VERPOL PLANT — Accidents

Total: 224 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/21/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going to hose down floor, EE went to open the valve for the hose water but mistakenly opened a hot water/steam line. The hose that is attached to this line was permanently open on the ou...
10/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was cleaning up a small oil spill underneath the Deag C blower. Employees' right index finger got caught on a corner of a metal shim, resulting in a laceration requiring 6 stitches. The...
07/13/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Individual sat on a piece of vertically protruding pipe. Individual finished shift. Was sore the next morning and went to the doctors. Minor bruise.
03/23/2016 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 15d restricted Employee welding pipe in an awkward position, causing the employee to get a strained neck.
11/30/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While an employee was using a parts washer, the hose for the brush disconnected, spraying the cleaning solution onto the employees torso and face. Some of the solution went behind his safety glasses a...
11/12/2015 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Individual was driving a fork truck down a narrow pathway. Individual caught sleeve on protruding screw head. Individual pinched arm between fork truck and a wall.
11/11/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Individual was lowering a shaft guard vertically and it came down on his foot. Individual was wearing steel toed protective footwear. Minor bruising on right foot.
05/06/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While welding in the shop, a 4inch x 4inch by 1/4inch thick piece of angle iron was being welded to a 6inch x 6inch by 1/4inch thick base plate. While trying to square this 4foot piece of angle iron o...
10/18/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was inspecting Sedigraph unit 803 due to error message. While inspecting the Sedigraph unit the employee put hand on mixing chamber which was extremely hot. This resulted in first and second...
10/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee lifted dome cover to air inlet. Employee did not lift the lid all the way open (the lid was balanced half way open). Employee went to put dangling chain for inlet back inside by valve. The do...
09/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Contractor working with Mill operators attempting to clean heat exchanger connected a water hose to a diaphragm pump to see how pump worked. Contractor did not see pump function, so he went to disconn...
07/07/2014 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While using a right angle grinder on a flange that had been cut off. individual lost control of the grinder. Individual received a cut to his right forearm.
06/06/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a crane hook from a clevis when the clevis fell on his left pinky finger. The incident resulted in a broken pinky finger.
04/30/2014 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was moving a metal framed cart, when his right pinkie finger was crushed between it and a stationary object.
03/19/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was removing bolts when he felt a pain in his right shoulder. The injury was first reported to the employer on 3/20/14 as a ""record/report only"". The employee decided to see a doctor on 3...
01/18/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was stepping down from an elevated platform to retrieve a hose. His left foot sank into mud/fines, causing him to pitch forward and fall to the ground, spraining his left ankle in the process...
12/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was on the elevator when pulling down saftey cage. Employee felt a pain in his lower right back halfway into the pull. Employee was placed on alternate duty by physician.
12/10/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While miner was placing a welder on a pallet, miner pinched right thumb between the welder and the pallet.
09/30/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was closing a door to a boiler while on a 4' step ladder. The employee felt a pop behind his right shoulder. The employee's diagnosis was a muscle strain, Right upper back, cervical spine.
09/19/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT None While demoing a hopper, the individual pushed a cut piece of steel out of the pile. Glove got caught on the material and subject banged his arm.
07/08/2013 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was transferring weight from his left foot to his right when he felt a sudden pain in the bottom of his left foot.
06/12/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was attempting to loosen a screw conveyor, while going through equipment checkout. procedure was to pull towards them with the pipe wrench. The screw would not loosen, subject attempted to...
05/08/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee fractured tip of left thumb, struck with hammer
03/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Worker was moving scrapped high bay luminaries from rear of storage trailer to front of trailer. He was stacking luminaries on top of each other & didn't use proper lifting techniques & used a twistin...
02/28/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was carrying two 2.5 gallon buckets of oil when he felt pain in his lower back.
01/08/2013 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Worker was detaching small utility trailer from 2"" ball hitch on SUV passenger vehicle. Terrain, vehicle and trailer position prevented trailer jack from clearing hitch ball by < 1/2"" He decided to...
12/31/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 34d lost, 8d restricted Employee was removing frozen stone from his trailer, a chunk came loose and hit him in his right leg. He reported it to the office and said it was scraped and bruised.
08/07/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 157d lost Individual entered the rear of a one ton rack body truck containing a steel frame leaning against the East side of the truck rack. Individual was previously advised and trained not to do this. No dama...
08/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 72d restricted Employee felt pain in R shoulder as he pulled himself up from a sitting position using a railcar handrail.
05/15/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 141d restricted Employee fell into wall behind him onto right shoulder.
10/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee cut left index finger removing QD bushing
08/16/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 22d restricted Employee cut back of left index finger with hand-held grinder.
05/16/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 61d lost, 10d restricted employees hand slipped off the hand rail of his truck while he was climbing into it, it was raining and the handle was slippery.
03/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 89d restricted Slipped on ice falling onto right shoulder.
01/13/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted 2nd degree burn to both forearms from contact with hot water while cleaning nozzle on omyajet c tank
11/29/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee stepped into area to place bulk bag straps onto forks so bag could be lifted. Forklift operator drove onto his right foot.
10/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted While opening top hatch on railcar employee crushed R index finger when caught between railcar dome and hatch.
07/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee strained back while hanging load securing nets in boxcar.
04/27/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While loosening a bolt, the wrench slipped and employee cut/bruised back of right hand
04/13/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While moving a pallet jack employee felt strain in right shoulder
01/07/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While cutting banding from a pallet of bags using a utility knife, the worker slipped and cut his left index finger.
12/22/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted While pulling basket filters from ball mill sump filter employee strained left wrist and back.
12/05/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee slipped from the footstep while mounting a forklift and struck his abdomen on the chair rail causing a contusion.
07/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted While walking under ball mill, employee slipped on media and fell onto his back causing a strain to the lower lumbar area.
06/23/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted While loosening a bolt using a breaker bar employee felt pain in his lower left rib. The pain continued and he sought medical assessment and received a work restriction of ""light duty-limited liftin...
03/27/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee mistakenly lifted slurry loadout spout while still in use, pinching left index finger and middle finger between the spout and the railcar cover, resulting in 12 stitches.
10/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted Hit handrail post with elbow while picking up empty bags in rotopacker area causing a contusion.
08/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Strained lower back while pulling flange bolts on a flowmeter tight.
08/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Strained back while lifting used product filters from tank 4 - tank 23 filter.
08/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted Strained right knee while squatting under a railcar to install a bottom cap.