BPM Lovell Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was traveling down a grated walkway covering a 2-foot ditch. One of the grates was loose and the employee stepped through the gap and scraped the shin area of the left leg. On 9/11/2023 Employee went to NBHH clinic to have it looked at. The leg was numbed and fluid drained. The employee was told to return to work and monitor it.

Employee was using a forklift. The forks were too wide, parked the machine, chocked the wheels, and went to move the forks. The procedure - raise the boom, tip forward to release pressure on the forks, slide the forks into position. EE lifted the end with right hand and pushed with the left. EE lost control of the raised fork and it smacked down on the left pinky.

10-19-20 at 3am the socks inside the #2 dryer baghouse caught fire, the fire moved to the outside of the baghouse. The fire department was called, the fire was extinguished within 35 mins. MSHA was immediately notified and was on site for the investigation on 10-20-20; the investigation is ongoing. We believe the socks caught fire while cleaning hot fly ash from the #2 furnace.

An employee was barring out a chunk of frozen material caught between the conveyor belt and the tail end roller. The employees left hand got pinned between the bar and the bracing of the conveyor, lacerating the palm. The employee was taken to the hospital where EE received stitches and a tetanus shot. The employee was released to return to work under normal duties.

As of 3/8/2018 this was a first aid incident, upon further review from medical advisers this became a Recordable/Lost time as of 4/4/2018 at 7:00am.

Collecting rail road ties for a contractor the employee climbed on the pile to get some short ties. When coming off the pile, the footing was unstable and they stepped back off the pile directly onto a large nail with their left foot. The nail went through the boot and punctured the foot.

Employee bent over in front of hole plug packer when inadvertent material came out of machine hitting employee under the safety glasses, making contact with the eye.

The employees left index finger was pinched between a pallet of material and a live roller as the pallet was being moved from the hooder system. The tip of the left index finger and part of the fingernail was lacerated during incident.

Employee's left ankle gave out and his left leg went through a small hole (approximately 11" diameter) in the catwalk he had just uncovered. He was holding onto a handrail with his left hand. When he reacted to the sudden motion of the fall, he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder. Initial exam of the shoulder was a strained and possibly torn left rotator cuff.

EE was working on palletizer 2. Part of the frame came down crushing his left index finger between the two pieces of iron.

EE was banding a boxcar with another co-worker, using utility knife to cut fiber bands. Injured stepped back into path of knife arc swing of co-worker.

Employee was throwing 50# bags from belt to pallets when he felt popping in his shoulder. Note: Was considered first aid until he went to Dr. in Billings on Fri, 2-3-07. Was given Rx & placed on restricted duty - now reportable.

Picking up a broken 100# bag of aquagel from slide before palletizer, when another bag bumped it, causing bentonite dust to get in his left eye under his safety glasses.

Injured was attempting to grind bentonite sample for testing, motor would not start, turned switch off & on rapidly - still wouldn't start. Reached hand underside of guard. Touched belt & motor started, pulling thumb into pinch point of belt & pulley.

EE was changing shrink wrap roll, when he started to lift roll, felt a pop in his left forearm. He felt minor soreness at that time. Upon awaking at 10 am Thurs, felt sharp pain in arm.

EE was walking out of North Lab door down a slight slope which had some snow & ice which had been melting. Both feet slipped from under him, causing him fall, landing flat on his back.

Ee had put 1/2" pins in tablet machine. He started it without guards in place. He thought there was a loose part & reached his rt hand into operating machine to see if it was loose. The moving machine caught his hand. He was taken to local dr, & was sent to Billings MT. Drs removed his little finger, index finger at first knuckle, & broke his middle finger.

EE WAS REPALCING SHRINKWRAP ROLL ONTO RACK. THE CARDBOARD CENTER OF ROLL WAS OUT OF ROUND MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO GET ROLL ONTO RACK. RACK MOVED AWAY FROM INJURED, CAUSING PIPE TO FALL ONTO RAC K SUPPORT, PINCHING FINGER. BETWEEN RACK SUPPORT AND PIPE.

WHILE UNWRAPPING PALLET OF EMPTY BAGS, DUST BLEW PARTICLE IN EYE, UNDER HIS GLASSES.

MAINTENANCE CREW HAD CHANGED BAG DELIVERY EQUIPMENT FROM AN ADJUSTABLE BELT CONVEYOR SYSTEM TO A FIXED ROLLER SYSTEM 3 HOURS EARLIER, WITH NO WAY TO STOP BAGS ON CONVEYOR FOR 2ND EE TO GRAB & THROW BAG ONTO PALLET. EE TRIED TO CATCH 50# BAG FALLING TO THE GROUND, STRAINING HIS RT. SHOULDER.

RT. SHOULDER HURTING AFTER REPETATIVE THROWING 50 LB BAGS OVER PAST 3 OR 4 MONTHS. PAIN WAS GETTING WORSE WENT TO DR. HE TOLD HIM TO TAKE IT EASY IT MAIGHT BE CAUSE FROM BONE SPURS. HE CONTINU ED WORKING ON PACKING CREW, BEING CAREFUL./

WHILE WORKING 11-7 SHIFT THE 11-18-03 TOWARDS END OF SHIFT SHOULDER STARTED HURTING WAS. OFF WORK NEXT DAY FOR FAMILY FUNNERAL, SHOULDER STILL SORE, CALLED IN TO TAKE CO SICK DAY. FOREMAN TOLD HIM TO BRING SLIP FROM DR TO RETURN TO WORK. HEDID AND DR DID NOT FIND ANYTHING BUT GAVE HIM INFLAMTIORY MEDICAL AND TAKE ADVIL FOR PAIN AND MADE APPT FOR LATER DEC 4, TOLD HIM TO NOT WORK.

WHILE HELPING MOVE OXCAR BULKHEAD DOOR, THE HANDLE STUCK THEN BROKE LOOSE AND FLIPPED UP HITTING EMPLOYEE'S CHIN AND MOUTH. HE WAS EXAMINED AND SENT HOME, TOLD TO TAKE ADVIL FOR PAIN. GOT INFE CTION TWO DAYS LATER. GIVEN PRESCRIPTION.

INJURED WAS GETTING OFF FORKLIFT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON FORKLIFT FLOORMAT. HE STUCK HIS LEFT FOOT OUT TO BREAK HIS FALL, TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

INJURED RETRIEVED 2 SHEETS OF 7/16" OSB (4 X 8 PLYWOOD) FOR BOXCAR LOAD, REALIZED NONE WAS NEEDED, SO WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THEM BACK ON STACK, HAD THEM STANDING ON THEIR EDGE, THEN SLIPP ED OFF STACK, LANDING ON TOP OF FOOT, BEHIND SAFETY STEEL TOE.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE LEAKING BOTTOM GATE ON BULK C-6 RAILCAR USING A SLEDGEHAMMER. HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT AGAINST GATE TO GIVE IT CONTANT PRESSURE. WHILE TRYING TO GET GATE CLOSED, HAMMER HEAD GLANCED OFF CAR STRIPKING TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT, JUST ABOVE HIS STEEL TOE CAP.

AFTER PLACING LOCKING SEAL ON BULK RAILCAR, INJURED WAS EXITING FROM UNDER RAILCAR, WHEN WIND BLEW DUST UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS RT. EYE, HE CLEANED HIS EYE OUT ON 7/11, THOUGHT IT WA S O-K, THEN BOTHERED HIM LATER, SO HAD EYE DR. CHECK IT.

WHILE MOVING BULK RAILCAR COVERS, TWISTED AND FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK.

STUNG BY WASP WHILE WORKING IN HOLEPLUG BUILDINGPUT COLD PACK ON HAND. WORKED NEXT DAY. AT END OF SHIFT ON 9/19 HAND WAS SWOLLEN WITH INFECTION.HAND WAS OK AT MIDDLE OF SHIFT.

WHILE PACKING HOLE PLUG, FELT PAIN ON LEFT SIDE OF BACK.

WHILE DESENDING GRANULAR LOADOUT LADDER WITH SAMPLE BAG IN ONE HAND, LOST HAND HOLD ON LADDER, FELL APPROX. 4 LADDER RUNGS TO LANDING, TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG CHUTE ABOVE HOLE PLUG PACKER AIR VALVE EE PLACED HIS HAND THROUGH AIR VALVE TO REACH PLUG. WHILE HIS HAND WAS INSIDE VALVE, IT CLOSED, PINCHING 3 FINGERS ON LEFT HAN D CAUSING INJURY.

CLEANING OUT PLUGGED PIPE WITH PRYBAR, SMASHED RT. THUNB BETWEEN PRYBAR & PIPE WALL.

WHILE CLEANING TAIL PULLEY UNDER HOPPER, INJURED EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON ROCK, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL FORWARD, STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH ON CORNER OF METAL INSPECTION DOOR.

ON TUES, 2-8-00 APPROX 3 AM, INJURED'S WRIST STARTED GETTING SORE WHILE THROWING 50 # BAGS ONTO PALLETS. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT, WORKED WED SHIFT OF 2/9/00 WITHOUT PROBLEMS. ON THURS. 2/10 AFTE RNOON AFTER SLEEP, HIS RT WRIST WAS SWOLLEN. HE THEN WENT TO DR'S OFFICE AND NOTIFIED EMPLOYER AFTER THIS.

INJURED WAS HELPING STACK 100 LB BAGS ONTO EXISTING PALLET FROM 54" HIGH TO 72". HYE STATED THERE WAS NO PAIN OR DISCOMFORT AT THAT TIME. HE ALSO WARNED THE NEXT SHIFT FRI NITE. STATED HIS BAC K MUSCLES FELT TIRED, BUT NOT HURTING. HIS FIRSTPAIN WAS MIDDAY.

INJURED WAS REINSTALLING SECTION OF WALKWAY FLOOR GRATING WHEN IT SLIPPED SMASHING END OF RT. MIDDLE FINGER.

INJURED ALLEGES RADIAL BONE IN RT. ELBOW FRACTURED WHILE THROWING FILLED HOLE PLKUG BAG ONTO PALLET, BUMPING ELBOW ON PALLET JIG. HE CONTINUED THROWING BAGS BAL. OF HIS SHIFT, DID NOT INFORM H IS SHIFT FOREMAN, NOR MENTION TO ANY OF HIS FELLOW EES BEFORE LEAVING SHIFT OF HIS FRACTURED ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TWO CO-WORKERS MOVE A BULKHEAD DOOR INSIDE A BOXCAR. THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS TOES BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE BULKHEAD AND THE FLOOR OF THE RAIL CAR.

INJURED WAS STACKING 50 LB. BAGS FROM CONVEYOR, WHEN THE FILLED BAG CAME OFF CONVEYOR WHICH HAD A SMALL TEAR IN IT. BAG SLID OFF CONVEYOR, CAUGHT INJURED'S THUMG IN BAG, THEN IT FELL TO FLOOR CAUSING STRAIN TO THUMB.

INJURED RETURNED MONDAY NIT FROM WEEKEND OFF, STARTED PACKING HIS FIRST PALLET, FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

WHILE STANDING 3' HIGH BAG TABLE, INJURED WAS OPENING SLIDE GATE ABOVE HOLE PLUG PACKER, PULLING WITH ONE HAND, AND USING HAMMER WITH OTHER. GATE SUDDENLY CAME OPEN, LOST HIS BALANCE, AND FELL OFF TABLE TO FLOOR.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ONTO 1 FORKLIFT, SHOES WERE SLICK WITH WET BENTORUTE, FOOT SLIPPED OFF FORKLIFT STEP, CAUSING LEG TO SWING UNDER DRIVERS SIDE FORKLIFT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK FALL. HE GRABBED GEARSHIFT, MOVING MACHINE INTO REVERSE, LEFT FORKLIFT TIRE RUN OVER RT KNEE.

WAS MEASURING GRANULAR SILO, TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE ON EDGE OF WALKWAY USED WHEN MEASURING SILO.

WHILE ASSISTING CREW HOIST A SCREEN FRAME TO THE SCREENING DECK, INJURED CAUGHT HIS RIGHT SMALL FINGER IN CABLE PULLEY.

INJURED WENT FROM HIS LUNCH BREAK AND BEGAN THROWING 50 LB BAGS. AFTER TWO PALLETS HE BEGAN TO GEEL PAIN IN HIS BACK.

INJURED EE WALKING TOWARDS FORKLIFT & STEPPED ON A SMALL PIECE OF WOOD, SLIGHTLY TWISTED RT. ANKLE WHEN HE REACHED FOR UPRIGHT ON FORKLIFT.

INJURED WAS GOING TO WALK INTO HOLEPLUG BUILDING THROUGH PLASTIC STRIP DOORWAY, CAME BACKING OUT THROUGH CURTAIN AT SAME TIME, STRIKING INJURED WORKER AND KNOCKING HIM BACKWARDS ONTO HIS BACK, CAUSING LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD AND BROKEN BONE IN LEFT FOOT.

INJURED WAS HURRYING INTO HOLEPLUG BLDG, SLIPPED ON FLOOR DUE TO SNOW AND ICE BUILDUP ON HER BOOTS, FALLING FACE DOWN WITH ARMS EXTENDED TO BREAK HER FALL, INJURING HER RT SHOULDER.

INJURED USING PRYBAR TO CLEAN BUILDUP IN CHUTE FEEDING ROLL CRUSHER. SMASHED HIS L. THUMB BETWEEN BAR AND LATCH ON DOOR OPENING IN CRUSHER CHUTE.

INJURED WAS TALKING WITH FORKLIFT OPERATOR WHILE STANDING ON LEFT SIDE OF FORKLIFT WHEN OPERATORBACKED UP. INJURED'S LEFT FOOT WAS PARTIALLY IN PATH OF LEFT DRIVE FORKLIFT TIRE WHICH BACKED OV ER END OF SAFETY TOE CAP ON HIS SHOE, CAUSING A SEVERE CONTUSION OF LEFT GREAT TOE.

EE WAS UNLOADING PLANT FLATBED TRUCK OF HOLEPLUG, WHEN A BEE LIT ONE HIS ARM. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO BRUSH IT OFF, THE BEE STUNG HIM ON ARM AND NECK.

INJURED WAS MOVING LOADED BOX CARS DOWN TRACK, AS HE WAS SETTING RATLCAR HAND BRAKE, THE MOVING CARS COUPLED WITH PARKED LOADS. CAUSING HIS RIGHT FOOT TO SLIP OFF CAR PLATFORM, ONTO CAR COUPLE R.

EE AS HOLEPLUG PACKER OPR. PLACING EMTPY BAGS ONPACKER SPOUT, THEN LIFTING THE FILLED 50# BAGS OFF PACKER SPOUT, STACKING ONTO A PALLET. THROUGHTHIS REPETITIVE LIFTING IT WAS FELT BY HIS DR ON AN EXAMINATION 9/3/97. THIS IS CAUSING HIS TESTICLES TO BECOME INFLAME & SWELL. THIS WAS INITIALLY THOUGT BY CO TO BE A PERSONAL MEDICAL PROBLEMNOT JOB RELATED.

INJURED WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ON RECLAIM HOPPER, AND SMAHSED END OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN ANGLE IRON ON FRAME OF HOPPER AND HAMMR HANDLE.

WHILE INJURED EMPOLOYEE WAS SHRINKWRAPPING PALLET, LIFTTRUCK DRIVER GOT OFF HIS LIFT TRUCK. AS HE DID HE ACCIDENTLY ENGAGED TRANSMISSION INTO FORWARD GEAR, PINNING INJURED'S FOOT BETWEEN PALLE T AND FORK OF LIFTTRUCK.

INJURED WAS CLEARING A BAG JAM ON PALLETIZER, WHEN THE INFEED BELT WAS TURNED ON, PINCHING HIS ARM.

INJURED WAS PUTTING DUST COVER ONTOP OF BULK RAILCAR, SLIPPED ON SNOW AND ICE, BUMPING HEAD ON DUST COVER.

INJURED CAUGHT HIS LEFT HAND IN PINCH POINT END OF PACKER CONVEYOR WHICH BRUISED HIS HAND.

INJURED STEPPED ON EDGE OF UNEVEN GRATING ON WALKWAY BY PALLETIZER CONTROL PANEL, TWISTED ANKLE.

INJURED WAS LOADING TRUCK OUTSIDE IN STRONG WINDSTORM. SOME DIRT AND DUST PARTICLES BLEW INTO EYES.

INJURED WAS WALKING UP STAIRS WHEN HE HIT A LOW BEAM WITH HIS HARDHAT. HIS HAT TIPPED DOWN, CAUSING THE BILL OF HIS HAT TO HIT BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE, ALSO STRAINING HIS NECK.

INJURED WAS TRYING TO LIFT OPEN A TOP DOOR ON C-6 RAILCAR, WHEN DOOR BOUND UP ON ONE END, AND INJURED STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

INJURED WAS CHECKING BAG WEIGHTS, WHILE LIFTING 100 BAG FROM CONVEYOR BELT, FELT A POP UNDER LEFT SHOULDER BLADE.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TIGHTEN AN INCLINE CHAIN WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND HIT EE IN HEAD RESULTING IN LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED 8 STITCHES.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A BULKHEAD DOOR IN A BOXCAR WHICH WAS STUCK. OBTAINED HELP FROM AFELLOW EMP. AS THEY WERE SWINGING BOTTOM OF DOORIN A FORWARD AND BACK MOTION, THE TIP OF DOOR BE CAME UNSTUCK, MOVING TOWARD INJURED, PINNING HISFOOT TO FLOOR.

WALKING BETWEEN RAIL TRACKS, STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED ANKLE.

EE DEVELOPED IMPAIRED BREATHING AND INFAMED OPEN SORES.

INJURED CLOSED A VALVE UNDER C GRANULAR TANK, LOST BALANCE AND FELL, LANDING ON LEFT SIDE OF BUTT.

WHILE INSTALLING 2" METAL 20' AIRLINE, PIPE SLIPPED, PINCHING LEFT INDEX FINGER.

WHILE PACKING HOLE PLUG, INJURED USED LEFT KNEE KICKING PARTIALLY FILLED BAGS, IN AN EFFORT TO GET BAGS COMPLETELY FILLED, CAUSING SEVERE PAIN AND SWELLING TO LEFT KNEE.

INJURED WAS ADJUSTIN GPACKER SADDLES, WHEN HE BUMPED THE AUTO START SWITCH & PINCHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN PACKER SADDLE & MOUNTING BRACKET.

INJURED WAS OPERATING PACKER & HAD PUT A 100# AQGEL BAG ON SPOUT THEN NOTICED IT WAS LEAKING OUT OF TOP OF BAG. AS HE WAS REACHING DOWN TO TURN SPOUT OFF, BAG BLEW UP BLOWING POWDER FORCEFULLY UPWARD INTO BOTH EYES BETWEEN HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND FRONT OF HIS FACE.

INJURED RECEIVED LACERATION OF LEFT LITTLE FINGER CAUSED WHILE TRYING TO LIGHT HEATER.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MOVE A BULKHEAD DOOR IN RAILCAR WHEN DOOR AT TOP WOULD NOT MOVE, SO HE WAS PUSHIGN BOTTOM OF DOOR BACK AND FORTH IN A ROCKING MOTION, TRYING TO FREE TO TOP OF DOOR. SUDDE NLY TOP OF DOOR MOVED TOWARD EMPLOYEE, LETTING DOOR BOTTOM SWING DOWN, PINNING HIS FOOT BEETWEEN BOTTOM OF DOOR & FLOOR OR CAR.

RAIN HAD FALLEN ON PLANT. HE GOT OUT OF SWITCH MASTER. RUT GAVE WAY BENEATH FOOT. HE SLIPPED AND TWISTED ANKLE SEVERE SPRAIN OF RIGHT ANKLE AND LOWER LEG.

WAS RELEASING COME-A-LONG WHEN HANDLE SLIPPED, CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE, FALLING FORWARD & DOWN WITH HIS EYEBROW STRIKING A FLANGE ON AUGER, & AS HE FELL FARTHER DOWN, HIS RIBS [L EFT SIDE] STRUCK CONVEYOR. TROUCH EQUIPMENT WAS BEING INSTALLED AS PART OF NEW GRANULAR SYSTEM.

EE WAS CLEANING OUT INDIVIDUAL ELECTRICAL BUCKETS IN MOTOR CONTROL CENTER WITH A VACUUM CLEANER. THERE WERE BARE WIRE ENDS LEFT AFTER SOMEONE STOLE A BREAKER INSIDE THIS ELECTRICAL BUCKET. HIS VACCUUM HOSE TOUCHED ONE OF THE WIRES, THEREBY CAUSING IT TO TOUCH ANOTHER WIRE, RESULTING IN A BALL OF FLAME, EXPLODING IN EE'S FACE.