Tata Chemicals Mill — Accidents

Total: 260 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/01/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee tripped on a hose twisting her ankle.
05/20/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking a bearing off of a truion with a hammer. The employee hit the bearing with the hammer and a piece of bearing broke off and struck him in the hand causing a laceration which requir...
04/04/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Reportable hearing loss in left ear of 28 decibels average was reported by physician today for employee.
03/28/2014 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was checking GR3 dryer line probe .Probe blew out, scaring him. He jumped back and wrenched his back.
02/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was removing lids from the primary screen when he felt a burning sensation around his belly button. The employee was diagnosed with a hernia on 2/17/14 making this a recordable, although the...
01/23/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 24d restricted Employee was pulling on a pipe clamp when his foot slipped in loose dirt twisting his left knee. Employee continued working until he went out on surgery 4/11/2014 making it a recordable at that time.
01/22/2014 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Increased seepage was noted near the toe and #3 slot drain of D cell, the D cell is under a k order and under the approved plan we were instructed to call MSHA if we needed to bring equipment on the w...
01/14/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 5d restricted Driving a forklift to empty a trash hopper when he hit a pothole that he did not see causing the forklift to bounce and hurt his back.
01/13/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Electrician was replacing an element in the shower room. The circuit became energized knocking the electrician off the five foot ladder whereby he struck his head against a locker resulting in a lace...
11/10/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loosening a nut which broke loose suddenly and pinched his middle finger between the wrench and angle iron frame, resulting in a fracture to the middle finger of his right hand.
10/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 13d restricted The employee was pushing the feed box on the #1 dryer when the #1 centrifuge plugged off and sent slurry over the feed chute resulting in burns to the employees right side including his right forearm.
10/19/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 23d restricted Employee stepped in a hot soda ash pile which entered his boot resulting in burns to his foot.
10/01/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting a 4 inch valve on a pallet with 6 inch valves and pinched her finger between the handle stems resulting in a laceration and 5 sutures.
09/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 200d lost, 12d restricted Employee was checking a leak near an oil plug on the C boiler ID fan in the Powerhouse when he reached up under the coupling gaurd and came in contact with the RPM sensor resulting in fractures and la...
06/16/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taking the drive belts off of a circulator and pinched the top of his little finger between the belt and sheave. The right little finger required sutures.
04/12/2013 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None A small piping hole was observed near slot 3 on the downstream slope of D cell.
03/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As an employee was bending conduit, a piece of bent conduit fell and struck the employees finger. On April 3, 2013 the employee received an X-ray which revealed a fracture on the left middle finger. T...
02/05/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was sliding a piece of metal plate when it slipped out of her hands landing on her toe and breaking it.
01/06/2013 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee got ""trona rash"" on his legs from the #2 mud tank.
11/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 117d restricted Employee strained his shoulder operating the north feed water valve on E boiler. Employee returned to work and worked normal duties until he went off on surgery on 1/10/13.
09/23/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee opened a prime valve on pump when hot water sprayed on his face.
09/23/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was priming a pump when the pump caught the prime and blew water causing him to jump back and land in hot water that went inside his boots causing 2nd degree burns to his foot.
06/04/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee was cleaning ducon when steam blew out and burned his left side of face and left arm.
03/25/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 316d lost Employee was walking under dryer when he stepped on piece of grading and fell on the floor.
03/18/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 28d restricted Employee was crawling in cable tray pulling fiber optic cable and upon completion he felt some stiffness in his knees and felt he may have hyper extended his knee. On March 26, employee began to expe...
03/16/2012 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Upon receiving a modification of a K-Order that was issued on D-Cell, we began filling D-Cell with water and tailings from the process plants. After we began discharging into D-Cell, the recently rep...
03/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None The affected experienced a hernia while pushing on a heavy pulley while installing the pulley.
02/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lifting gasket from expansion joint when he cut his pinkie.
01/09/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 95d lost Employee was pulling on hub when it popped off hitting him on left leg and he tripped over bearing box.
01/02/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 45d restricted Employee was walking up stairs when slurry was draining towards him, employee then jumped down five stairs to get away from it and broke his left foot.
11/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was opening a steam valve when he felt a burning on the right side of his abdomen. Employee went on MLOA on 12/26/2011.
11/15/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was on the forklift when witness observed him slump over. Witness immediately got him off of the forklift and laid him on the ground where rescue member began treating him. Employee was the t...
11/10/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employee was walking when he stepped in a hole and felt pain in his right knee. Employee went on MLOA on December 23,2011.
11/05/2011 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None While contractors were removing damaged slope plate out of #5 product bin soda ash sloughed from an unknown location into bottom of bin. All personnel were evacuated with EE in the bin thigh high in m...
11/05/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE inhaled soda ash, was treated by EMT onsite and released. EE's reaction to exposure required follow-up treatment at hospital. After treatment, EE was given full release to work. EE quit job befo...
08/27/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee was opening a valve on a filter when he felt a cramp. The next morning his hand was swollen and sore. Employee was put on restricted duty on 9/13/11.
07/13/2011 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 6d lost, 13d restricted Employee was operating a pipe threader when it caught his right middle finger between the pipe and pipe threader.
07/09/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting handrail when sawzall kicked and cut his index finger on left hand.
05/09/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost After parking, employee got out of his vehicle and rolled his ankle.
01/20/2011 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Plant personnel noticed an increase in flow from the seepage area that was reported on 1/8/2012. Upon discovery it was immediately reported to MSHA and we instructed MSHA at the 1-800 number that thi...
01/08/2011 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Plant personnel noticed increased seepage from d cell. Upon investigation a boil was noticed on the downstream slope along with a small sinkhole. Upon discovery it was immediately reported to MSHA a...
12/19/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 132d lost EE slipped on stairs landing on his left arm and shoulder.
08/15/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was inspecting bull gear and pinion when he lost his balance and smashed his left hand in between the dryer tire and the trunnion.
08/10/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Contractor was filling oil tank on the 2nd floor of 6RR when the tank overflowed and spilled on #5 calciner causing the oil to ignite the fire.
08/09/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 222d lost Employee injured his left shoulder while beating on ore bin on Aug 9, 2010. Employee went off on MLDA for shoulder surgery on 1/19/11.
06/01/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving forklift through double doors when the door blew shut. Employee tried to stop it but got his hand caught between the door and the cab of forklift.
05/11/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While bolting bearing box to table, employee took a bolt out of the bottom which caused the box to come loose and pinned his finger between box and table.
03/11/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting belt skirting, when his knife slipped, cutting his left thumb.
01/25/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was replacing block on rotex screen when the block slid into place smashing his fingers between block and frame. He received stitches.
01/15/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a calciner when the wrench he was working with slipped off the nut and he smashed his left index finger wich required stiches.