Whitewater #81 — Accidents

Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/22/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was working under a haul truck. When they loosened the last bolt of the pan, the safety chain that holds the pan broke causing the pan to fall and smash the employee's hand between the ground...
03/04/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 8d restricted The employee was switching pieces of equipment and was walking back to the shop when EE stepped on a piece of rubber belting that was covered in snow and rain. When EE stepped on it, it caused EE to s...
04/18/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee was standing on the work platform of a service truck cutting angle iron with a cutting torch when EE lost balance and fell off the service truck. As EE was falling, EE tossed the cutting torc...
04/20/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was swinging a sledge hammer and as they swung it, they felt a pull on right side of their torso.
12/04/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing off a haul truck ladder when toe slipped off the bottom rung of ladder and the jerking of slipping pulled employee's arm and shoulder as employee was holding onto the handrail.
01/29/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the underside of the sand when the wrench ee was using slipped and hit ee on the left side of mouth chipping a upper left tooth and cutting lip.
12/02/2015 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost Contractor was cutting down trees. The tree he was cutting down kicked back and hit his left leg. Broke the leg below the knees
12/16/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was adding compressed air to a governor using a regulator. He placed his left thumb over an air leak and got air into a puncture wound
03/06/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP TRASH AROUND WORK AREA AND CAUGHT RIGHT PINKIE FINGER ON A NAIL STICKING OUT OF A PALLET, CUTTING THE PINKIE FINGER
01/31/2011 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was removing a belt from a conveyor. Sand or some foreign material entered his left eye under or around his safety glasses.
01/07/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was shaving metal with a grinding tool, shavings got on employees hand, when he rubbed his left eye shaving got in the eye.
08/18/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Welder was using an angle grinder, grinding and prepping a pipe. A foreign body entered right eye, under his safey glasses.