Simpson — Accidents

Total: 215 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/13/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 63d restricted He was modifying an aluminum basket with a grinder. He installed a cutting disk & began cutting when his left hand slipped off the handle of grinder cutting his left thumb & left index finger. Had s...
03/02/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 172d lost, 9d restricted He reached down and lifted a 50 lb bag and felt pain in his lower back. Diagnosis was acute paralumbar muscle strain w/ spasm and radicular symptoms into the left extremities. No work until better.
02/11/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Injury was checking clay falling on CV25 belt. He started towards spray system to check tips and slipped on wet surface. He fell injuring his left knee. Diagnosis - strain/sprain & joint mouse of le...
02/09/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Using left hand he was holding a battery terminal in a hammer crimper & using right hand struck crimper with 2# hammer hitting left thumb. Fracture & lcerations to left thumb. No lost time just rest...
01/24/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Trouble shooting Palletizer 1 & pallet jammed in empty pallet dispenser. Employee flagged photo eye with hand & activated pallet dispenser catching his left hand between pallet & mount. Fractured bo...
01/18/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Injury was working on photo-eye problem on 3 bag stacker. He was flagging photo-eye with screw driver in rt hand on his attempt to flagging w/screwdriver he got his rt ring finger caught between top o...
12/02/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 29d lost, 21d restricted EE was carrying a 5hp electrical motor for replacement on a piece of equipment. He felt a dull pain in the right side groin area and did not initially want to see doctor. Pain did not subside, so on 1...
11/12/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 158d restricted Employee suffered a same level fall, he tried to extend arms to brace against fall. His injury was bilateral elbow fractures. Employee expected to have surgery Monday Nov 17, 2008.
11/06/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Incident was not reported to HR in a timely manner by employee. Power outage occurred from bad weather conditions in August of 08. DC fan shut down causing bad visibility. EE bumped into a support bea...
10/21/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 9d restricted EE reported experiencing some pain in right wrist while performing her duties: stapling cardboard on walls, hand brake wheel turning and moving bulkhead door on railcars. Dr diagnosed tendonitis on 10...
10/07/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 181d lost Attempting to remove bolt with wrench from the coverplate on Wms Mill sump pump, the wrench slipped which caused employee's weight to shift to right shoulder. The pain was not evident at first but got...
09/09/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 23d restricted Injured was originally working manual and semi-automatic equipment in a rotating environment in his home pkg dept.> then he was tranferred to another manual pkging line job, to sew bags with little or...
08/11/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Roderick was driving forklift moving a pallet when dust entered left eye. He was wearing safety glasses. Diagnosis: scleral abrasion and medication was prescribed. He had restrictions, but is back...
07/31/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a razor knife with left hand cutting stretch wrap from a pallet & cut his right index finger. Required several sutures. No restrictions, returned to normal duties.
07/30/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Two employees were walking by R/R tracks checking to see if railcar was empty when one employee stepped on a rock. He twisted & sprained his left ankle. Became a reportable Aug. 13th when doctor recom...
05/30/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None She has to perform lots of computer work using keyboard and mouse with right hand, took computer home and continued with use of right hand,complaining of pain on top and bottom of right wrist, pain go...
04/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ridgeway was cleaning a dust line and dust got into his right eye even though he had safety glasses. He flushed the dust out of his eye. It was irritated, so he was sent to the Dr. He was treated for...
04/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost EE was hepling to remove a mill roll attached to crane ball & positioned half way on platform. They tried to push the roll it begain to turn clockwise. He tried to move but roll hit him on his left le...
03/31/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE was carrying an air cylinder on his shoulder. He lowered cylinder to work bench and right index finger got caught between cylinder and work bench. Laceration requiring sutures. Limited use of ha...
02/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted Employee had a prior incident on 2/27/08 that has now become a reportable on 10/1/08. In Feb 08 he was pushing a lever on a hopper when he felt a pop in his right elbow. He was complaining of pain...
02/21/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost He was climbing ladder to disintegrator to clean out chute. Stepped on platform, feet shot out from under him causing him to fall 5 to 6 feet. He landed on his back, on concrete. Diagnosis: left ro...
01/30/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was walking from breakroom going to catch a product sample and slipped and fell in the travelway (rained during the night). He sustained an avulsion fracture to his left wrist. He is workin...
01/18/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Adjusted lower limit switch for carriage travel on Lantech Wrapper. Was moving carriage into home position and tension roller caught hand pulling it into frame of carriage cutting his right hand pink...
11/16/2007 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 32d restricted Was placing bag in tilt chamber, chamber cycled & finger was caught between rake & rolled edge of tilt chamber. Amputation of first joint, ring finger, left hand. He has restricted use of left hand....
11/05/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was working on the bag kicker when he ran his finger across the limit switch. The air was not released and the kicker moved back catching his left index finger between the kicker and the bra...
05/21/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was helping install a new roll of plastic wrap on a wrapping machine. Employee failed to comply with lockout/tagout policy and procedures. He stepped up onto a conveyor and tripped a...
02/02/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee walked down a flight of stairs. It was wet and muddy at the bottom of the stairs due to hard blowing rain storm. Employee slipped as he stepped off of last step and fell at floor level landin...
01/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was clearing a jam at a bag kicker. The conveyor belt had worn a sharpe edge on the belt scraper. The employee cut the 3rd and 4th finger on his right hand on a sharpe edge of the belt scrape...
10/19/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 88d restricted Pulling piece of pipe from rack and injured shoulder.
08/21/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted EE slipped and fell to his right knee when rigging slipped. This caused a spain to his knee. EE improperly rigged cable-come-a-long to beam. Rigging slipped causing him to lose his balance.
08/07/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cleaning railroad tracks with a Bobcat and hit tracks with bucket on Bobcat. The impact is what hurt his left shoulder. Did not loose any time from work and no restricted duty. Shoulder still hurti...
08/01/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted She was trying to unclog suction cup on Bemis Bagger. She reached her left hand in to remove green filter from suction cup while machine was still running. Her wrist was squeezed causing a bruise to h...
06/27/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 70d restricted Employee attempted to reposition a mobile compressor without assistance. Lost control and ran compressor into a stack of wooden pallets, pinching right index finger between the pintle hitch on the com...
03/23/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None PALLET WAS JAMMED, WERE UNJAMMING THE PALLET AND THE PHOTO-EYE ACTIVATED THE SQUARING CYLINDER. EE'S FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN PUSH PLATE AND PALLET.
01/25/2006 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee bumped left knee on steering wheel when he entered the enclosed cab of a front-end wheel loader. Physician prescribed 7 days of restricted duty.
01/18/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee on pkging line placing empty jugs into position. Complained of tingling and numbness in her arms and hands. Thought it was a family history of heart condition and/or her personal diagnosis...
01/05/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 348d lost, 14d restricted CLEANING UP WITH BOBCAT, PICKED UP HEAVY DISK, TRIED TO ARRANGE DISK ON BOBCAT AND INJURED LOWER BACK. (HE IS STILL WORKING BASED ON HIS WORK RESTRICTIONS.)
08/25/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 160d lost, 5d restricted ABRASION TO ARM REACHING FOR BAG, WHEN IN CONTACT WITH A PACKAGING CONVEYOR BELT, HE IS WORKING RESTRICTED DUTY.
06/06/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee received minor back strain while operating wheeled front-end loader. Employee stated that seat shifted when entering the stockpile.
05/10/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was restacking pallets when he felt a pain in his lower groin. Treating physician diagnoised a strained groin muscle and placed employee on 3 weeks of restricted duty until condition improves...
03/24/2005 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 164d lost, 6d restricted BAGS WERE TOO FULL AT THE TIME AND EE WAS TURNING TO SPEAK WITH THE DUMPER OPERATOR AND WAS NOT WATCHING WHEN HIS THUMB ENTERED THE SEWING MACHINE IN A FEED.
03/19/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Forklift had plastic caught on forklift, forkilft traveling past ee and it caught ee's leg causing him to fall down.
03/11/2005 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 33d lost Employee pinched off 3/8 inch off tips of middle, index, and pinky finger. Employee violated company's lock out tagout policy and reached hand into rotary valve that was in operation. Contact with val...
11/10/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was walking a basket of invoices from a cabinet overhead with her right arm and felt pain in right upper arm and shoulder area.
11/09/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Moving shelves and injured lower back.
11/09/2004 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EMPLOYEE WENT UNDER A CONVEYOR AND WHEN HE STOOD UP, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
10/28/2004 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was pushing a wheelbarrow, lost balance of wheelbarrow and strained a groin muscle.
10/21/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted WHILE ADJUSTING A TAIL-PULLEY DOWN, EE STARTED HAVING SOME DISCOMFORT ON LEFT SIDE OF CHEST
08/12/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND STEPPED ON A WET MAT. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON A METAL GRATING.
04/16/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee received bruise and slight abrasion to left shoulder as a result of a forklift accident inside a 18-wheel trailer.