THORNTON PLANT — Accidents

Total: 11 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/10/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a grinder to buff a shaft. While he was running the grinder one of the strings from his hooded sweatshirt fell out of his coat and got wound up in the shaft of the grinder behind bu...
08/26/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF THE WATER TRUCK WHEN THE DOOR STOP STRAP BROKE CAUSING HIM TO STEP DOWN BEFORE HE WAS READY. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE AS A RESULT
07/12/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Ee was cleaning between impact rollers on feeder with a bar when his bar get caught between the roller and hopper above. his hand got caught between the bar and the roller cutting his hand betwen his...
02/18/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted EE WAS DRIVING A COMPANY PICK UP WHEN IT OVERHEATED. THE EE STOPPED THE VECHICLE AND STARTED TO REMOVE THE RADIATOR CAP. THE EE THEN CLOSED THE CAP AND THEN REOPENED IT AND RECIEVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS O...
10/27/2003 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EE WAS ASSISTING CONTRACT MECHANIC REMOVE CLUTCH HOUSING FROM EL-JAY VSI CRUSHER. MECHANIC WAS HOISTING HOUSING WITH LIFTING STRAP USING TRUCK CRANE. AS HOUSING CAME OUT EE HAD HAND ON LIFTING STRAP &...
10/14/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON SCREEN BEARING HOUSING HOLDING A WRENCH WHILE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HITTING WRENCH WITH HAMMER. EMPLOYEE WITH HAMMER MISSED, HIT COUNTERWEIGHT & HAMMER BOUNCED ONTO INJ...
08/22/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted EE WAS DIRECTING WORK ON A CONVEYER BELT AND TOLD ANOTHER EE TO STRIKE THE TOP OF THE ARM OF A ""SIDE KICK"" WITH A HAMMER TO FREE IT UP. THE OTHER EE IMMEDIATELY STRUCK WITH THE HAMMER BUT HIT THE OT...
08/21/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None NO DIRECT CAUSE OR INJURY. NECK STARTED GETTING STIFF AND AT SHIFTENED TIME HAD PAINS, IN LEFT SIDE OF HEAD, NEAR EAR. WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC AND DIAGNOSED WITH BRACHIAL NURITIS OR RADICULITS NOS PULLED...
05/08/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted EE WAS PICKING MUD OFF CONVEYOR BELT AND HIS RIGHT HAND BEGAN BOTHERING HIM FROM PICKING MUD. EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST AND SLIGHT CONTUSION.
01/22/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF OF A CONVEYOR FRAME. HE PUT HIS FOOT DOWN WRONG & TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
08/11/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None PULLING BELT WITH 1 1/2 TON COMEALONG WHEN D-RING COMEALONG WAS ATTACHED TO TO BROKE FROM STEEL WALL STRIKING HIM ON HIS RIGHT FOREARM.