Sumner Wet Plant — Accidents

Total: 17 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/20/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 79d restricted Miner was walking through the plant - Reached to open door into the floc room - left leg slipped from underneath EE causing EE to land on the right patella (knee).
04/17/2018 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost We were contracted to change tires on a 844 John Deere loader. In the process of jacking the equipment up - the blocking and jack failed causing the loader to shift downward and the employee was stru...
09/29/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Miner was coming down a flight of stairs - quickly and skipping steps. Miner caught foot on the bottom last couple steps and fell hitting miner's head.
09/05/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 53d restricted Employee was shoveling sand onto a conveyor belt. Employee was cleaning underneath the conveyor. As ee was lifting the sand to put on the conveyor ee felt left shoulder pop. This causing pain in sh...
07/28/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was replacing a valve that was worn out using an adjustable wrench. Miner had 4 bolts to remove - upon EE's last bolt to remove the valve dropped causing a laceration on EE's left forearm.
06/09/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing bucket teeth a metal fragment struck Miner's arm.
01/29/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While wheeling a 5"" roller into place for as a replacement part for a belt press the roller came off the cart causing the individuals finger to be caught between the roller and floor grating. The in...
11/17/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 8d restricted While operating a haul truck the individuals tires slipped into a rut causing his head and neck to have a whiplash type effect.
11/12/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted While setting up water pumps in the mine the individual stepped on unleveled ground casing the individual to twist his knee.
10/10/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 2d restricted The individual was clearing material from the scalping tower location. While doing this clearing the individual attempted to pick up a large rock to remove it from the area, while lifting this rock it...
05/27/2015 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While reaching for the door handle on the quality control lab the individual received a bee sting on his left hand.
04/13/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted The employee was in an Aerial Lift working to clear a troughing roller utilizing a hammer. The equipment was not locked out at the time of incident causing the hammer to be drawn into the troughing r...
02/05/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 8d restricted The individual was carrying a 5 gallon fuel can to refill a heater located in the second level of the scalping tower. This individual reports slipping on ice while accessing the tower to refuel the h...
07/03/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While working in a Scissor Lift cutting a threaded rod with a reciprocating saw, the saw blade caught causing the saw to kick back impacting the operator's face/upper lip region causing a cut/lacerati...
06/04/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driver was adjusting tailgate chain and box was slightly raised, chain moved pinching his two fingers.
05/26/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted This individual was cleaning out next to a conveyer when a rock struck him in the back of the neck causing some pain in the shoulder along with numbness in the right arm.
08/08/2013 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None This individual was walking under a out of service conveyer and ducked to avoid contact with the conveyer the individual used poor body mechanics resulted in a twisting motion causing a minor back str...