Stucco Mill — Accidents
Total: 49 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/17/2025 | OTHER | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 1d lost, 6d restricted | EE knelt down to adjust hooder film. EE went to stand up and their right knee starting hurting. Their knee continued to hurt throughout the shift and the following days. EE called in sick their next s... |
| 10/30/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Crusher plugged. Material was spilt onto the ground. Employee was shoveling material when EE slipped on some mud. Employee's knee started hurting. Employee reported the injury but decided not to see a... |
| 10/27/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee slipped on some mud and fell. Employee informed supervisor their shoulder and elbow were sore. Employee did not seek medical attention at the time of the injury. On 1/18/23 employee had a med... |
| 08/31/2023 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 29d restricted | Employee was using an industrial vacuum hose when lower back started hurting. Employee decided to work with a sore back until 9/11/23 when employee determined the back was not getting better. Medical... |
| 04/06/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 45d lost, 349d restricted | Employee was coming down stairs. While on the way down the employee's foot caught the third step from the bottom. This caused the employee to fall and land on the right shoulder. This caused an AC joi... |
| 01/16/2023 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 4d lost, 2d restricted | Employee was shoveling material when they felt their back pop accompanied with pain. Employee was diagnosed with a lumbar spine strain. |
| 10/18/2022 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 11d restricted | Employee struck knee on a parked rail car while walking around the car. Employee's knee was bruised. Employee saw a medical examiner on 10/24 because of lingering pain in the knee. On 10/24 the employ... |
| 08/27/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was putting on safety glasses when the left eye was scratched by the earpiece. The employee was prescribed an antibiotic. |
| 08/13/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was lifting 50 lb chemical bags from the pallet to the feeder when the employee felt a pop and sudden pain in the employee's back. The employee's back continued to be sore after the incid... |
| 06/09/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | While lifting an empty pallet the employee felt pain in their back. The employee did not want to see a medical professional at the time of the incident. On 6/17/2020 the employee decided to see a chir... |
| 11/12/2019 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was attempting to remove bearings off a shaft. The puller slipped off the bearing housing and hit the employee above the knee. The employee had a sore leg and swelling. The employee did not s... |
| 03/20/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Employee was transferring five 50 lb chemical bags from a pallet to a chemical feeder. After the fifth bag employee felt a pain in EE's lower back. |
| 01/10/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 4d lost, 54d restricted | EE was lifting 100 lb. bags off of the ground and restacking them. While doing so, tripped on some bags on the ground possibly straining their back. The repetitive lifting and the trip caused them to... |
| 03/14/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 23d restricted | EE was emptying bin into a bulk sack inside plug mud packaging area. Forklift operator approached bulk sack holding frame, placed forks in pallet, and tilted them forward. Left edge of forklift back... |
| 02/17/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | On 2/17/17 while working on the outside of the Process Elevator the EE was pulling a bearing off from the outside while another employee had cut the shaft with an acetylene torch that the bearing was... |
| 09/03/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 21d restricted | EE was getting material samples in 16 ounce cups and was returning to the slab when he slipped. EE did not fall. He regained balanced but felt a ""twinge"" in his back.EE did not want medical attent... |
| 11/08/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE needed to open mill door completely. Door was half open. While opening door EE pulled up on door and twisted his body and felt his back pop. |
| 06/17/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 15d lost, 29d restricted | EE was cleaning the grizzly feeder from obstruction with a bar when foot slipped between the grates in the screen and he twisted his knee. Knee injured, put on restricted duty per medical examiner's i... |
| 02/03/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Supervisor observed on 2/4/14 that EE's eye was tearing up. EE said he had gotten dust in it on 2/3/14 while working on the packer. Supervisor asked if he needed medical attention and EE said no. On 2... |
| 10/23/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was cleaning a plugged chemical induction pipe when some chemical (ferric sulfate) came out of the pipe and got in EE's eye. EE was wearing safety glasses. EE had eyes flushed with eye wash solut... |
| 06/18/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee stepped into a pot hole and sprained ankle. |
| 04/16/2013 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | EE did not report until 4/16/2013 that he had jarred his back sometime in December 2012 while operating a front end loader. On 4/16/2013 he told his supervisor about the incident and wanted to go to t... |
| 04/03/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE informed supervisor 13 hours after his shift ended that he had injured his back while clearing a bag jam in a packaging line. EE did not indicate any accident or injury prior to leaving his shift... |
| 05/27/2011 | ELECTRICAL | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was running power to a new soda ash tank. He was stripping the ground wire and it slipped out of his hand and hit the power bus causing electricity to run to ground. Employee received 1st d... |
| 04/04/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | EE was behind the packer bin working to unplug the #2 spout. When he turned the wheel to open the back of the spout, it came open and smashed his fingers between the spout back and the wheel to loose... |
| 03/18/2010 | IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was checking coal elevator pit/shed to see if a bearing was hot, he dislodged some coal dust that fell onto smolder coal in the bottom of the coal elevator pit. The dust ignited and singed e... |
| 11/29/2008 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 62d restricted | When EE was getting off the forklift to put cardboard on the pallets in the rail car, his radio caught on the forklift arm rest, causing him to turn odd and twist his ankle when he stepped on the grou... |
| 11/10/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 34d restricted | Employee was tightening the T screw on to the top of the filter press cell when her thumb slipped off the T screw. Her right hand was wet at the time from washing fuidloss cells. The employee has to... |
| 04/25/2008 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 23d restricted | Released the latch on the winch, the handle came around and hit his hand. |
| 10/01/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | Employee dismounted forklift to place stretchhooder on bypass, due to a broken bag on a pallet. When walking around the back of the forklift, the employee twisted her right ankle. Employee was examine... |
| 08/25/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 36d lost, 63d restricted | Employee was removing a counter weight on a Doosan D-25S forklift to investigate a steering column leak. The counter weight fell on top of employee's legs. Employee recieved severe laceration to the i... |
| 07/19/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The wrench the employee was using to loosen a nut on the #3 hot bin auger bracket slipped off causing the employee to catch his finger on the edge of the bracket and cut it open. The cut on the employ... |
| 07/19/2007 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was sealing a rail car when a wind gust blew dust into his right eye. Employee's eye was flushed at the plant but this did not relieve the pain. Employee was taken to a physician where his ey... |
| 03/27/2007 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee was climbing down the ladder at the bag house door when she lost her footing, fell, and landed on the frame around the bottom surface of the bag house door. She twisted her right ankle and st... |
| 08/02/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) | None | While working on a flourescent light from an extension ladder, the ladder came in contact with the light bulb and fixture causing the bulb to break. A shard of glass from the bulb cut the employee's l... |
| 06/12/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | Employee was climbing over the coupler on the train cars when he slipped and twisted his ankle on the car release lever and fell to the ground. Sprained ankle. |
| 08/24/2005 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 13d restricted | Employee stated that as she was sealing bags of plug mud, her right arm began to hurt just above the wrist. |
| 07/07/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Ee put his arm into the throat of the #3 mill to clean out mud and cut his left forearm on a sharp piece of metal. |
| 04/23/2004 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS PUTTING AN 88 POUND BAG ONTO A PALLET AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER ON BAG AND DISLOCATED. |
| 09/28/2003 | MACHINERY | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 7d lost, 64d restricted | EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE SOCKS ON THE SOUTH MILL BAGHOUSE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND PUT HIS HAND DOWN TO CATCH HIMSELF. HIS FINGERS WERE THEN CAUGHT IN THE ROTARY VALVE, SEVERING THE TIP OF THE MID DLE FIN... |
| 08/24/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS WASHING FACE WHEN A PIECE OF METAL ENTERED HIS EYE AND WAS LODGED. |
| 07/01/2003 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 46d lost, 66d restricted | EE HAD ACCESSED THE TOP OF THE BAG PRESS WITH A STEP LADDER TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT. THE PRESS WAS NOT DE-ENERGIZED AND WHEN THE EE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER HIS HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE BELT ON THE P... |
| 05/15/2003 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS CUTTING SHRINK WRAP OFF OF A PALLET OF EMPTY BAGS WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND WAS CUT BY THE KNIFE. |
| 02/06/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 68d lost | EMPLOYEE WAS RESTACKING A PALLET OF 100 LB BAGS HE LIFTED A BAG AND TURNED, TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE. |
| 10/11/2001 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 15d restricted | EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A PALLET WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. |
| 08/25/2001 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | EMPLOYEE WAS BENT OVER A PIECE OF METAL CUTTING A HOLE IN IT WHEN HE FELT A MUSCLE SPASM IN HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK. |
| 06/14/2001 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | EE WAS CLEANING MUD OFF LOADER, BY THE DOOR, WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND STRIKING HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND SHOULDER. |
| 03/30/2000 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EE HAULING LUMBER WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN OVERHANGING PIPE. |
| 01/05/2000 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 7d lost | EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A ROLL OF SHRINK WRAP TO PUT IT ON TO THE STAND, WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HISBACK. |