Tolsa Wyoming Bentonite Plant — Accidents

Total: 23 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/18/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 83d lost Employee was climbing down from a CAT Loader and slipped on excessive mud. The employee broke/fractured left ankle.
08/28/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost The operator had informed me that while starting the stoker/furnace it had flashed on EE. EE suffered burns on face as well as right forearm. Due to the flash EE had jumped from the upper deck of the...
05/13/2016 HOISTING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 282d lost Elevator 310 locked/tagged out due to blockage, pulled front and back plates to clean blockage. EE was using a bar to remove a rock when the buckets broke loose and pulled the bar and EE's left hand a...
10/30/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None When switching propane tanks he turned shutoff valve closed and disconnected hose, broke the seal. propane squirted out causing freezer burn on R hand (1st and middle fingers)
09/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was adjusting forks on the extendable forklift when his hand holding up fork slipped and the left hand (ring finger) pushing fork was smashed.
09/20/2013 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee ducked down to go below the conveyor belt that feeds the powder elevator between B&C silos. When passing under the belt, his hard hat hit the bottom of the conveyor and fell off. He continu...
08/30/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking on the stock piles at night, tripped and fell on his left knee
08/09/2013 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost Emp. was shrinking a bag over a pallet of bentonite. The plastic caught on fire. Emp. said he shed the fire off of the seed burner & was trying to put the fire out with the end of the weed burner wh...
07/12/2013 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Filling hopper chute with magnox, wind blew dust into eyes.
06/05/2013 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Adjusting conveyor and a 4"" PVC dust line(full of dust) broke from overhead from a distance of 3'. He was hit initially on the hardhat, then in the back of the neck and on the side of the rib cage (l...
04/02/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE is not sure of the exact incident. There are a couple of possibilities of when it happened 1)helping another EE move glue barrels 2)re-stacking a pallet or 3)closing a stubborn door on a box car. E...
03/04/2013 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 4d restricted Employee states that while cleaning up, he was wheeling a wheel barrow full of bentonite to the front end loader to empty it into the bucket. He set it down and re-adjusted his grip on the handles. He...
12/27/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Slipped off the step on grader and twisted back @ 11a; slipped when cleaning our crude elevator with a bar @ 2p, twisted back again.
12/12/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Unknown debris on eye.
10/04/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Employee was installing an auger-screw & pulled a muscle when lifting the motor into the man basket.
09/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE trying to seal a railcar door, handle wouldn't move. EE opened door again tried closing, couldn't move handle. EE placed all weight on handle to move. Felt hot sharp pain the lower back part of nec...
01/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Party and co-worker were cutting angle iron off a high beam supporting the blower in the mill building. When the last supporting bolt was cut free the angle iron was lacking support and came falling d...
01/04/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Party was grinding on medal in the fabrication shop when tiny particles blew under his face shield and eye glasses. They got stuck in his left eye.
12/28/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Party was walking into the Pilot Plant from the east door. He didn't see the forks from the forklift flesh with the concrete, at which time he tripped over them. He stumbled several times but was unab...
11/30/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 94d lost, 54d restricted He was opening a garage door that is difficult to open when he felt pain in his right shoulder. He then proceeded to work on un-clogging the mill feed with a pry bar. While prying the particles apart...
10/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost The employee was cleaning the bag house inside & out when doing so debris made of either coal dust, bentonite or metal came in contact with his R. eye. Employee flushed his eye after the incident happ...
10/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Stacking 50# bags manually. Employee stated he twisted his back while throwing bags.
09/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While EE was removing his safety glasses something fell into his eye. He was unable to remove it with eye wash. We sent him into an instant care facility. They removed it and he was able to come back...