National Kaolin Products Metal/Non-Metal

Employee reported that a handlebar from the "Stop Sign" cart fell and hit EE's knee when EE was moving it into position in front of a truck. The handlebar is welded into position so the event, as described, could not be verified.

weather was wet and cold ground was muddy

Employee was opening a door, decided not to, two other employees open door causing employee to lose his balance. Employee fell to the floor and hurt his back.

Employee was lifting (with help) a battery into rear of pick-up truck. Felt pain in his left shoulder. Reported to supervisor immediately. Final Medical treatment was surgery on 2/5/2010 to repair tendon in shoulder.

EE CLIMBED UP ON TRAILER TO FREE THE TARP. COMING BACK DOWN, HIS FEET SLIPPED AND HE FELL ON HIS TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING FROM THE PARKING LOT WHILE ON HIS BREAK. WHEN HE WALKED DOWN THE STEPS TOWARD THE BREAKROOM HIS LEFT ANKLE ROLLED OVER & TWISTED IT. EXAMINATION OF THE AREA SHOWED NO DE BRIS & THE STEPS WERE IN GOOD CONDITION.

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING TO MOVE A PIECE OF MEAD BOARD (CARDBOARD) FROM MOVING ROLLERS WHEN HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER GOT CAUGHT BY ROLLER CUTTING THE FINGER REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

PASSING BY CONVEYOR, NOTICED BAGS WERE BACKED UP AND FALLING OFF CONVEYOR. WALKED AROUND TO TURN OFF SWITCH, STEPPED ON BAG AND TWISTED ANKLE.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DISMOUNTING THE PC300, WHEN HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE GROUND. HE STEPPED ON A LUMP OF KAOLIN, WHEN THE LUMP ROLLED, HE TWISTED HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING WATER PUMP ON PL-E TRYING TO LINE UP BOLT HOLES, FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK OF NECK. EMPLOYEE TRATED HIMSELF UNTIL 8/27 THEN WE TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR.

EE STATED COUGHING WHILE EATING, GOT UP AND PASSED OUT.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A DRILL BIT ON DRILL PROD. THE CHUCK KEY SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO HIT KNUCKLE TO HIT THE DRILL BIT AND CUTTING THE KNUCKLE.

EE WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELT TO RE-LACE IT. HE WAS HOLDING A T-SQUARE ON TOP OF THE BELT WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND CUTTING THE BELT WITH A RAZOR SAFETY KNIFE IN HIS RIGHT HAND. THE RAZOR SAFETY K NIFE SLIPPED AND CUTH HIS LEFT THUMB.

EE WAS STARTING UP APLLETIZER, LEANED IN TO STRAIGHTEN OUT A PIECE OF MEADBAORD, GLOVE GOT CAUGHT BY THE OUTFEED ROLLERS AND PULLED HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN A MOVING ROLLER AND AN IDLE ROLLER CUT TING THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

EE WAS LOADING A BULK TRUCK FROM 1 SILO. THE SILO WAS STOPPED UP AND THE EE WENT TO SILO 2 WRONG SILO AND OPENED THE DOOR WHILE THE SILO WAS IN OPERATION. CLAY BLEW OUT THE SILO DOOR AND STRUC K THE EE IN THE EYES AND FACE.

EE WAS WELDING AT A LEVEL BELOW THE VERY TOP OF THE PLANT AND RIGHT BELOW ANOTHER EE. OTHER EE HAD CLIMBED ABOVE INJ EE TO HOOK UP A CHAIN FALL. WHEN INJ EE GOT UP THERE HE HAD TO HOLD ONTO T HE WOOD BEAM, AND HAD THE CHAIN FALL IN THE OTHER HAND. HE NEEDED AN EXTRA HAND TO HOOK UP HIS SAFTY BELT. EE LOOKED UP AND SAW THIS LAID DOWN ON HIS WELDING HOOD, PUT ON HIS HARD HAT QUICKLY

EMPLOYEE WAS MANNING THE MAIN ENTRANCE GATE. A VEHICLE ENTERED THE PLANT AT PERIMETER, TURNED AROUND AND TRIED TO EXIT AT A HIGH SPEED. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN THE ROADWAY SIGNALLING FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. HE WAS FORCED TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY OF THE VEHICLE AND IN DOING SO TRIPPED AND FELL SPRAINING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE HAD CLIMBED LADDER IN FRONT OF SLICER TO SEE IF A LUMP OF CLAY WAS STUCK IN THE SLICER. EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING LADER AND FELL FROM 3RD OR 4TH STEP FROM FLOOR LEVEL(APPROX. 3-4 FEET F ROM FLOOR LEVEL) TO FLOOR LEVEL.

EE WAS PULLING WIRE WITH A ROPE THROUGH CONDUIT. EE EXPERIENCED PAIN & BURNING SENSATION IN LEFT GROIN AREA BELOW THE BELT LINE. EE DID NOT FEEL ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NEEDED UNTIL 2/25/97. APPOINTMENT WAS MADE FOR 2/26/97. EE HAS BEEN PACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR SIX WEEKS.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED IRRITATION TO NOSE/THROAT/SINIS THAT HE FELT WAS CUASED BY EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL FUMES IN HIS WORK AREA.PLEASE NOTE:AT THIS POINT THERE WAS NO KNOWLEDGE IF THIS WAS A WORK REL

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON FLOOR OF FREEZER TRAILER AND STEPPED INTO GROVES IN TRAILER FLOOR AND TWISTED RIGHT FOOT.

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS GETTIGN TIRE INFORMATION OFF OF A TIRE ON A DUMP TRUCK WHEN THE PICKK-UP BACKE DOVER HIS RIGHT LEG.

ATTEMPTING TO TAKE SAMPLES FROM TAILING SILO. HAND BECAME CAUGHT IN FEEDER CHUTE. LACERATION TO MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND.

UNHOOKED MY SAFETY BELT TO SWITCH POSITIONS WHEN I LOSS MY BALANCE ON SOME PIPE RESULTING IN MY FALL

WAS ON TOP OF SLICER HOLDING TEFTLON PIECE DOWN FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO DIRLL HOLE THROUGH FROM UNDERNEITH...PERSON DRILLED IN WRONG AREA OF TEFLON & DRILL BITE WENT INTO HAND.

FOOT SLIPPED & STEPPED DOWN OFF STEP 7 PANTS LEG HUNG ON EDGE OF STEP & LEG WAS SCRAPPED. [LACERATED]

EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING DOWN CLAY FROM OVERHEAD INSIDE DUST COLLECTOR; LOOKED UP AND CLAY FELL INTO EYES. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING USED, BUT CLAY FELL AROUND THE OUTER FRAME AREA.

EMPLOYEE SLAMMED OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT DOOR ON THUMB OF LEFT HAND FRACTURING END JOINT & DISPLACING THUMB NAIL.

FAN BELT HAND BROKEN ON FRONT EN DLOADER WHICH CAUSED THE LOADER TO BECOME OVER-HEATED, AND THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO REMOVE THE RADIATOR CAP FROM THE RADIATOR BEFORE THE RADIATOR HAD COOLED DOWN TO SAFELY REMOVE THE CAP. STEAM FROM THE RADIATOR ESCAPED FROM THE CAP AREA AND BURNED THE EMPLOYEE ON THE HAND.

EE WAS CHECKING FEEDER WAS PULLING ON IT WHEN IT SUDDENLY GAVE WAY AND MASHED TWO FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND RING AND MIDDLE FINGERS.

BACKING UP IN SHED WITH LOADER HIT BAD PLACE EXPER BURNING IN LOWER BACK

EMPL WAS DISMOUNTING FRONTEND LOADER STEPPED DOWN ON SIDE OF FOOT. EMPL HAS FRACTURE OF LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE HAD CHECKED TANK FARM & WAS RETURNING TO MOTOR CONTROL WHEN SHE STEPPED ON A SMALL ROCK WITH LEFT FOOT CAUSING HER TO FALL FRACTURE TO BONE IN RT ANKLE

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES FRONT-END LOADER TIRE RAN OVER LUMP OF CLAY ON STOCK PILE, ROCKED THE LOADER SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT AND THEN LEFT. EMPLOYEE ALLEGES THIS MOTION CAUSED SHARP PAIN TO HIS LOWER BA CK AND LEGS.

EMPL REPAIRING PTO CABLE UNDERNEATH BOOM TRUCK.AREA FOR WORK VERY CRAMPED EMPL HAND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO HIT HEAD ON TRUCK FRAME.

EMPL ADJUSTING MUD FLAP ON TRAILER-FENDER.PIPE BEING USED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENT SLIPPED AND STRUCK EMPL IN HEAD.LACERATION TO FOREHEAD.

CLIMBING UP AND DOWN LADDER TO OIL PLATES IN PALLETIZER UNIT. PRESSURE NEEDED TO PRODUCE OIL SPRAY FLOW FROM OIL BOTTLE IN A REPETITIVE ACTION UP TO 800-1000 TIMES PER DAY HAS CAUSED SORENESS TO THE RIGHT HAND AND ARM OF THE EE. THIS HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN OUT MILL FEEDER WITH A CROWBAR (WHILE THE FEEDER WAS STILL IN OPERATION) AND THE CROWBAR GOT CAUGHT IN THE FEEDER AND MASHED HIS RIGHT THUMB.

A MAINTENANCE EMEPLOYEE WAS WORKING ABOVE THE PRODUCTION AREA, AND CREATED A SITUATION OF MATERIAL FALLING FROM ABOVE ONTO A PRODUCTION EMPLOYEE BELOW. THE EMPLOYEE MOVED SWIFTLY TO GET AWAY F ROM THE MATERIAL FALLING FROM ABOVE AND STRUCK ABEAM WITH HIS RIGHT ELBOW. A CONTUSION TO THE ELBOW RESULTED.

THE EE WAS OUTSIDE LOADING A BULK TRUCK VERY HOT DAY AND BECAME OVERHEATED.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING AN ELECTRICAL CABINET & HI S HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CABINET & WALL (CABINET HAD A BOLT IN THE BACK) THE BOLT IN THE CABINET IS ACTUALLY WHAT CUT THE LITTLE FINGTER SECOND JOINT OF THE RIGHT HAND

IT WAS A VERY WARM DAY (102-104 DEGREES). EMPLOYEE WAS TAGGING STORES INVENTORY ITEMS AND BECAME TOO HOT. BECAME SICK. AFTER LEAVING WORK, SHE FELT WORSE. EMPLOYEE CALLED IN SICK THE NEXT MORI ING AND SAID SHE DID NOT FEEL WELL AND FELT SHE HAD BECOME TOO HOT THE LAST DAY SHE WORKED. WAS SENT TO THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR SAID SHE WAS DEHYDRATED. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN FLUIDS AND ORDERE

EMPL LOOSENING MOUNTING BOLT ON FOOT OF BLOWER.WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND EMPL CUT FINGER ON GUARD MOUNT.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING CALCINER FEED BIN & WIND BLEW DUST/SAND PARTICLES INTO HIS EYES EYE HAD SWELLING OVERNIGHT SENT TO FAMILY MEDCENTER TO HAVE EYE CHECK EYE WAS CLEANED & MEDICATION GIVEN T O PREVENT INFECTION (RIGHT EYE)

WALKING THROUGH CLAY SHED GOING TO SCRATCH HIS EYE POKED FINGER IN R EYE SCRATCHED IT

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO LUNCH AND ENCOUNTERED A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WHO WAS OPERATING A FORKTRUCK, SHE BEGAN A CONVERSATION WITH THE FORKTRUCK OPERATOR. THE FORKTRUCK RAN OVER THE TOES OF HER LEFT FOOT. SHE SIMPLY GOT INVOLVED IN HER CONVERSATION AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO MOVING EQUIPMENT. BRUISE TO LITTLE TOE OF LEFT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING AIR CONDITIONING UNIT FOR CLEANING AND WAS LIFTING UNIT ONTO A CART,TWISTED AND EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT TO THE LOWER BACK.

EMPL WAS CHANGING TIRE ONPAYLOADER & BAR SLIPPED OFF ONE OF NUTS. MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WA MASHED BETWEEN CHEATER BAR & GROUND.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A FLOOR JACK TO MOVE A HOPPER FULL OF CLAY. THE WHEELS OF THE FLOOR JACK BECAME STUCK IN A HOLE OR RECESSION IN THE FLOOR SO THE EMPLOYEE MANUALLY TRIED TO MOVE THE JACK AN D TRIED PULLING IT OUR OF THE HOLE OR RECESSION AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

ALUMINUM JACKET ROLLING OFF MATERIAL BOXES.EMPL CAUGHT METAL AND WHEN HE DID IT CUT HIS ARM.DEEP LACERATION ON LEFT FOREARM.

MOVING R CARS FOR LOADING DISMOUNTING HOPPER CAR STEPPED IN HOLE ON R. CAR TWISED HIS R. FT.EMP SRAINED R. ANKLE.

EMPL HELPING MAINT.CREW INSTALL TRANSFORMER.BALANCING IT WITH HIS HEAD CAUSED SORE NECK AND UPPER BACK.

UNWRAPPING GREASE GUN & HOSE FROM ROUND GREASE BARREL WHILE WALKING BACKWARD.STEPPED ON PIECE OF WOOD CAUSING EMPL TO TWIST RIGHT LEG AND FALL ON FLOOR OF MINE SHOP.EMPL TWISTED HIS BACK WHICH HAD BEEN INJURED IN A PREVIOUS ACCIDENT.

WET METAL AND WET SHOES ON TRAILER. UNSAFE FOOTING.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ROTATING GEAR AND CAUGHT HIS THUMB IN THE GEAR THEETH. HE RUSHED INTO THE JOB AND WAS NOT SLOW AND DELIBERATE ABOUT HIS ACTIONS OR RUNNING THE BLOWER THROUGH IT S MOTIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING BAGS OF KAOLIN CLAY ONTO THE BAG CONVEYOR AND EXPERIENCED PAIN TO THE LOWER BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING BAGS IN POLYBAG DUST COLLECTOR AND DUE TO BEING SHORT HAD TO STRETCH TO CLAMP THE BAGS IN PLACE. DURING THIS STRETCHING MOTION, THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN BACK AT T IME THE EMPLOYEE FELT IT WAS NOT SERIOUS BUT HAS SINCE EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT AND REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 3-9-88.

EMPLOYEE WAS SP5ITTING OFF-WEIGHT BAGS OF CLAY FOR RECYCLING THROUGH THE MILLS.HE WAS TWISTING TO SPREAD THE CLAY EVENLY AS IT FLOWED FROM THE BAGS AND TWISTED HIS BACK CAUSING LOWER BACK STRA IN. 3

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING WATER COOLERS FROM BED OF PICKUP TRUCK PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK(LEFT SIDE) EMPLOYEE DID NOT FEEL INJURY WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO REPORT & WAITED UNTIL NEXT DAY HE STILL FEL T IT WAS NOT BA8 ENOUGH TO SEE A DOC.ON 25TH ON THE MORNING OF THE 26TH HE WAS STILL HAVING DISCOMFORT & FELT HE SHOULD SEE A DOC.PULLED MUSCLE & MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED LIFTING RESTRICTION

GRONDS HAD A WO2DEN BOARD LYING ON THE GROUND, HE WAS STEPPING OVER A CEMENT WALL AND ENCOUNTERED THE BOARD AND TRIPPED AND FELL. HE WAS NOT IN A DESIGNATED WALK AREA

EE WAS PLACING 5 CLEANUP HOPPER ON ITS TRACK & HIS THUMB GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HOPPER & FORKLIFT. THERE IS AN OPEN FRACTURE TO T EH RT THUMB & A DAMAGED THUMBNAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING BACK PLATE ON TAILING PUMP AND THE BACK PLATE SLIPPED AND INJURED RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FINGERNAIL BED AND DEEP CUTS REQUIRING SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS BEATING ON A FEEDER BIN (WHILE ITWAS IN OPERATION) WITH A HAMMER. FEEDER CAUGHT HANDLE OF HAMMER AND HANDLE OF HAMMER MADE HEAVY CONTACT WITH THE FINGER. FINGER WAS BROKEN ON THE TIP END JOINT AND CUT. THE EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO WEAR A FINGER SPLINT FOR THREE WEEKS.

EMPLOYEE WAS DROPPING HOPPER CAR DOWN FOR LOADING BRAKES ON HOPPER WERE RELEASED CHAIN WAS CAUGHT ON ROD THAT APPLIES BRAKES HOPPER CAR WAS MOVING T OO FAST AND THE EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF CAR AND FELL TO GROUND COMPOUND FX OF LOWER LEG & ANKLE WAS THE END RESULT

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING BEARING OFF SHAFT AND SLIPPED FALL APPX 3 FT ONTO LEFT KNEE. CONTUSION TO LEFT KNEE WAS DIAGNOSIS FROM DR.

A LADDER USED BY EE WAS PLACED IN BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK WITH PART OF LADDER EXTENDING OVER THE TAILGATE. IN A RAINSTORM IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP RAIN OUR OF FACE EE WAS LOOKING DOWN INSTEAD OF FRO FORWARD & RAN INTO THE LADDER.