WE Soda @ WESTVACO — Accidents

Total: 637 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/21/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None When the fan ampguard had been rebuilt and energized it shorted and caused a ground monitor relay in the hoist circuit to fail. The relay was replaced, the fan ampguard replaced and the hoist returne...
06/21/2009 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None This is not reportable but the 800 number was called because information was not immediately available. The mine had a power bump that knocked the hoist and a fan down. When the fan was energized th...
06/08/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 30d lost Employee was training a conveyor belt & felt numbness in right hand. He has reported this sensation in the past. This injury became recordable on 8/12/2009 when he had surgery for carpal tunnel syndro...
06/02/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Replacing bearings & shaft in ventilation fan. One person was turning fan to set clearance & other was looking for the area where blade was rubbing. Reached to touch area where he thought fan & housin...
05/29/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 24d lost Employee is a mechanic using impact tools; wrenches, grinders and many other tools causing impact to his hands. The injury became recordable on 8/31/09 which is the first lost work day for carpel tunn...
05/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cut out the tailgate headed back to the headgate; there was a rock lying on the bretby channel up on the top of pan. Employee went to move rock; as he grabbed it to put it into the conveyor he felt pa...
05/05/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost Employee smashed left thumb in clamping vise on V-18 bandsaw while cutting flatbar.
04/15/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 38d lost, 37d restricted Employee slipped on a loose rock and fell to the ground injuring right knee going to change house at EOS. No medical treatment.. surgery 11/18/2009. Pre-existing knee injury in 2003. Not clear if th...
04/12/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 74d restricted Employee walked between switch stand and rail. Employee stepped on a railroad tie. Employees foot slipped off rail road tie. Employee's foot wedged between railroad tie & switch stand bridal rod. Empl...
03/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 36d restricted Employee was assisting others in positioning a tilting pipe deck on the forks of a forklift. They were lifting the deck when employee felt a tear in his right shoulder.
03/12/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Working on roof bolter changing out bad hose & fittings. Was pulling hose towards himself to loosen a fitting & felt twinge in back. Continued to work; went to lunch around 1:00 pm & pain in his back...
12/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Moving the knuckle for a shield from its shipping position forward to attach it to the push ram. Had to cut wire holding knuckle & slide the knuckle forward along the relay bar until it was at the fro...
12/17/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unbolting pipe flange with the use of a 3/4"" impact gun. The socket broke & the sharp edge cut through his glove, lacerating his left thumb.
11/25/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 146d lost Moving 6"" vacuum hose to clean out the screw pit of ash. While holding/moving the hose with both hands employee lost balance & fell landing on left shoulder. This 70001 is being filed at this time b...
11/11/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The Versi-Track was being lowered down 9 shaft. Ran out of cable so operator called & asked if they could see it. Employees moved to shaft perimeter to look; it hadn't reached bottom. Operator starte...
11/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cleaning south tunnel @ Mono loadout & removing flexible 8"" hose. Hose was bound in hard pipe. While attempting to remove hose, employee was pulling the hose when it because dislodged, whipped up & s...
10/23/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stepping down from lower rail of hand rail & felt sharp pain in L Knee causing him to fall to grating. Sharp pain proceeded along with swelling. This wasn't filed until today because we d...
10/15/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using alignment bar to align pipe flange. Middle finger of right hand contacted sharp edge on pipe insulation lagging resulting in 1 1/2"" laceration on side of finger between first & sec...
10/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing out hoist rope on 2 shaft manlift using bailing wire to attach old rope to new; as he was wrapping the ropes together the free end of the bailing wire caught on something & relea...
09/07/2008 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The roof bolter operator created a spark when the machine set the bolt. The spark fell to the floor and ignited a small methane bleed. The mechanic (sitting on the borer miner in front of the bolter...
08/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost Employee was removing impeller from pump. Reached up & grabbed impeller with left hand & while pulling down on impeller cut his left little finger down to the bone. Was wearing a pair of jersey gloves...
08/17/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While a utility operator was waiting to stock the bolter the shuttle car threw a loop causing the cable reel to malfunction. The cable pulled tight, broke the car shock and struck the utility operator...
08/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 88d lost EE was pulling cable off the reel of the roofbolter. The cable reel stuck, he pulled harder and felt pain in his lower back. Note: EE RTW Dec. 15, 2008 but company was not aware till Dec. 29.
07/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost Employee was getting into the operator's cab of a cherry picker and banged his knee. This resulted in a torn muscle and lost time.
07/26/2008 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Leveling pipe, watching level, slag fell from floor above landing in right eye.
07/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Lanyard under arm, he lost his footing, grabbed duct work and pulled shoulder up and behind himself. Shoulder was pulled out of socket.
07/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was lifting beams with another employee up to an area over his head. Employee noticed a pain in his back, pain was worse the next morning.
07/15/2008 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Cutting out ash hopper with oxylances, respirators were used (8233 - p100). Irritation to throat and lungs. Emergency room classified the condition as bronchitis.
07/12/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee reported pain in R Knee after kneeling. Later employee bounced his knee into LHD controls after driving over a wood block. Report is filed at this time because FMC has just received medical c...
07/12/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing the filters in a baghouse and lost his balance. He stepped in a hole that caused him to fall against the hand rail striking his left ear, requiring 3 sutures.
07/11/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was washing down some equipment with hot water and when he laid the hose down the water sprayed up his right sleeve causing second degree burns.
07/06/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was reseting a crusher when the wrench struck the top of his right hand causing a boxer fracture.
06/10/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An off site power outage interrupted power to our man hoists.
06/08/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was riding point while shoving railcars. Railcars derailed and employee jumped off. Straining his left shoulder.
06/04/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The tie lines supplying electricity tripped interrupting power to 2 of our 3 man hoists.
06/04/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 5d restricted EE was installing angle iron support for scaffolding. EE states Genie moved about 2 ft pinching his finger. ISI shut down manlift, tagged out & called H & E equipment to come & check out the machine....
05/31/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was lacing up air hoses between railcars. Employee put his hand in a known pinch point area (railcar couplers). The slack rolled in and pinched the pinky, ring and middle finger on his right...
05/24/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 130d lost Employee started to come down a ladder when his head bumped a beam startling him into letting go of the ladder and falling about 9 feet to the deck. He broke is left heel, bruised left elbow and knee...
05/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost Helping truck driver pull 35' section of tubing from flatbed onto forks of forklift. Tubing became unbalanced & started to teeter. Employee used shoulder to push tubing back on truck. He heard a pop &...
05/13/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Operator was operating forklift & came in contact with a room support column; stated that ""he looked down for just a second"" thinking he was past the column.
04/26/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was checking for bent shaft on CB-2115 belt drive end. Placed alignment bar on rotating drive pulley shaft; bar came in contact with key way & kicked back striking employee in the face.
03/31/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was taping a bushing on #5 Turbine Generator surge pack. Tried to break tape; it stretched & finally broke. His left arm contacted a sharp edge causing a laceration about a 1/2"" long. Employ...
03/18/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Employee was using a bit wedge as spacer with a porta power to push out bit block insert on the longwall shearer cutting drum. As he pressured up the porta power, the wedge came out hitting him in the...
01/31/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping crew stand a roll of conveyor belt upright. Chain was wrapped around the roll & the LHD started to back up. The roll slipped breaking the chain. Chain whipped around striking empl...
01/29/2008 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The bolterman was spinning the resin in a bolt while holding the bolt and plate tight enough to the roof to cause sparks to fall. The sparks ignited a methane seep in the floor. The bolterman put it...
01/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 141d lost Caustic loader was loading 50% caustic into truck tank; hose was plugged with frozen caustic. Operator closed valves & disconnected hose. Hose was under pressure & sprayed operator on L ear, L neck, L...
01/17/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 27d lost This is a cummulative trauma disorder due to electrical work throughout his career. Employee had surgery on R Wrist on 3/26/08.
12/27/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 56d lost Employee reports chronic pain in both wrists. There were no lost work days until 1/18/08 when he had surgery for carpal tunnel. Medical records weren't received until 1/21/08 from the doctor.
11/22/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Our purchased power supplier had an arrestor blow up at an off site location causing a power outage at our location.
11/21/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee was lifting pump impeller and felt pain in abdomen. Employee went home that night and by the next morning there was a lump in the area. Surgical repair was done on 12/5/07. It was unclear a...