UNION BRIDGE MD — Accidents

Total: 418 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/18/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EMPLOYEE STATES, HE WAS WELDING IN THE COAL MILL BAG HOUSE. HIS SHIELD SCRAPED THE RUSTY DUCT ABOVE AND MATERIAL GOT ON HIS HARD HAT AND SOME GOT IN HIS EYE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR TH E ABRAS...
09/12/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted EE WAS STANDING ON FLAT, LEVEL CONCRETE SURFACE TALKING WITH A COWORKER. SHE TURNED TO WALK AWAY AND DID NOT LIFT HER FOOT OFF THE GROUND. SHE ROLLED HER LEFT ANKLE OVER, SPRAINING THE ANKLE. A HAIRLI...
09/11/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted HOISTING RUBBER BUCKETS (5GALLON) ON ROPE WHEN ONE FELL @ 20 FEET STRIKING HIM ON THE HARD HAT.
08/30/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None ADDING VALVES TO A LINE BEING FABRICATED, EE PULLED ON ACTUATOR AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS GROIN.
08/29/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE ATTEMPTED TO DESCEND FROM THE CRANE TO OBTAIN A BOTLE OF WATER FROM HIS COOLER. DUE TO THE POSITION OF THE CRANE, THE EE WANTED TO DESCEND THE STEPS TO THE REAR OF THE CRANE AND WALK AROUND TO WHER...
08/28/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted INJURED SQUATTED TO OPERATE AN ELECTRICAL BREAKER IN A MOTOR CONTROL CENTER. UNDER HIS FEET WEREWIRES & ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS. HE TORE CARTILAGE IN HIS RIGHT KNEE; DIAGNOSED NOV. 16, 2001. SU...
08/24/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE EATING LUNCH ON THE DECK OF THE TOOL CRIB HE FELT SOMETHING GET INTO HIS EYE. HE RUBBED ITSCRATCHING HIS EYE NEEDING A PRESCRIPTION TO HELP HEAL IT.
08/24/2001 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 29d lost, 28d restricted EMPLOYEES WERE USING A CHAINFALL & AN EYBOLT TO LIFT A HOPPER SECTION WEIGHING ~750 LB. THE WEIGHT OF THE HOPPER SECTION BROKE THE EYEBOLT. ONE EMPLOYEE WAS INJURED WHEN HE TRIED TO STOP THE HOPPER SE...
08/24/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 115d lost, 96d restricted EE WAS USING A CHAINFALL & AN EYEBOLT TO LIFT A HOPPER SECION WEIGHING APPROX 750 PDS. THE WEIGHT OF THE HOPPER SECTION BROKE THE EYEBOLT, THE EE WAS INJURED WHEN THE HOPPER SECT FELL ON HIM
08/22/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS SEAM WELDING AND COMPLETED TASK. EMPLOYEE RAISED HOOD AND DEBRIS ON HOOD FELL ONTO FACE AND BEHIND SAFETY GLASSES. EMPLOYEE HAD FOREIGN BODY IN (R) EYE.
08/21/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted EE REPORTED HIS CHEST HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A LARGE PRY BAR THAT SLIPPED WHILE HE WAS USING IT. HE SAID THAT APPROX. FIVE DAYS LATER HIS CHEST BECAME SORE. SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE ALLEGED INCIDENT, HE REPOR...
08/21/2001 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 12d restricted INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING & CO-WORKER WAS FIRING AN 8-GAUGE INDUSTRIAL SHOTGUN. AS ONE OF THE SHELLS WAS FIRED, METAL FRAGMENTS OF THE CASING ESCAPED THE GUN'S BREECH & STRUCK THE LOADER IN HIS RIG...
08/17/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATES WHILE WELDING OVERHEAD SOME OF THE WELDING SLAG HIT HARD HAT, BOUNCED OFF OF HOOD INSIDE HITTING THE FRAME OF HIS GLASSES BURNING AND BLISTERING HIS LEFT EYE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR BUR...
08/13/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE GOING DOWN THE STAIRS (WET) EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE EDGE OF THE STEP, LANDING ON SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK.
08/11/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE STATES WHILE PERFORMING A GRINDING OPERATION, FOREIGN BODY GOT IN HIS EYE. DOUBLE EYE PROTECTION WAS BEING WORN. METAL SLIVER HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM HIS EYE.
08/10/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DRILLING OVERHEAD USING HILTI HAMMER DRILL. BIT JAMMED ON UNKNOWN OBJECT CAUSING DRILL TO TWIST AND FORCE EMPLOYEE'S HAND INTO STEEL BEAM. R METACARPAL FRACTURE. EMPLOYEE RETRAINING TO BE SCHE DULED B...
08/07/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 74d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING AND SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL. HE FELL AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE. PHYSICAL THERAPY WAS PRESCRIBED THREE MONTHS LATER.
08/04/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATES THEY WERE WELDING ON DUST COLLECTOR AND GOR BURNED ON CHIN & CHEST. ARC RAYS WENT THRUY SHIRT. EE WENT BACK WELDING 8-6, FLARED UP AGAIN. WENT TO CLINIC. WAS GIVEN ANTIBIOTIC CREAM.
08/03/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE TRYING TO ROLL A PIECE OF DUCTWORK UP AND IT ROLLED OVER, PINCHING FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND A SHARP EDGE OF A PIECE OF CHANNEL.
08/02/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE REMOVING INSULATION FROM GROUNDING CABLE EE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS FINGER WITH A RAZOR KNIFE.
08/02/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EE WAS USING A COMEALONG & CHAIN FALL NO. 1 CHOKERS WHERE BEING USED AND IT SLIPPED. (PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION).
07/25/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost WHILE OBSERVING A CABLE PULL FROM THE BASKET OF 60'LIFT A COMEALONG CABLE SNAPPED STRIKING THE OTHER PERSON IN THE BASKET WHO FELL BACKWARDS INTO EMPLOYEE HYPEREXTENDING HIS RIGHT KNEE BACKWAR DS.
07/25/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AFTER ADJUSTING A BALLANTINE WHEEL THE CABLE PULL RESUMED AND THE WIRE CABLE ON THE COME-A-LONG BROKE SENDING THE BALLANTINE INTO THE EMPLOYEE'SCHEST A PIECE ALSO STRUCK HIS LOWER LIP LACERATI NG IT.
07/22/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted WHILE STRIPPING CABLE INSULATION THE KNIFE SLIPPEDOUT OF THE CABLE AND ACROSS THE EE'S LEFT THUMB.
07/21/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted USING 1"" DRIVE IMPACT WITH SWIVEL TIGHTENING BOLTS. SOCKET JUMPED OFF BOLT STRIKING THE MIDDLE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THE SOCKET AND THE IRON.
07/20/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE REMOVING A KEEPER PIN FROM A CABLE REEL THE PIN SUDDENLY CAME OUT AND THE EE STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE CHEST.
07/20/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WAS LEAVING FLYASH SLIO, WENT THROUGH MANHOLE OPENING RAISED UP TO SOON, HIT BACK OF HEAD, ON EDGE OF OPENING.
07/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE PULLING CABLE THRU TRAY, EE WAS THROWING PULL ROPE AND HIT ELBOW ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. CONTUSION TO RT. ELBOW.
07/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SOME PIPE INTO PLACE IN THE CLEVIS HANGERS WHEN HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS NECK AND SHOULDER AREA. FIRST AID ONLY AT FIRST, THIS BECAME A REPORTABLE ON 7-27-01 ON A FOLLOW UP BECAUSE...
07/19/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted THREE EMPLOYEES WERE BEING LOWERED FROM RAW MILLSTRUCTURE IN A PERSONNEL BASKET. THE MAN WITH THE RADIO IN THE BASKET LOST CONTACT WITH THE CRANE OPERATOR. THE OPERATOR CONTINUED DOWN STRIKING BEAM ON...
07/11/2001 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE STATES WHILE WORKING IN SOUTH LAY DOWN YARD MAY HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH SOME PLANT OR POSSIBLY SOMETHING IN THE GLOVES PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
07/10/2001 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted WHILE WALKING INTO MCC ROOM 118 EMPLOYEE STRUCK HIS LEFT TOE ON A SMALL LOOKING STONE PROTRUDING FROM THE WALKWAY. THE STONE DID NOT GIVE WAY AND CAUSED THE EMPLOYEES FOOT TO TWIST. THE NEXT M ORNING...
07/10/2001 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CONTACT SKIN DERMATITUS THE EE STATES ON THE 10TH OF JULY NOTICIED A RASH. DIDN'T THINK NOTHING OF IT CAME TO US ON THE 16TH TO REPORT IT. SENT HIM TO DRS., ON THE 18TH CAUSE IT WAS NOT IMPROV ING PRE...
07/06/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None SWINGING A PIECE OF GRATING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT TO PUT IN PLACE, LEFT 5TH DIGIT WAS PINCHED AS EMPLOYEE TRIED TO PUT IT DOWN. X-RAYS CONFIRMED FX A 5TH DIGIT. RX GIVEN FOR PAIN.
06/27/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP TO PULL WIRE THE EMPLOYEE STATES PULLING SOMETHING IN HIS CHEST OVER REACHING FOR THE PECKER HEAD USED TO PULL CABLE. ( A PRESCRIPTION WAS WRITTEN FOR PAIN.)
06/26/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 30d restricted STATED THAT AREA WAS SLIGHTLY PAINFULL DURING WEEKEND AT HOM. IT WORSENED YESTERDAY & TODAY. AT 1400 CAME TO SUPERVIOR & WE TOOK HIM IN FOR AN EVALUATION.
06/22/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted PRECUTTING VARIOUS SIZE LUMBER SPACERS & BRACES FOR SLIP FORM. STEPPED ON SIDE OF BOARD PILE & TWISTED HIS ANKLE. BROKE METATARSAL BONE IN FOOT.
06/21/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE RAN HIS RIGHT HAND ACROSS A SHARP BURR ON A STEEL BEAM. HE RECEIVED SUTURES TO CLOSE UP THE LACERATION.
06/21/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS BENT OVER TAR PAPPERNIA A ROOF. EE STOOD UP AND HE COULD NOT. BACK SPASMS.
06/21/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted TRIGGER ON MI6 WELDING GUN HIT STEEL REELING THEWIRE OUT STRIKING THE EE HANDS GIVIVING EE HEAT BLISTERS. DIAGNOSIS: CONTACT DERMATITIS (PRESCRITPION)
06/21/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE BACKING HIMSELF OUT FROM UNDER A TANK THE EE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON THE TANK PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION TO HELP PAIN
06/20/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF REBAR, FALLING AGAINST A CRATE WITH NAILS PROTRUDING OUT. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR INFECTION.
06/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost THE EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS HELPING DIRECT THE PLACEMENT OF BEAMS ON TRAILER. HE DIRECTED THE OPERATOR TO FLIP BEAM ON ITS SIDE. THE BEAM SLIPPED OFF FORKS LANDING ON THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT. 7-23- 01 BECA...
06/16/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost EE PULLING FRMS OFF OF WALL WHEN HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF ALLTHREAD AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.
06/12/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted REMOVING STAIRCASE. IT BROKE LOOSE AND HIT HIM ON THE ARM.
06/12/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE BACKED UP TRIPPED OVER ROCKS, FALLING ON HAND RAIL JABBING HIS BUTT. FOLLOWUP VISIT ON 21STM DR. WROTE A PRESCRIPTION. EE HAD IT FILLED, STARTED TAKING PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
06/11/2001 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED EE WAS OPERATING BOBCAT LOADER, PLACING ROCK IN DUMP TRUCK BED. A ROCK ROLLED BACKWARDS OUT OF BUCKET INTO OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT, STRIKING EE ON RIGHT LOWER LEG, LACERATING IT. THREE SUTURE'S...
06/07/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EES WORKING ON ELEVATED AREAS NEED TO NOTIFIY EES WORKING BELOW BEFORE LOWERING TOOLS IN AREA. THE EE YELLED, STARTLING THE MAN ON THE GROUND. LOST HIS BALANCE, STEPPED BACK, SLICING HIS ARM O N A BRA...
06/01/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EE WAS ASSIGNED TO WATCH A BALLANTINE DURING A CABLE PULL TO ASSURE THAT THE ROPE REMAINED ON THE UNIT. EE STEPPED INTO THE CABLE TRAY. AS HE DID SO THE BALLANTINE'S CHAIN RESTRAINED SNAPPED C AUSING...
05/25/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost EE WAS USING A PEN KNIFE TO CUT NYLON DRAW BANDS, PULLING THE KNIFE TOWARDS HIM AS HE CUT THRU THE BAND. THE FORCE DROVE THE KNIFE INTO HIS THUMB CUTTING HIS TENDON, SURGERY SCHEDULED ON 6-1-0 1.