UNION BRIDGE MD — Accidents

Total: 418 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/16/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE & COWORKER WERE ARC-AIRING A PARTITION GRATE IN #6 FINISH MILL. HOT SLAG FELL OFF OF GRATE TO INSIDE OF GLOVE & BURNING HIS RIGHT WRIST. SURGERY TO REMOVE KELOID (SCAR) IS SCHEDULED FOR 4/18/02
05/15/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None USING A BURNING TORCH THE EE WAS CUTTING A ANGLEIT WAS UNDER TENSION WHEN HE CUT THRU THE ANGLE SPRANG STRIKING EE ON LEFT THUMB
05/14/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WAS ADJUSTING THE FORKS ON LOADER AND PUSHED THEM PAST THE LOCKING GROOVE, CAUSING FORKS TO COME OFF AND FALL TO THE GROUND, STICKING TOE.
05/10/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A COMPRESSED AIR HOSE. IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND THE END STRUCK HIM ON THE UPPER LIP. ONE SUTURE WAS USED TO CLOSE THE LACERATION.
05/09/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted EE ATTEMPTING TO SLIDE HEAT SHIELDS ON PALLET WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. NO PROPERTY DAMAGE, EE WILL BE ON MODIFIED DUTY FOR 13 DAYS AND WILL BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY IN TASKS PERFORM...
05/07/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS MOVING A LARGE PIECE OF STEEL WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS BACK. ON A FOLLOW UP VISIT ON 5-15-01, THIS BECAME A REPORTABLE WHEN HE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION FOR PAIN/MUSCLE RE LAXER.
05/07/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE MAN LIFT HAS BACK WHEELS THAT NEED TO BE LOCKED IN PLACE BEFORE LEANING IT BACK AND PUSHING IT AROUND LIKE A DOLLEY. UNSAFE PRACTICES - THE EMPLOYEES WERE WRITTEN UP.
05/07/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted EE WAS WALKING IN THE COURSE OF HIS WORK DUTIES.HE REPORTED HE STEPPED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
04/24/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED AND CO WORKER WERE REINSTALLING RAW MILL PRECIPITATOR PLATE. IT FELL STRIKING INJURED ON LEFT FOREARM. HIS ARM WAS LACERATED, REQUIRING 5 SUTURES.
03/29/2001 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None TWO EES WERE WELDING ON THE 7100T CRANE BOOM. IT WAS A WINDY DAY. THEY WERE WELDING AND BOTH HAD DOUBLE EYE PROTECTION. THE WIND BLEW AND THE EE ENDED UP WITH FOB IN THE LEFT EYE.
03/29/2001 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EES WERE WORKING ON THE 7100T CRANE BOOM. IT WAS WINDY. THEY WERE WELDING ON THE CRANE WHEN SLAG BLEW ON HIS HARD HAT AND BURNED THRU. THE SLAG LANDED IN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND BOTHE EYES WNDE D UP WI...
03/28/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE REPORTED IRRITATION IN HER EYE & ATTRIBUTED IT TO WORKING IN DUSTY CONDITIONS THE DAY BEFORE.HE CONDITION WAS DIAGNOSED AS CONJUNCTIVITIS.
03/28/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON A STEEL SHELL OF A CHUTE TO A STACKER RE-CLAIMER UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON 2-22-01. EMPLOYEE REPORTED MINOR INJURY TO SUPERVISOR OF A SLIGHT SPRAIN OF SIDE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES. ON 3-28-0...
03/26/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted EE & CO-WORKER WERE CHANGING SPLIT SEGMENT ON DRAG CONVEYOR DRIVE. THE USED A SMALL CRANE TO REMOVE 2 SPROCKET HALVES & INSTALL THE FIRAST HALF OF THE NEW SPROCKET. THE DECIDED TO LIFT THE 2ND HALF IN...
03/26/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STRIPPING OUT FORM FROM PREVIOUS POUR WITH PRYBAR. AS HE APPLIED FORCE TO A SECTION OF THE FORM IT UNEXPECTEDLY CAME LOOSE, STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE, CUTTING HIS LOWER LIP.
03/19/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EWE WAS NAILING 2X8 TO FORM. HE PLACED HIS HAND BEHIND THE BOARD TO HOLD IT. WHEN HE NAILED THE 2X THE NAIL WENT INTO BOTH BOARDS AND INTO HIS LEFT HAND.
03/16/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE UNDERESTIMATING THE WEIGHT OF THE ACCESS DOOR. HE LEANED THE DOOR BACK SO HE COULD GET THE 4"" CHANNEL OUT. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE DOOR SMASHING HIS FINGER.
03/12/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost EE WAS WORKING ON THE RAW MILL. HE WAS WELDING. HE WAS UP ON A PLATFORM BENDING OVER A RAIL CABLE TO LIFT A PIECE OF PLATFORM.
02/26/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR TRIPPED OVER EDGE OF ERGONOMIC FLOOR MATTING AND LOST HIS BALANCE. HE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO STEADY HIMSELF AND LACERATED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER ON A STORAGE LOCKER LATCH. SE VERAL S...
02/26/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AT ELEVATION 254 IN THE PREHEAT TOWER, EE WAS IMPACTING BOLTS WHEN IMPACT GUN SLIPPED OFF THE BOLT TWISTING HIS ARM AND WRIST. NOT GETTING ANY BETTER AFTER FOLLOW UP VISITS TO DR. EE NEEDED A RESCRIPT...
02/21/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost PRE EXISTING CONDITION - EE WAS MOVING EQUIPMENT.
02/20/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE TRIED TO LIFT A BUNDLE OF REBAR THAT WAS TOO HEAVY AND PULLED A BACK MUSCLE. INJURY WAS RELATIVELY MINOR.
02/19/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 12d restricted HE WAS TAKING WIRES OUT OF THE PLYWOOD. HE UNHOOKED HIMSELF TO WALK DOWN THE STEPS. SOLIPPED ON THE FIRST STEP, MISSED THE NEXT. TRIED TO GRAB THE BRACE, MISSED AND LANDED ON HIS SIDE.
02/17/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 57d restricted EE WAS TAKING DOWN A COMEALONG DOWN FROM INSIDE THE DUCT WORK WHERE WAS WORKING. WHILE TAKING THE COMEALONG DOWN, HE SAID HIS FOOT SLIPPED OF THE RIM AND LANDED ON THE FLAT ON THE HE CAME DOWN ON HIS...
02/14/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 200d lost, 17d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND BEGAN MISSING TIME FROM WORK ON 2-19-01, SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SYMPTOMS OF UNKNOWN CAUSE. MEDICAL TESTS OVE SEVERAL MONTHS BY NUMEROUS SPECIALISTS DIAGNOSE D NERVE...
02/06/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS UNCHOKING A DUCT. AFTER HE EMPTIED IT, MORE DUST ENTERED THE DUCT AND FLOWED OUT THE OPEN PORTHOLE OVER HIS HAND. SOME DUST TOUCHED HIS BARE WRIST BETWEEN SLEEVE AND GLOVE , CAUSI...
02/02/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE PULLING ON CHAIN FALL AND PULLING MILL CHUTE DUCTWORK OVER HAND RAIL. HE GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DUCTWORK AND HAND RAIL.
01/30/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED EMPLOYEE REPORTED DUST ENTERED HIS EYE WHEN KNOCKED OFF A BEAM BY HIS WELDING SHIELD. OPTHAMOLOGIST REPORTED A METALLIC RUST RING ON THE EYE SURFACE, NOT DUST. THE RUST SPOT WAS REMO VED. THER...
01/24/2001 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE OPERATED JLG AERIAL MANLIFT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. MACHINE LURCHED BACKWARD INSTEAD OF FORWARD. HEAD STRUCK CONDUIT MOUNTED BEHIND HIM PUSHING HIS HARD HAT AGAINST HIS SAFETY GLASSES WHICH CUT INTO...
01/19/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE WAS MAILING PLYWOOD INTO P[OSITION. THE NAIL WNE INTO THE PLYWOOD, TURNED AND WNET INTO HIS LEFT THUMB.
01/16/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted WHILE SWEEPING AN AREA, INJURED EMPLOYEE INADVERTANTLY STRUCK A LIGHT FIXTURE ON THE WALL NEARBY. DUST FELL OFF THE LIGHT FIXTURE AND ENTERED HER EYES, DESPITE HER USE OF SAFETY GLASSES. SHE WAS SEEN...
01/16/2001 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE EXPLAINS THE SWIRLING WINDS BLEW A FOREIGN BODY AROUND. SOMEHOW THE FOREIGN BODY GOT IN AROUND HIS FACESHIELD AND SAFETY GLASSES. MATERIAL IN HIS THAT RUSTED UP. RUST RING HAD TO BE REMOVED AND SCR...
01/08/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 142d lost THE EE WAS SUING A TORQUE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS. AT SOME POINT WITH THE WRENCH NOT ATTACHED TO THE BOLT, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OUT OF THE EE'S HAND STRIKING EE ON THE HEAD BEHIND THE RIGHT EAR.
12/20/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost EE & COWORKERS HAD BEEN INSTALLING 60LB STRANDS OF HEATEXCHANGER CHAIN IN ROTARY KILN. EE THOUGHT HE HAD STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS UPPER BACK OR SHOULDERS,BUT HE WAS DIAGNOSED MONTHS LATER WITH A PINCH...
12/19/2000 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DERMATITIS ON RIGHT ARM. HE WAS SEEN BY PHYSICIAN IN EARLY JAN. 2001 BUT ATTRIBUTED IT TO EXPOSURE TO CEMENT DUST BETWEENDEC. 11 - 19, 2000.
12/19/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE JOB ASSISGNED WAS FOR EE AND OTHER TO REMOVE THE SCAFFOLDING SECITON OFF OF THE PREHEATER TOWER. THE AREA BY THE PREHEATER TOWER HAD A 2-3' INCURE. OTHER WAS LOWERING THEM DOWN BY ROPE AND EE WAS...
12/16/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE AND CO-WORKERS WERE INSTALLING HEAT EXCHANGER CHAIN IN ROTARY CEMENT KILN. EE COMPLAINED OF DISCOMFORT DUE TO TIGHT, SORE BACK MUSCLES, ALLEDGEDLY FROM HANDLING THE HEAVY CHAIN STRANDS. HE WAS SEEN...
12/09/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE WAS LOADING CONCRETE BUCKET ON SLIP DECK WHEN WET CONCRETE FELL 8' FROM BOTTOM OF BUCKET. CONCRETE HIT HIM IN FACE GOING INTO EYE CAUSING SCRATCHES TO LEFT EYE.
12/09/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted RIGGING GIRTH GEAR. THE SUPPORT CRIBBING WAS HIT WITH THE CHOKER CAUSING IT TO FALL AND LAND ON HIS LEFT ARM FRACTURING THE BONE.
12/01/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE REMOVING CRIBBING UNDER A KILN SHELL A OAK WEDGE SLID & BANGED FINGER TO ANOTHER CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE FINGER
11/27/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 32d lost DUNNAGE WAS IN AREA OF TALL GRASS & WEEDS. EE STEPPED ON DUNNAGE & TWISTED KNEE. THIS WEEDS & TALL GRASS HAD BEEN REPORTED TO CLIENT SEVERAL TIMES
11/17/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE WAS ACTING AS FIREWATCH, PUT HIMSELF BETWEEN EE PERFORMING CUTTING ON STAIR CLIP, AND EE WORKING OVERHEAD IN SCISSOR LIFT. EE IN SECTION LIFT DROPPED 12 LB CROSS BRACE, STRUCK EE ON LOWER B ACK. EE...
11/15/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 8d restricted INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE AN ALLOY STEEL GRINDING MILL LINER THAT WAS WEDGED IN PLACE. HE STRUCK ITS EDGE WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. A METAL CHIP FLEW OFF, STRIKING HIM IN THE NECK, LACERATI...
11/08/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE OPERATING AN EXCAVATOR, EMPLOYEE GOT OFF EQUIPMENT TO MOVE AN AIR COMPRESSOR HOSE OUT OF THE WAY AND HOSE END FLEW UP AND HIT HIM IN THE LIP.
11/06/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost RELEASED PIN ON JIB OF CRANE BEFORE SETUP WAS READY WHEN THE JIB BEGAN TO ROLL EE JUMPED CLEARJUMPING FROM FENDER TO CONCRETE 8' EE LANDED UPRIGHT ON BOTH FEET
11/02/2000 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost WHILE STANDING BY THE BOOM LIFT WITH HIS ARM LEANING ON THE BASKET A BULL PIN FELL FROM APPROX A40' AND IMPALED IN HIS RIGHT FOREARM.
10/13/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EMPLOYEE STUMBLED ON A STEP. WHILE REGAINING HISBALANCE THE SPRING-COILED MICROPHONE CORD ON HISTWO-WAY RADIO DETACHED. THE CORD SPRUNG UP FROM THE RADIO AND THE PLUG STRUCK HIS LEFT EYE, CAUS ING A C...
10/09/2000 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted INJURED STEPPED FROM DRIVER'S SEAT OF VAN. HE REPORTED STEPPING ONTO A STONE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE. DOCTOR PRESCRIBED BRACE TEMPORARILY.
10/04/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted INJ REACHED DOWN TO PICK UP VACUUM HOSE & TWISTED SIMULTANEOUSLY HE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK
10/04/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS INSERTING STEEL PIN INTO A HOLE ON MOBILE CRANE. HIS HANDS SLIPPED AND HE STRUCK HIMSELF WITH THE PIN, CHIPPING A TOOTH.