WE Soda @ WESTVACO — Accidents

Total: 637 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/27/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost FMC completed review of the surgical report on 6/15 & found that it was recordable. Employees needed to install & re-route compressed air line in order to move the compressors to a new location. Tryin...
03/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was stepping up to get into a D-11 cat when he noticed a sharp pain in his right calf.
03/18/2006 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost Employee was roof bolting; spinning 7-foot bolt when piece of shale fell hitting some bolts in the forward bolt rack. Some of the bolts were knocked out of rack striking employee on right knee.
03/09/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee slipped on film of mud on floor east of TC-2317
03/05/2006 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A bird strike at the power sub-station owned by Pacific Corp caused a power blackout that shut down the mine hoists for approx 4 hours. There was no damage to any equipment.
02/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying flagging stand from one area to another. Had right hand at the heavy end & left close to end of pipe. When his left hand released the pipe or it slipped out, the pipe struck him...
02/14/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 116d lost, 27d restricted Mechanics were lowering a tail pulley through an access port in the floor. When the pulley was tilted one of the cockers slipped, twisted, unlatched the safety clip releasing the chocker. This cause...
02/10/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a 3"" folding knife to strip insulation from a 500MCM power cable. As he was stripping the outer jacket away the knife slipped and he cut his lower left leg. He required sutures.
01/23/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 76d lost This is a cummulative trauma disorder due to working in maintenance jobs over the past several years. Had carpel tunnel surgery on right hand on 6/27/06.
01/12/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was welding grating to ramp. A nearby loading hose had small leak that sprayed caustic on to employee.
01/03/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 170d lost Employee was closing gates on RR cars; as he was pushing on bar, capstan moved suddenly & he felt jolt in right shoulder. FMC didn't receive medical info. confirming injury was work related until 3/2/...
12/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Employee was in the process of locking the door to the Janitor closet when another janitor yelled to him that it was time to go on break. This startled employee causing him to jump and hit his hand on...
12/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted While lifting a heavy bag of trash into a dumpster she strained her back.
11/16/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost While checking a water leak outside of a building the employee slipped on the ice, striking his left hand, hip and straining his elbow. The injury did not become recordable until he missed a day, Nov...
11/12/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While moving the longwall monorail with a winch, the chain securing the winch broke. The winch swung and hit the employee in the face above the right eye, requiring sutures. The report is being file...
11/02/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was separating a conveyor link on a crusher feeder using a steel wedge and a 4 lb hammer. On the second hit the wedge shot upward striking the employee in the upper lip and the two upper fro...
10/10/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost Employee didn't miss any time away from work. Not aware of injury until MRI was done on 10/25. Employee was supervising roof bolting activity. Told bolter operator to back out of area because he didn'...
09/30/2005 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was working on new fletcher bolter drilling a gas hole. Auger got stuck so they dropped rotation motor & tried to remove auger from chuck. Didn't work so they raised auger back up & clamped c...
09/10/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 68d lost, 66d restricted Employee was standing on grating step attempting to align shear bolt holes on a 9"" dust screw. On third pull of pipe wrench (using excessive force) wrench slipped off the screw section and his body f...
08/11/2005 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking on east side of 3 boiler; brushed up against an uninsulated boiler feed water line causing small burn on right forearm just below the elbow.
07/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 63d lost, 22d restricted Actual lost time didn't start until 8/11/05 when employee had surgery. Employee was removing a pipe nipple to install pressure gauge. Nipple was rusted to pipe. Employee tried several times and differ...
07/19/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hauling belt in bucket of 913 loader. Roll of belt hit water pipes causing dust to fall from the pipes into employee's eye.
07/12/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was inserting a resin cartridge into drilled hole for a roof bolt. Piece of rock dislodged and struck him in the upper lip.
06/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was sitting in the cab of borer miner and siting on his cap lamp cord. He twisted and pulled his head up to free the cord and banged his head against the unistrut that was on the underside o...
06/19/2005 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was bolting a fan niche and when he placed the bolting boom against the top, a piece of rock about 1""x3""x5"" came loose, fell and struck his left hand which was on the bolter controls....
06/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was opening sluice arm when he was burned with hot filter feed liquor.
06/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was bolting, went home and had a rash on his arm, he reported to Medcor on Wednesday.
06/03/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Operator was opening lids on rail cars, one of the lids stuck on rubber gasket on car. Employee felt pain in lower back.
05/09/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 129d lost, 46d restricted Changing a bent push ram bolt on #126 support. Relay bar needed to be retracted to release the pressure from the bolt. This was deacitvated but the push ram pushed out because of a bad spool valve put...
05/06/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 84d lost Cummulative trauma disorder due to maintance work and mining work throughout his career. The employee was diagnosed with carpel tunnel syndrome and had surgery on 5/6/05.
04/14/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Using Bar Tool to remove impeller; felt pain in right shoulder. Incident was not recordable at this time because he wasn't on restricted duty and didn't miss any work at this time. The first day misse...
03/28/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None This is a cummulative trauma disorder due to computer work throughout her career. Employee had surgery on right elbow on 4/24/06.
03/23/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was walking along a conveyor belt and tripped, falling into the rib hitting his shoulder. He then fell to the ground straining his neck. He then missed 2 days of work to recuperate.
02/17/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 9d restricted Employee had placed a rug over a pipe so he could clean the area. The pipe was 10"" dia by 28"" long and was not set into the ground. When employee pulled rug off the pipe he pulled the pipe over, o...
02/17/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost Employee had washed an area down and then gone to lunch. Over lunch the water had frozen and when he returned he slipped while pulling the hose out of the washdown ditch. This are was indoors but th...
02/07/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Operator turning a valve with a pipe wrench heard a pop and felt pain in his left shoulder. Medical treatment was provided on 2/8/05 making this reportable as of that date.
02/07/2005 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 125d lost Actual lost time didn't start until 8/4/05; we were waiting for medical report to determine whether incident would be recordable or not. Employee lifted tongue of trailer and felt pop in right shoulde...
01/23/2005 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A fuse blew in a control circuit for the man hoist. No one was trapped but the hoist was out of operation for more than 1/2 hour. The two back-up hoists were fully functional.
12/17/2004 ELECTRICAL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted Employee was contacted by electric arc on left leg and received second and third degree burns.
11/24/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding holes in cable spools using a die grinder with a tungsten burr. Employee had on safety glasses and faceshield. Foreign body entered the eye and had to be extracted. (This acciden...
11/22/2004 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The hoistman checking overtravel shutoffs when the overtravel (at mine level) not reset. Overtravel on lilly controller still operable. Electrician went underground, reset the magntic overtravel sw...
11/15/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was closing lids on rail cars and felt a twinge in groin. employee was placed on restricted duty on 11/17/04 making this injury reportable.
11/08/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 28d restricted Employee descending stairs, foot caught on the non-skid tape, causing the employee to twist ankle and break bone in foot.
11/06/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost Employee was struck on the hard hat by a bar. Employee received a laceration to his scalp requiring sutures.
10/10/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost Employee was stepping backwards off the middle step of a 2' ladder. He stepped on a 13""x24""x7"" rock that was slanted causing him to twist and fall to the ground. Injury became recordable when he...
10/08/2004 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d restricted Water from drilling contacted employee's skin causing a rash.
10/08/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 42d lost, 10d restricted A PUSH PLATE TIPPED OVER AND FELL ON THE EE'S FOOT, FRACTURING THE FOOT.
10/01/2004 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had a foreign body enter his eye, but it did not irritate the eye severe enough for the employee to seek medical attention for two days following. At this time the material had to be extract...
09/27/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 178d lost Mine employee suffered a crush injury to the abdomen. The investigation is still proceeding and we have not been able to talk to the employee at this time.
09/23/2004 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None REMOVING RUST IRON ROOF DECK GRINDING WELLS & RUST OFF OF BEAM. INSULATION & 50YRS OF DUST WITH A 20MPH WIND. SMALL PIECE OF RUST GOT INTO RIGHT EYE.