Vernalis Plant — Accidents

Total: 31 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/24/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using utility knife to cut and remove the nylon strap around a box; as employee is cutting the strap, EE's hand slipped causing the knife to cut into EE's right forearm.
06/24/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None NA
06/09/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Slag fell on employee's left pant leg that caused burn to left shin
10/01/2020 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee setting up backhoe to begin clearing area near tunnel when EE felt discomfort in left eye. Employee continued to work for some time before attempting to remove object with eye wash. When obje...
07/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After taking break miner was walking to gather tools to complete a housekeeping project. Miner slid left hand into pocket (while wearing gloves), where open pocket knife cut the top of miner's hand ju...
07/09/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 3d restricted A scraper operator was headed eastbound through the bottom of the pit when the back end of the scraper lost traction. The scraper spun around and eventually grabbed traction as it slowed down. Momentu...
06/19/2018 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 29d restricted While replacing bin pulley assembly, employee was removing a bolt with a 1/2 impact and a 15\16 ratcheted box end wrench. The wrench spun, trapping finger between the wrench and the bracing resulting...
09/15/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing the retarder on a 633 mega scraper the retarder valve fell and struck the employee in the eye area. The employee was wearing safety glasses at the time of the incident. The angle of the...
03/12/2015 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost aggressively walking
02/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 477d lost Employee was exiting skid steer and employee was standing on the right tire. When employee stepped down with right foot, employee's left foot got hung up in the tire tread causing pain in the left kne...
09/08/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The employee's job is to grease and lube moving parts at the rock plant on a daily basis. This is a repetitive motion type of injury with a cumulative affect.
04/29/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's loader wouldn't start so he climbed down to check the battery box and move the cables. He then decided to climb back up on the loader using only the hand rail next to the engine compartment...
09/08/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 49d lost, 8d restricted Employee was removing timing belt / pulley from CA Screen #2 when his left hand got caught between the pulley and the belt.
06/07/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee complaining of on-going pain, possibly due to carpal tunnel syndrome.
08/31/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None After driving a pry bar into the packing gland of a water pump to loosen the packing, the employee tapped the pry bar to remove it and the bar sprang out and hit him in the forehead.
07/27/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was cleaning inside of driveover feeder at Thoming pit using a demolition hammer. While he was cleaning the side walls he strained his right elbow and arm. His fingers began to go numb. Th...
07/10/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 41d restricted Employee was removing liners with a pry bar in the rodmill. The liner was in the 10 O'clock position. When it broke loose it fell to the bottom of the barrel at approximately the 4 O'clock position...
03/07/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 99d lost Employee claims he was injured while operating scraper on bumpy road.
01/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted While moving a piece of steel by hand in the steel yard, employee twisted his back.
01/12/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was cleaning out a screen and hit his finger with a hammer
03/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted A verbal incident turned physical. One person grabbed the other person's hand and twisted it.
08/31/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Changing bit in electric drill resulted in laceration to web of right hand.
10/28/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS GRINDING WITH A 4-1/2"" HAND GRINDER AND THE GRINDER KICKED BACK AND STRUCK EE IN THE FACE.
11/07/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE INSTALLING A GUARD, EE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON A UNISTRUT THAT WAS HANGING DOWN.
09/09/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 7d restricted EE WAS SITTING ON THE SCREEN DECK HE TURNED TO PUT HIS TOOLS IN A TOOL BOX AND PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS BACK.
11/16/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SOME NOTS OFF WITH CUTTING TORCH IN A DISCHARGE CHUTE. A FIRE STARTED AND IN THE EMPLOYEE'S HASTE TO EVACUATE, HE BUMPED INTO THE FEED CHUTE AND BRUISED HIS RIBCAGE.
10/08/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE SITTING ON A 16"" PIPE EMPLOYEE WAS TRIMMING BELTING TO FORM A SEAL AROUND PIPE. AS HE WAS MAKING HIS LAST CUT THE UTILITY KNIFE CAME THROUGH THE BELT EASIER AND FASTER THAN HE WAS EXPECT ING AN...
04/09/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 9d restricted BARRING DOWN ON BUILD-UP ON THE INSIDE OF A CONE CRUSHER MAIN FRAME. LARGE PIECE DISLODGED LEVERAGING BAR INTO THE RIB CAGE.
01/06/2001 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted AS EE WAS CUTTING PLATE WITH A TORCH SCRAP PIECEFELL & CUT RT THIGH
10/05/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 14d restricted ATTEMPTING TO LOOSEN BOLT A V TRAP STRAINER, BOLT RELEASED, SOCKET SLIPPED OFF BOLT HEAD. RIGHT ELBOW STRUCK SCREEN CHUTE. INFECTION SET IN WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SKIN RUPTURE.
05/08/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING BOBCAT AND FELT PAIN IN NECK. IT GOT WORSE WHEN HE LIFTED A HAMMER PRE-PARING TO HIT A ROLLER.