Wrens Plant — Accidents

Total: 67 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/19/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted On 1/19/09 at 5:30 pm a maintenance employee was working on top of a hopper car under 35 silo clearing lumps. While descending from the ladder on hopper, his right foot slipped off the rung causing hi...
12/23/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 4d restricted Employee was walking through an area that was muddy from an accumulation of clay mixed with rocks to close hopper doors. Employee lost his footing and his right foot slipped from under him. The employ...
07/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was going to get a clay sample to check solids on #3 blunger tank and found the float was stuck in the open position. He tried shaking it to release it and when the float unlodged, it fell do...
06/27/2008 FIRE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee went to assist a co-worker in starting up the burner on the #1 spray dryer. After burner was started, the sight glass to the burner was opened to check the flame. The flame was not burning c...
06/24/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Truck was traveling across an area that had recently been wet with the water truck. The truck began to slide. The driver turned the truck to the right. The truck hit a dry area of the road and overtur...
11/09/2007 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A production employee was going to switch pumps at the sulfuric acid system. He put his chemical gloves on, but did not put his chemical suit and face shield on. When he switched to the backup pump,...
11/01/2007 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 63d lost Employee was cleaning out lumps of clay from a rotary valve; the employee stuck his hand in the rotary valve, while it was running, and lost the very tip of his third finger on his right hand.
08/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 36d restricted Gasket failed and hot water spewed onto employee, causing burns to side of face, neck, and abdomen. Employee had skin grafted to small area on abdomen and some area of abdomen scraped.
03/18/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was repairing defective links in chain on bucket elevator. He was using a steel punch to unlodge the pins; the steel punch got stuck in the groove and when he jerked it out, the blunt end hi...
11/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Mechanic was removing tape from a stainless steel clamp that was on a rubber hose. When he pulled the tape from the clamp, the end that was protruding from the clamp caught between his arm and glove...
03/03/2003 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None THE HIGH OUTLET TEMPERATURE INTERLOCK FAILED AFTER FEED WAS LOST TO THE ATOMIZER IN NUMBER 2 SPRAY DRYER BAGHOUSE. IT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED 4 OF THE 7 COMPARTMENTS. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DE TERMINE...
01/26/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CHANGING OUT A 8' FLOURESCENT LIGHT BULB.HE WAS TRYING TO PUSH THE COMPRESSION END OF THE BULB IN, BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT. THE BULB BROKE &CUT THROUGH THE EE'S GLOVE CUTTING HIS RT. THUMB . HE WA...
12/17/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON A SCREW. AS WEIGHT WAS APPLIED TO WRENCH IT SLIPPED CAUSING EE TO CUT UNDERSIDE OF RIGHT FOREARM ON BLADE OF SCREW.
10/09/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS REINSTALLING A DISCHARGE ROLL USING A TOW MOTOR TO MANEUVER IT. ANOTHER EE WAS OPERATING ANOTHER TOW MOTOR TO GUIDE AND SUPPORT ROLL. AN ADDITIONAL TOW MOTOR WAS USED TO STABILIZE ROLL. R...
05/25/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING WOODEN PALLETS FROM A FLATBED TRUCK. HE TRIPPED OVER A PALLET THAT WAS ON THE GROUND AND FELL BACKWARDS, LANDING ON THE PALLET. HIS LEFT WRIST WAS INJURED RESULTING IN S LIGHT S...
07/20/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost WHILE CHANING THE MECHANICAL SEAL ON THE EVAPORATOR SECOND EFFECT PUMP AND REMOVING THE BEARING HOUSING, THE EE S INDEX FINGER WAS MASHED.
01/13/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost THE EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A SET OF 6 STEPS WHICH WERE WET PAINTED CONCRETE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE EDGE OF A STEP.