UNION BRIDGE MD — Accidents

Total: 418 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/12/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 346d lost Employee was rolling a 750# steel beam over to check a bolt hole pattern when the beam fell onto his right foot from a distance of less than 2'. Employee steel toe collapsed on his foot from the weigh...
09/17/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling a hole with an electric drill when the bit caught and spun the drill. The employee's gloves were tacky and stuck to the drill handle. His right pinky was twisted with the drill c...
08/15/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 25d lost, 79d restricted Employee was walking carrying a box of bag house bags when his back tightened up. Determined to be work related on 10/1/2013
05/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 2d lost, 72d restricted Employee was investigating a high diff pressure on a bag house. Employee went to wrong location and stuck hand inside a pipe with a moving rotary air lock above. Employee contacted the blades and ampu...
03/15/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 6d restricted Employee was stepping up to the first rung of the ladder and his foot slipped. Employee felt a pain in his left knee. Employee required surgery to repair a torn meniscus on 8/19/2013
01/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 6d restricted Employee was passing scaffold board and a splinter entered his left index finger at the base where it meets the hand. The splinter penetrated the rubber palmed gloves he was wearing and jersey gloves...
01/21/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost While performing labor duties, a piece of buildup fell from above in vessel (below above headache deck above and scaffold). Buildup hit scaffold above employee and a piece ricocheted between wall and...
04/20/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Our technician was working on an air compressor and while holding the part in one hand and using a wrench with his other hand, he was turning the pipe to seal an air leak and noticed an immediate pain...
03/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Injured employee and two co-workers were removing grating to clean under. While lifting the employee did not follow proper lifting techniques and strained his right lower back
02/20/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 83d lost, 56d restricted The ambient noise measured 100db at the high level. The skid loader was working in the area as the injured employee. The injured employee was kneeling down to make repairs. The operator of the skid lo...
02/14/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 175d restricted Employee was cutting flanges off of pan conveyor buckets. Employee was lifting the bucket to rotate and lost his balance. While falling he twisted his shoulder attempting to push the bucket away and c...
11/21/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Climbing up into a triple 7 euclid (e0072) reaching to pull himself up in to euclid and felt something pull in shoulder blade area of back.
08/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Injured employee was stripping #8 bag house and had cement on his skin. The cement irritated his skin from movement of his clothing causing cement burns to his arm pit and both wrist
08/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Injured employee was struck in the face by a bag house bag that was wind swept. The injured employee suffered an eye abrasion and was placed on restrictions
04/30/2011 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was inspecting the north side of the clinker cooler. Wind swept up clinker dust behind the employees safety glasses causing an irration to the employees right eye
11/13/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Frost in morning creating a slipping hazard on ladder of Mitsubishi 45 ton loader.
09/10/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting strips of wood down to 12X2 inch pieces using a table saw. The employee's thumb struck the saw blade and cut his left thumb open. Required 6 stitches to close the wound.
05/21/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Employee was holding onto a air lance while trying to dislodge a piece of buildup off the burner pipe. The piece broke free and jerked the air lance. The employee was still holding onto the airlance a...
02/09/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 116d restricted Employee was clearing ice and snow when he slipped on the snow and fell to his back, breaking 3 ribs. We experienced 2 snowfalls of 24""+ of snow in a week.
12/23/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driver hit a rut and bumped his head against the side of the truck and was cut. The cut required three (3) stiches. The driver was wearing his seat belt. Driver returned to work the same day. No lost...
09/14/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was holding a rope attached to a heavy cable. The cable and rope were slipping. The employee was forced to grasp harder and strained a muscle in his left hand.
08/18/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning under a beam. When he raised his head, he struck his face on a low hanging beam.
08/17/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was striking a roll pin with a hammer. Missed the head and hit his thumb.
08/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was handling thin metal plates with very sharp edges without gloves on, laceration to index finger requiring stitches.
05/23/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was traveling to work-site. Employee slipped and fell to ground below. While falling, employee put his hands down to catch his fall. The weight broke his wrist.
03/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing down from loader and twisted his knee. Became worse over weekend and seeked medical attention on 3/23. Found tear of ligiment on 3/27 requiring surgery.
02/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Injured employee was struck by a bolt in the side of the head. Employee was outside mill body hitting bolt with hammer and drove into inside of mill toward injured.
01/21/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dumping buckets of material when his hands slipped causing him to fall forward into a handrail breaking a rib
01/03/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using two wrenchs to break a fitting. One slipped, causing the employees hand to strike a metal vise. Laceration to left index finger, requiring 6 stitches.
09/08/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a wrench to free a bolt, when the wrench slipped, causing the employee to strike his elbow on the equipment.
08/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EE was installing a troughing roller and became struck/pinched by the roller when it slipped.
07/14/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Loss of balance on unstable ground, broken bone in foot.
04/01/2008 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 313d lost Employee needs second back surgery for prior injury.
03/24/2008 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 198d lost Employee needed second back surgery for prior injury.
02/02/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Stripping old electrical tape off wire to quarry sump pump at junction box above pit - slipped and cut skin at knee with box cutter razor
01/11/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing lower seal pack with jack bolts, seal pack came loose and struck ee above left ear.
01/08/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving switchgear into position, employee slipped and fell, sprained wrist by trying to stop his fall.
01/06/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Swinging a hammer to loosen a bolt and struck hand.
12/29/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While inspecting the Pan conveyor for a bad wheel, employee laid his hand on the rail. The wheel rolling down the rail ran over his right pinky finger.
08/18/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker disconnected a live air hose. Hose end struck worker in face causing a laceration.
07/20/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 224d lost Employees was assigned housekeeping duties on the second level of the work site. A hole covered with plywood and wired in place to prevent movement was apparently removed by the injured employee and h...
06/15/2007 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 126d lost Injured employee was found slumped over inside his haul truck with a trauma to the head. Incident is unknown at this time. Investigation continues.
05/14/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While loading a piece of wood approx. 3' x 4' into the backhoe bucket, EE's RT glove caught on the wood, causing the panel to fall toward's EE. A protruding nail head cut his left forearm.
05/10/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Employee was assisting another injured employee and aggravated a previous back injury. Employee was assisting lifting a hearbox off an employee's hand using his own strength and strained back.
03/30/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While skinning out an elecrical cable, employees knife slipped and cut into upper thigh.
03/19/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An associate was attempting to adjust a cement bag on a Roto Packer. A cement split spilling cement onto the associate.
03/15/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Associate was manuevering a rachet device. The associate moved the rachet device too close to a rail car causing his finger to be caught between the rail car and rachet.
02/15/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Slipped on ice landing on back.
02/15/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Slipped on ice, injured left arm.
02/15/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted This employee was using a vacuum hose to clean-out the grit separater in SFG. She was using a small ladded for ingress when it slipped out from under her. She was half way out of the entryway and her...