Sandy Ridge Mill Metal/Non-Metal

The employee was beating the cone at the bottom of tank #6 to loosen mud that had accumulated at the bottom of the tank. The head of the hammer glanced off the side of the tank. Because of this, he hit his left hand on the guard rail of the catwalk. This caused severe pain, numbness, and swelling in his left hand.

While employee was stepping from a platform to load a truck his right foot slipped off the side of the truck causing his right arm come in contact with a guard rail. This caused a contusion on the elbow area and the employee was suffering from pain.

Employee was attempting to pull a metal basket out of a trailer he was loading with bentonite clay. While doing so he injured his right bicep. The basket was in bad condition and a new basket was already being contructed by a contractor. Employee should not have been using the damaged basket.

Employee was trying to maneuver a 400 pound air compressor when he felt a sting in his lower part of his back.

Employee stated that he stepped backwards to the right side at the same time when he twisted his right ankle.

An employee had his annual hearing test conducted on 8/23/11. On 9/8/11 information came back that he had a Standard threshold Shift (STS). On 9/12/11 employee was retested. On 9/27/11 results came back from resulting in a STS in his right ear. The employee works in an office and wears hearing protection whenever he goes in the plant.

An employee was climbing an extension ladder, when the ladder lost it's footing and slid to the ground with the employee landing on his right ankle, causing a bad sprain.

Subject was cutting a bolt off the bottom of a screw hopper when the hot bolt fell on the floor igniting the material cellflo that had spilled and accumulated causing a fire. The subject was taken to the emergency room where he was treated for 1st and 2nd degree burns. He was released the next day.

Around 11:30 am the subject was at the back of the maintenance shop telling another employee that he felt dizzy and had a sharp pain in his left arm and shoulder. Ambulance was called and he was taken to the hospital.

Employee reported that his foot slipped off a rung of a fixed ladder while he was carrying a sample jar causing him to fall about 7 or 8 feet to the ground landing on his feet and legs first then falling on his back.

An employee was cleaning the pan conveyor when the clay shifted under his feet causing him to fall first onto the pan conveyor, hurting his back and he said he did this x3.

Employee walked into the office and told his supervisor that he was feeling some pain in his lower back and that he had started feeling some pain after running the 100 pound bag load on Thursday.

On 2/6/07 around 11:30am, the #1 dryer was shut down to make some adjustments on the PLC Controllers. Around 11:45, plant people noticed flames coming out of the ID Fan Piping, at that time we got the fire hose located in the dryer room and began to spray the fire. The fire dept was called out to assist, fire was extinguished around 12:20pm. No one was hurt.

On January 29, 2007 around 3:25 pm Loader operator noticed that one of the teeth on the front end loader's bucket was bent. He then took a hammer and tried to straighten the tooth when a piece of metal flew off the tooth and struck him in the right leg just to the left of the knee cap.

Ee was running 100 lbs bags when one of the bags got twisted up on the conveyor he stopped the conveyor and moved the stuck bag, his lower part of his back began to hurt.

EE WAS WORKING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF A 1845 CASE UNILOADER AND BUMPED HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE MACHINE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN AT THAT TIME. ON 2/19/06 EE NOTICED THAT HIS RIGHT HAND BELOW HIS PINKIE HAD SWOLLEN. ON 2/20/06 HE CAME TO WORK & HIS HAND WAS STILL SWOLLEN. HE SOAKED IT THE NEXT NIGHT. X-RAY ON 2/22/06 REVEALED FRACTURE.

Employee arrived at work around 12:00 am; he noticed on the surveillance camera that the crude stockpile showed gray color on the screen. He thought it had fallen down; he then took off the dryer area and saw a flame coming from a pile of coal under the coal bin tank. At that time two employees came up and together they put out the fire with water. It took about1:20 minutes.

Employee was climbing the ladder on the Cat Loader he operates. He dropped his portable radio and while holding on with his right hand reached to pick it up with his left hand. He jerked his right arm causing pain in his right shoulder.

While using a sledge hammer to clean out a valve on the crude tank the employee hurt his right shoulder

Employee moved a ladder and hurt his back.

Employee was loading 50 lb. bags when he noticed pain in his back and left leg.

Employee was engaging the PTO valve and left hand slipped off valve striking hand on metal frame of driver's seat.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON UNEVEN CONCRETE BY SCALE AND TWISTED RIGHT ANKLE.

EE DUCKED UNDER A CONVEYER, HIS HEEL SLIPPED, HE FELL AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER AND HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED. HE FELL & TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING AN OXYGEN BOTTLE & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN LEFT GROIN.

EE WAS CLEANING IN FRONT OF THE BAG PACKER WHEN HE TURNED TO THE LEFT TO PLACE A SHOVEL OF CLAY INTO A CLAY DISPOSAL HOPPER, THIS CAUSED PAIN INTHE LOWER LEFT BACK AREA.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER INTO A RAILCAR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LEFT HAND STRUCK A WALL CAUSING A CONTUSION.

EE WAS WORKING IN TUNNEL, BENDING OVER HE BACKED INTO AN OBJECT CAUSING LOWER BACK PAIN. *** EE DID NOT REPORT TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 3/10/03.

WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT RIGHT HAND.

EE'S HAND SLIPPED OFF PIPE AND GOT CAUGHT IN ROTARY LOCK.

EE LEANED OVER TO PICK BAG OF MATERIAL OFF FLOOR& BACK STARTED HURTING.

EE WAS TRYING TO UNSTOP A PIPE & A TRAP DOOR CLOSED ON HIS RIGHT THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION.

EE WAS STANDING ON RUNNING BOARD OF SEMI-TRUCK. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON WET PAVEMENT CAUSING INJURY TO RIGHT ANKLE.

EE WAS WORKING ON HEAD PULLEY AND HAD A CAN OF ANTI-SIEZE SPRAY. WHEN EE PUSHED VALVE ON CAN TO SPRAY, THE CAN EXPLODED WOUNDING EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.

AS EE GOT OFF LADDER, FOOT SLIPPED AND RIGHT KNEE HIT AGAINST LADDER.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A GRATE AND IT TURNED UP, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL INJURING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EE WAS TRYING TO CLOSE GATE ON RAIL CAR WITH SLEDGE HAMMER. HE SLIPPED WHEN HE SLUNG HAMMER AND HIT HIS LEFT HAND ON RAIL CAR INJURY THUMB.

EE WAS PLACING GRATES IN THE ROTARY DRYER WHEN HE BENT OVER AND COULDN'T STRAIGHTEN UP.

EE BENT OVER WHILE WORKING ON SCRAPER. IS EXPERIENCING PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE WAS MOVING A RAIL CAR WITH A PULLER AND WHEN HE GOT SLACK IN CAR PULLER ROPE HE TRIED TO PULL SLACK ONTO THE ROPE PULLED HIS RIGHT ARM CAUSING A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND FOREARM.

EE STEPPED IN DRAINAGE DITCH AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HWLPIMG MOVE RAIL CARS WITH RAIL CAR PULLER. THE HOLDING EYE ON RAIL CAR SNAPPED CAUSING HOOK OF RAIL CAR PULLER TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE IN REAR OF RIGHT MID CALF.

EMP WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER WHEN HE DROPPED HIS SAFETY GLASSES. WITH VEHICLE STILL MOVING HE BENT OVER FROM HIS SEAT TO PICK UP GLASSES AND HIS HEAD STRUCK THE DASH BOARD CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD ON TOP LEFT SIDE OF FOREHEAD.

WHILE TURNING A BELT PULLEY BY HAND THE EE'S HAND SLIPPED OFF AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT AND PULLEY AND LACERATED HIS LEFT RING FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A RAIL CAR; WITH A CASE LOADER HE STEPPED OFF THE LOADER & THE LOADER MOVED EMPLOYEE FELL & HIT HIS RT LEG ON THE RAIL CAR CAUSING HIS LEG TO BREAK

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF HIS TRUCK LOADING IT WHEN HIS KNEE STARTED HURTING

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING THE DOOR WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMED ON HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON DRYER ROLLER BEARING & THE PULL HANDLE BROKE AND EMPLOYEE FELL.

WHILE MAKING REPAIRS TO DOZER, EE SLIPPED AND FELL WITH A PIECE OF STEEL IN HIS LEFT HAND. HE HIT HIS HAND ON THE DOZER TRACK AND CUT AND FRACTURED LEFT INDEX FINGER.

WAS GETTING OFF CASE UNILOADER AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF CARDBOARD WITH A PIECE OF 2X4 BOARD UNDER IT, AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

WHILE WORKING ON SCRAPPER, EMPLOYEE CAUGHT A PUMP THAT WAS FALLING. HE OVEREXTENDED HIMELF AND PULLED A MUSCLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING OUR MINNING ROAD WHICH WAS DRY AND DUSTY. SAND GOT IN BOTH EYES AND HE RUBBED THEM AND SCRATCHED HIS EYE.

EMPLOYEE TWISTE DHIS LEFT WRIST WHILE LOADING 50LB BAGS ONTO A TRUCK.

WHILE TURNIGN A WRENCH UNDERNEATH OF A MACHINE BACK POPPED WHILE EXERTING PRESSURE ON WRENCH.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING GAS TANK FROM THE DRILL TRUCK. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE VALVE ON THE BOTTOM OF TANK & WAS TURNING IT OVER AND FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE TANK AND A PIECE OF IRON ON THE GROUND.

EE WAS LIFTING BAGS & PLACING THEM FROM ONE PALLET ONTO ANOTHER WHEN HE LIFTED ONE BAG HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK

55061S FILLING IN ON THE PACKING CREW STACKING BAGS. HE HURT HIS BACK WHILE STACKING BAGS HE SAID HE HAD ORIGINALLY HURT HIS BACK PLAYING BASKETBALL SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER BUT INJURED IT AGAIN 02313KING BAGS.

WHILE CHECKING RAIL CARS, FOOT SLIPPED ON LADDER LEADING INTO RAIL CAR BECAUSE IT WAS WET FROM RAIN.

EMPL WAS PAINTING METAL LADDER THAT LED TO ROOF OF BUILDING. FALLING RUST & DIRT FELL INTO EYES & HE RUBBED THEN CAUSING THEM TO BECOME INFLAMED & IRRITATED.

SLAG ON RAILROAD TRACK.

EMPL WAS LOADING 100 LB BAGS OF BENTONITE ON TRUCK & HURT BACK.

CLIMBING LADDER FELT PULL IN BACK OF LEG

LOADING TRUCK CONV FELL OFF TRUCK HURT BACK WHILE LIFTING BAG CONV ON TRUCK

WHILE SUSPENDED IN A WORK CAGE HE INJURED HIS BACK WHILE ATTEPTING TO LINE UP HOLES IN STORAGE TANK, BY OVERREACHING.

WHILE TIGHTENING ANCHOR BOLTS DURING TANK INSTALLATION EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK USING AN AIR WRENCH. THE BOLTS WERE AT GROUND LEVEL AND HE HAD TO BEND OVER A LOT.

TWISTED LEFT LEG AND SPRAINED LEFT KNEE WHILE GOING UP DRYER STAIRS OILING DRYER ROLLERS.

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A PIECE OF PIPE AND COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING SKIRTING ON CRUDE CONVEYOR BELT WHILE WELDER WAS WELDING AND LUMP OF CLAY ROLLED OFF PAN CONVEYOR AND SMASHED LEFT 5TH FINGER.

EMPL WAS REPARING WESTERN BELT ON CONVEYOR. HE TOOK TOP OFF WESTERN BELT TO PUT BELT BACK TOGETHER. WHEN HE LIFTED BELT HE TWISTED BACK.

EMPLOYEE TAKING A SAMPLE OF CLAY FROM MILL CYCLONE AND REACHED THROUGH THE HANDRAILS TO APPLY PRESSURE TO LOWER TIPPING VALVE AND OVER REACHED AND STRAIN HIS BACK.

I.NAME PLACING 7HE BAG CONVEYOR INTO A TRUCK AND HE ATTEMPTED TO STRAIGHTEN THE CONVEYOR INSIDE THE TRUCK BY PUSHING IT WITH HIS LEG WHILE DOING THIS HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE BAKC OF HIS LWOE R LEG 3

WHILE HE WAS LO5DING 50 LB. BAGS OF BENTONITE ONTO TRAIN BOXCAR, HE TOOK A BAG OFF THE CONVEYOR AND TURNED TO PLACE THE BAG NEAR THE EDGE OF THE DOORWAY AND SOMETHING PULLED IN HIS BACK.

I.NAME WAS OPER5TING THE DRILL TRUCK FOR SAMPLES. THE DRILL WAS BORING INTO THE CLAY ABOUT 50' BENEATH THE G ROUND. WHEN IT HIT SOMETHING WHICH PUT A STRAIN ON THE UNIVERSAL JOINT. THE U-JOIN T BROKE BECAUSE3OF THE STRAIN AND A PIECE OF METAL FLUNG AND HIT HIM IN HIS RIGHT CHEEK

I.NAME WAS HELPING I.NAME & I.NAME PUT A SECTION OF AUGER IN A PIPE MOUNTED ON AN INCLINE I.NAME USED A FORK TRUCK TO LIFT THE AUGER IN PLACE ONCE IT WAS STARTED IN THE PIPE I.NAME LOWERED THE FORKS AND STARTED HELPING I.NAME & I.NAME WORK WITH THE AUGER TO PUT IN PLACE I.NAME WAS ON THE HIGH END I.NAME IN THE CENTER AND I.NAME ON THE LOW END WHEN THE AUGER SLIDE INTO THE PIPE I.N

PLACING SHEET METAL IN METAL RACK

WAS USING A PRY BAR TO UNTRAP MATERIAL IN THE PAN CONVEYOR AND LUMP CRUSHER WHEN THE BAR SLIPPED BY THE MATERIAL, HITTING THE WRIST, CAUSING A FRACTURE.

WAS USING A PRY BAR TO A BEARING ON THE DRYER, WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TOLOSE HIS BALANCE AND FALL.

A BROKEN WELD ON THE LADDER GAVE WAY FALLING ON EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT. HE WAS REMOVING LADDER FROM THE PLATFORM FOR REAR DRYER REPAIR.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING DRUM OF TRASH ON THE DOZER TO TAKE TO THE TRASH PILE HE LIFTED UP THE DRUM TO PLACE OF TOP OF THE DOZER BLADE WHEN THE TOP OF THE DRUM HIT THE JACK CYLINDER AND THE DRUM F FELL BACK AGAINST EMPLOYEES FINGER AND MASHED IT BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE DRUM AND THE TOP OF THE DOZER BLADE.

HELPING REPLACE BELTS ON DUST COLLECTOR FAN MOROXX MOTOR AND STRAINED BACK WHILE D DOING SO.

ROBERT WAS GOING TO RUN COLD WATER INTO THE DRYER TANK THAT WAS 200DEG THIS CAUSED THE WATER TO XPAND CREATING HOT STEAM WHICH IN TURN BLEW OUT CAUSING BURNS ON ROBERT