HEAVY RAIN- ACCUMULATED DRILL CUTTINGS. EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO WET DIRTY PLATFORM AND FELL BACKWARD. INJURY OCCURRED WHEN HE TRIED TO BREAK HIS FALL; CONTUSION TO ELBOW OCCURRED.
Cyprus Twin Buttes Corporation Metal/Non-Metal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Years on record
- 1983–1989
- Latest incident
- Nov 1989
Reportable incidents
18 on file1989 · 7 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING METAL & PIECES OF SLAG FLEW UP BEHIND HIS GOGGLES BEING WORN & BECAME LODGED IN HIS L EYE
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT UNDER FEEDER, AND ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HIS HARD HAT BUT ROCK CAUSED DAMAGE TO HIS BACK AND SHOULDER.
EMPLOYEE REMOVING FROZEN WHEEL BEARING ON COMPANY TRUCK, A BEARING RACE CHIPPED AND A PIECE WENT INTO EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND, EMBEDDING IN THE BONE.
EMPL CLAIMS HE WAS JARRED WHEN THE SHOVEL DROPPED A DIPPER FULL OF ROCK INTO HIS TRUCK BED WHILE THE TRUCK WAS STILL BACKING UP
EMPL STRUCK BY BALL OF FLAME WHEN EXPLOSION OCCURRED WHILE SITTING ON ELECTROWINNING CELL REMOVING WATER HOSE.
12' X 8" STEEL I BEAM WAS BEING LIFTED AT ONE END BY I NAME AND W NAME ABOUT 10" HIGH FOR BLCOKING PAIN INLOWER ABDOMEN AND GROIN AREA BEGAN WHEN STEEL WAS RELEASED
1988 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HE WAS STRUCK IN THE FACE BY A PIECE OF METAL WHEN A POWER RAM SLIPPED UNDER PRESUURE DURING AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE A LARGE BEARING FROM A SHAFT.
LOST GRIP WHEN IDLER ASSEMBLY MOVED AND FELL APPROX 6 FT FROM ELEVATED TRUSS. LOST HIS BALANCE AND TRIED TO GRAB ON TO A BOLT BUT BOLT WAS NOT TIGHTENED.
EMPL WORKED 10 HOURS ON 9-26-88 HE DID NO REPORT AN INJURY ON THIS DATE THE NEXT DAY HE CALLED IN SICK AND SAID HE HAD HURT HIS BACK BUTDID NOT INDICAT THAT IT HAD OCCURRED ATWORK HE WAS ONLY EMPLOYED WITH US FOR ONE DAY
1986 · 1 incident
EMPL REMOVING W2OD PALLETS AND WAS BITTEN BY BLACK WIDOW SPIDER.
1985 · 3 incidents
EMPL WAS OPERATING A LATHE.SHAVINGS FELL TO FLOOR.EMPL ATTEMPTED TO PICK THEM UP BY HAND.SOME CAUGHT ON FLOORING AND WAS DRAWN ACROSS HAND CUTTING THROUGH GLOVE AND CUTTING LEFT FINGER.
CUTTING A PIECE OF PIPE WITH A TORCH AND A PIECE OF HOT SLAG GOT ON RIGHT EAR. INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED UNTIL 8-8-85 AT WHICH TIME INFECTION HAD SET IN.
EE WAS ADDING WATER TO T HE RADIATOR OF P-29 LOADER FROM A HOSE ATTACHED TO A SPRING EQUIPPED ELF WINDING REEL. EE WAS STNADIN ON LOADER & ATTEMPTED TO PULL MORE SLACK IN THE HOSE & TWISTED HIS KNEE IN THE ATTEMPT.
1984 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS USING ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMER TO TRIM HEDGE AND CUT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND
A HOSE USED TO SEND GSX RAFFINATE SOLUTION TO DRYER SCRUBBER FOR CLEANING PURPOSES BEGAN LEAKING AND SPRAYED IN EMPLOYEES EYES WHILE HE WAS WALKING BY
1983 · 2 incidents
EE WAS APPLYING RUST PREVENTION TO A SHROUD ON A DRIVE SHAFT WHEN THE COUPLING SHROUD SLIPPED & CAUGHT HIS ELFT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE SHROUD & SHAFT.
EE WAS STANDIN G ON AN OILY SIRFACE WHEN HE WAS PULLING A PLATE FROM BEHIND A SHEER. HE SLIPPED & FELL INJURING HIS BACK.