South Area — Accidents

Total: 564 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing a bit when the bit slipped smashing his right index finger resulting in lacerations requiring sutures.
09/30/2007 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While EE was unloading quick lime pneumatically out of a trailer the product hose split spraying lime out. He was hit in the face with the lime. He was wearing safety glasses. Lime went under the glas...
09/06/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was on a break, employee was cutting an apple with a pocket knife. The knife slipped cutting the palm of his left hand. This action resulted in sutures.
08/27/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 2d restricted Worker scraped finger on rough surface while working inside of process tank, causing infection.
08/27/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 20d lost Numbnes and pain in fingers caused by repetitive movement.
08/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Worker was pulling samples in assay lab when she felt shoulder pop resulting in pain in shoulder and numbness in fingers. Because of additional doctors visits and evaluation this was not classified as...
08/07/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted While replacing piping, employee stepped off of ladder contacting end of pipe that was just removed, puncturing foot.
08/07/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 4d restricted Employee was removing scale chunks out of sump. He felt a sharp pain when he tossed scale outdoors with a shovel. Post accident taken 8-8-07 results negative.
08/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was changing track rollers on a back hoe. Employee's finger got caught in pinch point causing injury.
05/27/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted Employee was using a sledge hammer to remove a concrete pedestal. During this process he struck his foot with sledge hammer.
05/02/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee passed out due to dehydration and fell down causing laceration to chin. Received 8 sutures to close the laceration.
04/15/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Injured employee and another employee were carying a steel I beam. In the prossess of setting it down there was a misscomunication. The other employee dropped his end early causing the end the injured...
04/07/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unloading some old screen panels from the back of a pick-up. He slipped and fell on the screen panels and cut his left forearm. He received 4 sutures to close the wound, making this repor...
04/02/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a drill press employee got his finger caught between the chain that holds the chuck key and the rotating chuck. This dislocated his finger. He was given a splint to wear on his right middl...
03/28/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was servicing a 5 LB fire extinguisher. He set it down near the edge of his work bench and the extinguisher started to fall. As he reached over to catch it there was a metal tag that was bent...
03/13/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 71d restricted While climbing off of the top head after doing maintenance, helper slipped and fell four feet to the ground. He instintively extended his arm to break the fall and fractured his right wrist
01/28/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 77d lost, 11d restricted While lifting a garbage can with the help of another electrician, into a large trash barrel, employee felt a pain in his right shoulder. He had surgery on 05/08/07 to repair shoulder and was taken off...
01/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing a tail pulley. The slide bar dropped and pinched his finger. This took 10 sutures to close the wound. Making this a reportable injury.
01/05/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While operating the D6 wide-pad dozer on the dump, employee backed over a rock, shaking the cab, resulting in pain to his lower groin area. Employee thought that he may have a hernia and sought medica...
12/11/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 127d lost Prior to the start of his shift, employee was walking down ramp toward change room when he slipped twisting his knee. Employee did not seek medical attention initially, but later requested to see a do...
11/15/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing small pump when it slipped and pinched his pinky finger. Employee received sutures to close wound.
10/10/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted 990F loader was loading 777D haul truck with rocky material containing very little fines. The first bucket contained a large rock. With no material in the bed or the truck to cushion the shock, the ro...
09/27/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was walking down stairs when she missed the last step and twisted rt. ankle, causing sprain.
08/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee was removing his chock when he twisted his right knee. Medical treatment was sought and he was placed on restricted work.
08/22/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing off the welding truck when he lost his balance. He went to catch himself and grabbed a sharp edge. This caused a laceration to his finger. He recieved 8 sutures to close the woun...
08/14/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a utility knife to cut a plastic wire tie. As the knife went through the tie, the momentum carried and he cut his left hand above the thumb. Medical treatment was sought, and empl...
08/05/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost Employee was removing bolt from a suction tube, as he was pulling in his ratchet, he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder. Medical treatment was sought on 8/05/06 and he was released back work full...
08/01/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee removed ash tray from motor grader seat pedestal and reached arm in through opening and contacted air condtioner fan blade causing avulsion and fracture to tip of right middle finger.
07/27/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The claimant was sweeping off a welding table, when he grabbed a pipe stub, lacerating his right ring finger.
06/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to get pipt fitting off of pipe, hit pipe off concrete. Pipe bounced up and hit him in the mouth.
06/26/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was driving haul truck and hit a berm. Employee sought medical treatment and was placed on restricted duty.
06/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was stepping off of LT018 and twisted his ankle. Medical treatment was sought and he was placed on restricted duty.
06/05/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 111d lost, 145d restricted Employee was walking accross the yard, stepped on a rock and rolled his right ankle. He sought medical treatment and was placed on restricted duty.
05/22/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 130d lost Employee has developed continued pain in right elbow since early March. Employee sought medical on 05/23/06 and was given a full duty release. Employee went back to doctor on 08/25/06 and placed on r...
05/10/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee stated while removing ladder to access scaffold, he accidently bumped scaffold jack with ladder, causing scaffold jack to dislodge. Scaffold jack fell and struck employee on left forearm, cau...
05/01/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to install a pump sleeve on a pump barrel. The barrel slipped and pinched his little finger on his right hand between the sleeve and the pump housing. The injury required eight...
04/24/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was moving a bin of samples using a pallet jack. The forks of the pallet jack got stuck on something. She was pulling on the handle of the pallet jack when it came loose, she let go of the ha...
04/21/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Crew was adding a piece of washover casing on an angle hole. Employee's left middle finger was pinched between casing and derrick. Fracture to tip of finger. x-ray, splint, and return to work
04/19/2006 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While crawling under a Cat 777 haul truck with a tire bead breaker, injured bumped his left knee on a rock under the rear axle.
04/17/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted The employee was descending some metal grating type stairs, in wet conditions, when his right foot slipped causing him to twist his left knee. The doctor diagnosed him as having a torn medial collate...
04/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was picking up a piece of casing from a pile. The pile shifted slightly, and his right middle finger was pinched between 2 pieces of casing. The finger tip from the nail to the end was lacera...
04/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was loading core sample bags into the dryers and after about five hours she felt a strain to her right pinky finger. She was seen by a doctor on 04/14/06 and was put on restricted duty until...
04/01/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was stepping off ladder onto a concrete deck. The concrete floor had just been washed down and when he stepped onto the concrete his foot slipped causing his right knee to twist. Employee did...
03/22/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted LIFTING 25 LB. BOXES ON A CART & ELBOW FELT LIKE IT PULLED OUT OF THE SOCKET. POST ACCIDENT DRUG TEST RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE.
03/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to open a push button door handle on a grader when he dislocated his thumb. Medical treatment was sought and employee was released to full duty. He was placed in a splint.
02/15/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had opened the door of a tool box that is mounted on the side of a flat bed pick-up. The truck was close to a berm and when the employee stepped on the berm his feet slipped and he fell into...
02/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was helping install a guard on some drive belts of a pump and motor. He was holding the guard in place and felt a twinge in his lower back and side. The employee was put on light duty on 03/1...
02/10/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was waiting for a sample to come off of dryer with her eye protection and PPE on and as the sample fell off conveyor belt she was showered with dirt and dust and some went into her right eye.
01/25/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hammering in a piece of rebar when she missed and struck her finger against the rebar. Medical treatment was sought and sutures were used to close the wound.
01/19/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was installing a turbo on a haul truck when he slipped and struck his knee against the engine. Medical treatment was sought on 01/24/06 and employee was placed on restricted work.