowed. Employee received burns to his back.
01/18/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee trip over pipe and scrapped leg. Contusion to right lower leg.
01/15/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was stepping off the bottom stand at 19 PPT, when his left foot slipped off the bottom rung. This caused him to fall backwards on his back at the same time the bottom stand fell on top of his...
12/03/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was using a cordless saw to cut a fitting and caught left little finger in the saw. Sutures required.
11/30/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was descending a ladder and twisted ankle. Employee on restricted duty.
11/26/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted EE suffered a laceration/ fracture to his right foot while struck by scaling bar. The injury occurred when EE accidently struck his foot with a scaling bar. EE was taken to E.R. for treatment. X-r...
11/22/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 53d restricted Employee was performing inspection of yardrunner, tripped on outrigger. Fell on left knee, fracture of knee.
11/13/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE complaining of lower back pain. He reported that while operating a front end loader in ship cargo hold #1, the loader struck a protruding object on the wall of the hold. The loader came to a sudde...
11/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 158d lost Employee slipped on wet surface and fell to ground. Employee complaining of right shoulder, lower back and right knee pain. Employee placed on restricted duty on 11/26/2013.
11/09/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee was backing up a loader in the hold of the ship. The loader bumped into the wall, resulting in neck pain. Employee placed on restricted duty 11/15/2013.
11/06/2013 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 3d restricted Operating Long reach excavator in South ""B"" Bauxite Building. Excavator turned over onto its side. ERT was paged out to help EE exit the cab of the excavator. Concusion
10/26/2013 FIRE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Dry chemical fire extinguishers were used to extinguish the flames. EE was affected by the dry chemicals and smoke and was escorted from the building on the north end for fresh air. Smoke inhalation
10/07/2013 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking east on the main roadway between Fac. 45 and Fac. 50 a gust of wind blew particles in EE's right eye.
10/03/2013 ELECTRICAL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 66d lost, 12d restricted EE had energized a 4160VAC contactor and was walking away from it when an arc flash occurred. EE was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and admitted with 2nd and 3rd degree burns to...
09/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While reaching to operate the condensate conductivity block valve, on the north end of 4 digester unit, the EE's shirt snagged on a nearby ball valve handle. When the EE backed away, the ball valve op...
09/25/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employees were sailing a ship out of 90 dock when the lines got caught between the ship and the pilings. As they got the line on the dock the ships crew member tightened the instead of giving slack li...
09/22/2013 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 73d restricted Employee was hosing down under 5-1 heater under the grating. EE was squatting down to hose under the grating, When employee went to get up, he felt a pain on the inside of his right knee as he pushed...
09/18/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted EE was installing a Level Control Probe J-Box at 45-6 Sump Pump. EE was pushing and adjusting J-Box and got his left ring finger caught between hand rail, unistrut and J-box. On 9/26/13, X-ray reveal...
09/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted He squatted down to verify the meter was the correct meter, started to move the meter with his left hand/arm and lost his grip, slipping and fell backwards. Employee reached back with his right arm t...
08/20/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was in the process of closing the discharge valve of #1 Spent Liquor Pump by hand when he felt a pop in his lower back. Strain.
08/19/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While working to rod out feed drain for 2-4 heater to cross block 2-3 heater for isolation, EE stepped onto scale and dirt buildup under flash tanks from cleanup efforts in the area, causing him to tw...
08/15/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 87d restricted EE was descending a spiral stairway when he lost his footing and fell. EE's right scapula struck a stairway step resulting in a scapula fracture.
08/14/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None I picked up a 5 gallon can of oil and proceeded to carry it to the upper level of the 6 A/C/ The area is hot and steamy. After I added oil to 6 A/C, I proceeded to come down. My safety glasses fogged,...
08/13/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was operating a valve that had a defective handle with jagged edges. The jagged edges cause a laceration on EE's hand which required sutures to repair. No lost work days or restricted duty.
08/13/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was sitting in a chair. He leaned back. The chair tipped back. The employees chair fell back striking the back of his head on the wall where the A/C was plugged in. Employee suffered a 1 1/2...
08/13/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Employee was using hydro blasting spin nozzle and the nozzle got diverted and shot employee in left shin with a burst of water lacerating the skin.
08/13/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While drilling out 3-17 outboard heater drain valve, the drill bit broke and drill and broken bit struck EE in left palm.
08/13/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted Employee was driving manlift over railroad tracks and felt strain in back when crossing tracks. Back Strain.
08/12/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted At or about 1100, EE was rodding out the #12 Washer wash water drain valve, while using a 8lb sledgehammer to knock in the rod, when he felt a pull to his right elbow. Elbow strain
08/12/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was descending the stairs at 50A B Point conveyors stairwell and left foot of his boot caught on a step of the grating causing him to lose his footing. His left foot then slipped off to the...
08/06/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 188d restricted EE complaining about left shoulder pain after conducting a routine maintenance job that required using an 8 pound sledgehammer. EE placed on restricted duty on 08/19/2013 by his treating doctor.