Three Forks Mill — Accidents

Total: 68 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/10/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE A SCISSOR LIFT. HE BENT DOWN TO PICK-UP A PIECE OF PIPE ON THE FLOOR OF THE BASKET & EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EE SOUGHT TREATMENT WITH HIS CHIROPRACTOR & R...
10/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to close the sliding rail car door when finger became pinched between door and railcar. Suturable laceration to right ring finger.
08/18/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was lifting 50lb bags of talc onto a converyor stystem when employee felt pain in groin. On September 7, 2005 employee was evaluated by doctor as having sustained an left abdominal inginial...
07/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was lifting and moving a wood pallet, which had a 50lb blower on it, when it slipped. The right middle finger of employee was caught in between two wood pallets. The employee sustained...
05/24/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None POTENTIAL WORK RELATED HEARING LOSS GREATER THAN 25DB FROM BASELINE CONDUCTED IN 1997. RIGHT EAR 4000 HZ-25DB SHIFT. LEFT EAR 3000 HZ-47DB; 4000 HZ-25DB SHIFT. EE HAS WORKED AS A MILL HAND, WORKING AR...
01/22/2005 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While ducking under a conveyor employee bumped his head on conveyor frame. The employee continued to work. On January 25, 2005 x-rays taken and negative. On February 22, 2005 employee was seen by a n...
07/13/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING, HELMUT SHIFTED CAUSING A FLASH BURN TO HIS RIGHT EYE. (PRESCRIPTION WAS GIVEN AND FILLED.)
01/22/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE WORKING ON A CRUSHER REPAIR, THE EE BUMPEDHIS HEAD ON AN OVERHEAD DUST COLLECTION PIPE. EESUSTAINED A STRAINED NECK.EE REPORTED INCIDENT ON 1/22/04 WORKED ENTIRE SHIFT. NEXT SHIFT STATED HIS NEC...
11/19/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE LACERATED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A SAFETY UTILITY KNIFE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STRIP THE INSULATION FROM A SERIES OF RIGID 500 MCM WIRES DURING THE REPLACEMENT OF A MAIN DRIVE MOTOR FOR A N AIR C...
05/14/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None POTENTIAL WORK RELATED HEARING LOSS GREATER THEN 25 DB FROM BASELINE CONDUCTED IN 1987. LEFT EAR 2000 HZ, 46 DB SHIFT, 3000 HZ, 57 DB SHIFT. EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED AS A MECHAINIC AND WELDER FOR O VER 28...
05/14/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None AN AGE-ADJUSTED AUDIOMETRIC LOSS COMPARING BASELINE (1987) AND MOST RECENT MEASUREMENTS (2003) HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, RESULTING IN A HEARING LOSS IN THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EAR.
12/10/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 18d lost POTENTIAL CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME RIGHT WRIST. ON 1-17-02 THE COMPANY ACCEPTED THE EE'S CLAIM OF CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IN RIGHT WRIST. ALTHOUGH EE FIRS REPORTED PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST WHILE OPERA TING A...
10/05/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 37d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON BOTTOM SHELF OF STORAGE RACK, SECURING THE BOARDS ON THE MIDDLE SHELF. THE SHELF SUPPORT BOARDS THE EE WAS STANDING ON WERE NOT SECURED TO FRAME AND PULLED AWAY FROM FRAME CAU...
10/01/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE CUTTING WITH A TORCH UNDER #1 DRYER, A HOT NUT LANDED ON EE'S LEG. THE HOT NUT BURNED THROUGH EE S COVERALLS, PANTS, AND BURNED LEG/KNEE. THE EE WAS WEARING KNEE PADS. THE HOT NUT BECOME CAUGHT...
05/20/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE USING AN AIR HAMMER TO REMOVE HARDENED TALE FROM A COATING TURBOLIZER, A PIECE OF TALE FLEW OFF & UNDER FACE SHIELD STRIKING EE'S LEFT EYE.
11/05/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE WALKING A PORTABLE OXYGEN-ACETYLENE TORCH DOWN FOUR STEPS, EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HE HAD PLACED THE TORCH SET ON THE WALKWAY BELOW STEPS, WHEN IN FACT, THE EMPLOYEE PLACED TORCH SET ON THE BOT TOM STE...
01/08/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CARRYING A WATER COOLER IN HANDS WHEN HI S LEFT FOOT CAUGHT THE EDGE OF CONCRETE BARRIER. AS A RESULT THE EE STUMBLED FORWARD AND FALL TO GROUND. METAL EDGE OF WATER COOLER CUT PALM OF RIGHT HA...
03/06/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO HIS RIGHT EYE WHEN APIECE OF SLAG POPPED WHILE STAINLESS STEEL WELD WAS COOLING EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THETIME OF THE INCIDENT