Santa Rita Plan: 221 citaciones de la MSHA Metal/Non-Metal

Employee tripped on a metal bar causing them to fall into guard and fracture left hand.

Employee was using a 10 lb. hammer to help product flow on a bin when he felt pain in his right arm. Employee was diagnosed with a right bicep tendon strain/tear and placed on restricted duty.

The employee was inside a retractable cage on top of a bulk truck loading the truck. The truck moved forward without warning and pinned the employee's leg between the truck hatch and the retractable cage ladder.

While the mechanic was inside the Mill removing the Journal's he hit his head on an overhead pipe knocking off his hard hat.

Employee was working on mill when gear of unit fell (30 lbs), trying to catch falling object, resulting in hyperextension/rotation and extension of right shoulder.

There was no specific accident. We only learned of the situation when the employee called to say he was not coming to work on 03/24/11 because he was going to the doctor. He complained of sore and achey wrists. He had been moving/stacking pallets and running the forklift the shift prior. He was diagnosed with "Tenosynov Hand/Wrist Neck"

Employee was standing on a wind box attaching and applying pressure to a bolt to a lid on top of the mill. EE slipped and fell down apx 5-1/2 feet and hit is right hand on equipment guard, while falling cutting his hand and landing on his left side and back.

Rock being crushed by Jaw entered drive pulley, fragmented rock, fragment hit employee on left hand.

RESTACKING 100 LB BAGS OF POOL MIX FROM ONE DEFECTIVE PALLET TO A GOOD PALLET. PICKED UP A BAG AND FELT A SHARP PAIN ON HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE IS CLAIMING WORKERS COMP. DUE TO STRESS/NERVES SO BAD THAT SHE CAN NOT WORK & ANXIETY ATTACKS. UNKNOWN AS TO WHEN THIS PROBLEM BEGAN OR WHEN HER FIRST DR.'S VISIT WAS. SHE REPORTED THIS AS A WORKERS COMP. ON 10/13/04 TO THE SAFETY MANAGER.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SHRINK WRAPPING PRODUCT WHEN HE STEPPED WRONG & HIS ANKLE ROLLED TO THE SIDE. SPRAINED ANKLE.

REMOVING NUT OFF AIR VALVE TO SOUTH SILO SPOUT WRENCH SLIPPED AND STRUCK LEFT SIDE OF JAW, CAUSING FRACTURE TO TEETH.

EE DID NOT LOCK MACHINE OUT BEFORE SLIDING UNDER9" H BY 32" W OPENING AT FLOOR LEVEL. MACHINE WAS RUNNING WITH ALL GUARDS IN PLACE. HE WAS LAYING ON HIS STOMACH WHEN ELEVATOR CAME DOWN AND PINNED HIS UPPER THIGHS.

EE WAS LIFTING 100 LB PUMPS BAG TO PUT IN GARBAGE. HE FELT A TWINGE IN HIS BACK. THE NEXT MORINING WED 9-22 THE SAID HIS BACK WAS HURTING MORE AND CALLED OUR OFFICE TO ASK US WHO HE SOULD GO S EE-DR SAID OK TO RETURN MON 9-27-99.

WHILE CHIPPING SLAG FFROM A WELD, WITH HIS WELDING HELMET FLIPPED UP-BUT SAFETY GLASSES WERE ON,A PIECE OF SLAG FLEW INTO EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE. THIS CAUSED A SCRATCH ON HIS RIGHT CORNEA.

PORTABLE STEAM CLEANER WAS TOO HEAVY.

OIL DRAIN LINE HAS A TIGHT FIT.

EE WAS WORKING AT PRIMARY CRUSHER DISLODGING BOULDER. AFTER HE COMPLETED JOB, HE CARRIED CHAINS DOWN CRUSHER RAMP TO RETURN THEM TO THE MAINTENANCE SHOP, WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPE DOUT FROM UN DER HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON HIS SIDE.

INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING 100 POUND BAGS ACROSS GRAVITY ROLLERS FEEDING A PALLETIZER. HIS LEFT HANDBECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TOP GRAVITY ROLLER & THE POWERED RETURN BELT.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER BALDE BY A FIST SIZE ROCK WHICH FELL FROM A HIGHWALL.RTHE EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED MANAGEMENT AND THEN WENT BACK TO WORK.TWO WEEKS LATER HE WAS COMPLAINING O F A SORE SHOULDER AND WAS SENT TO A DOCTOR.HE THEN WENT TO HIS OWN DOCTOR WHO SAID HE SHOULD BE HOME RELAXING.THE INCIDENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A SEMI AUTOMATIC PALLETIZING SYSTEM. AS BAGS ENTER THE PALLETIZING TABLE THEY CROSS OVER FOUR UNPOWERED ROLLERS. THE EMPLOYEE SOMEHOW CAUGHT HIS GLOVE ON THE THIRD UNPOW ERED ROLLER. THE FORCE OF THE BAG CAUSED HIS THUMB AND WEB AREA TO GO BETWEEN THE 3RD AND 4TH ROLLERS. AS EMPLOYEE PULLED HIS HAND BACK IT BECAME LACERATED BETWEEN THE FOREFINGER AND THUMB.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A JOHN DEER LOADER. HE TOOK A STEP BACKWARDS & HIS LEFT HEEL DROPPED INTO SMALL HJOLE. AT THAT TIME HE FELT HIS LEFT KNEE "POP" OR SNAP.

EMPLOYEE WAS ADJUSTING A 50# BAG FROM A PACING CONVEYOR TO MORE EASILY ALIGN IT INTO THE PALLETIZING SECTION. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PACING CONVEYOR THERE AREA A NON-POWERED ROLLERS. EMPLOYEE G RABBED THE BAG IN THE AREA BETWEEN PACING CONVEYOR AND 1ST FREE ROLLER. THE GLOVE ON HIS LEFT HAND WAS PULLED IN BY THE PACING CONVEYOR CAUSING HIS HAND TO BE PULLED IN AND CAUGHT BETWEEN CON

55061S WORKING NEAR A CONVEYOR BELT AT SPEED BELT STATION AND WAS UNLOADING 100 LB BAGS OF PRODUCTS. HE CAUGHT ONE BAG BUT MISSED A SECOND BAG WHICH EE CLAIMS FELL OFF THE BLET AND STRUCK HIS 99783 KNEE CAUSING PAIN.

EMPL CLAIMS TO HAVE INJURED BACK AT WORK.HOWEVER ACCOUNT OF INJURY VARIES TO THE POINT THAT THIS INJURY WILL BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANY.

USING PRY BAR WHEN PRESSUE SPRUNG CAME LOOSE IT STRUCK IN MOUTH

BATTERY IN PICK UP EXPLODED WHILE EE WAS HOOKING UP CHARGE TO DEAD BATTERY SPARKS CAUSED GASES TO EXPLODE.