Wilmington PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Employee pulled pallet jack manually into position instead of taking an extra step to use forklift to move pallet jack or ask for assistance. Suffered groin strain to lower right side.

Employee was stripping scrap copper wire with a razor knife. The knife slipped and cut his left wrist. The laceration was repaired with sutures.

EE reported to me that on 5/31/11 he strained his back while bagging. He reported this on 6/2/11. He was sent to the medical center for evaluation. He is scheduled for massage therapy with ice and medication. EE is to be reevaluated 3-4 days.

Employee and co-worker were dumping drums into a blender feed hopper. They were using a metal pipe to hit the side of the drum in an effort to soften the material. While co-worker was swinging the metal pipe, the pipe hit the side of the hopper and then struck employee's hand.

Injured and another employee were replacing a 10 ft x 3"" angle. While putting it in place it slipped out of his hands pinching his finger between the angle and cement wall.

Was getting some empty sacks to fill, stepped back and fell over a skid with a small sack on it.

He was helping replace a packer. He bent down to pick something up and hit his neck on a super sack fill pipe when he stood up.

Injured EE and another EE were trying to remove a bearing with a puller and a hydraulic pump, when the puller slipped and hit EE in the head and shoulder. EE received 4 stitches, he did have his hard har and safety glasses on.

Was helping maintenance change screen. Maintenance had unit in air, not rigged proper and not slid out of way. Lid broke and fell 4 inchs and hit his arm.

Working on a screening unit, did not have it rigged proper, lid broke and fell about 4 inches. Did not slide unit out of way. Had arms under unit.

WAS GETTING OFF A FORKLIFT AND STEP ON THE FLOOR WHERE IT WAS UNEVEN AND TWISTED ANKLE. (HE GOT TO WORK AT 8:00AM, WAS SENT TO OMEGA CENTER TO BE CHECK OUT. HE HAD A DRUG TEST AND FAILED, HE WAS TERMINATED

repetitive lifting of 50 and 100 lb bags.

Employee stepped off scale onto a shovel and twisted his foot.

EE SLIPPED ON MATERIAL AND BROKE HIS ANKLE. PAY LOADER OPERATOR WAS IN PROCESS OF LOADING A FEED HOPPER WITH ROUNDED FEED. MATERIAL SPILLED OUT OF BUCKET WHILE LOADING HOPPER.

EE SPRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING 100 LBS BAGS.

EMPLOYEE TWISTED FOOT/ ANKLE ON A PIECE OF DIRT WHILE HOUSEKEEPING.

WHILE TURNING ON A FORKLIFT WITH PALLET,THE PALLET STRUCK EE WHO WAS WALKING PAST. EE WAS NOT IN HIS ASSIGNED WORK AREA.

WHILE SHRINK COVERING A PALLET OF PRODUCT USING A HEAT GUN THE PALLET WRAP CAUGHT FIRE. EE USED HIS HAND TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. HE DID NOT USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. HE STATED THAT HE PANICKED.

EMPLOYEE FAINTED AT WORK STATION, CALLED EMS. TRANPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CLEANING THE PAYLOADER WINDOWS AND REACHED OUT TOO FAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE WORKED TO THE END OF HIS SHIFT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO ANYON E. ON MONDAY HE WENT TO HIS DOCTOR AND DID NOT COMPLETE AND ACCIDENT REPORT UNTIL 1-29-02.

EE WAS OPERATING ROTATING DISH PELLETIZER. IN ANEFFORT TO CHECK PELLET SIZING HE SAMPLED DISH DISCHARGE PELLETS INTO LAB TEST SIEVES. AS HE SEPARATED THE TEST SIEVE, THE SIEVE CONTACTED THE ROTATING DISH. THE DISH PULLED THE SIEVE OUTOF HIS HAND CUTTING OPEN HIS INDEX FINGER.

EE HAD CHEST PAINS ON RIGHT SIDE.

2 EES ATTEMPTING TO PLACE STEEL TUBE LEGS ONTO STEEL FLAT PLATE FOR WELD WITH A FORKLIFT. THE LEGS DID NOT LINE UP, SO EE TRIED TO LIFT AND PLACE. THE STEEL LEGS WERE TOO HEAVY AND HE DROPPED THEM ONTO HIS WRIST.

WHILE TRAINING A NEW EE, EE LIFTED A FEW 50# BAGS. HE IS RESTRICTED FROM LIFTING MORE THAN 20 LBS. HE DID NOT ADHERE TO HIS DR.'S RESTRICTION AND DID NOT FOLLOW CO. INSTRUCTIONS. HE REAGGRAVAT ED A PRIOR INJURY.

EE TRAVELED THE WRONG WAY WITH A FORKLIFT AN CONTACTED A SHEET OF ICE. AS A RESULT THE FORKLIFT LOST CONTROLL AND HIT A PLANT TRAILER. DURING THIS COLLISION EE INJURED HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE HAD PREVIOUS RT ANKLE INJURY. WHILE EXITING SILO GROUND LEVEL HE TWISTED RT ANKLE BY STEPPING OFF A 4"" HIGH CONCRETE FLOOR. GRANUSOL LINE #3.

EE WORKED ON 3/28/00 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM. HE CAME BACK IN ON THIRD SHIFT 11:30 PM. HE STATES THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM AND WENT HOME.

EE CLIMBED FROM ONE FORKLIFT TO ANOTHER, THE OTHER FORKLIFT WAS WET AND SNOWY. HE DID NOT SIT DOWN, PUT THE FORKLIFT IN REVERSE. WHILE MOVING, HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE FORKLIFT AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO FORKLIFTS. HE PANICKED AND PULLED HIS LEG OUT FROM BETWEEN THE TWO.