Employee fell, while inside of a fall protection cage, on top of a pneumatic trailer during the loadout process. During the fall, the employee struck EE's right side breaking 3 ribs and received other non-reportable contusions and abrasions.
JASPER PLANTMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 19
- Years on record
- 2014–2025
- Latest incident
- Aug 2025
Reportable incidents
19 on file2025 · 1 incident
2024 · 5 incidents
Laceration to left middle finger when air lock shifted and pinched finger.
While cleaning an air duct, the duct shifted and pinched employees hand between duct and railing of work platform.
While operating a stand on skid steer, employee backed into a blow line pinching their foot resulting in a contusion.
Pinched left hand ring finger from belt skiving tool.
Probable foreign material in left hand. Treated w/ first aid until 1/23/24, when explored wound site and found nothing. Wound site closed. Reporting out of an abundance of caution.
2023 · 2 incidents
While climbing ladder to excavator, employee's foot slipped, resulting in discomfort in right calf. Injury did not require medical initially. Injury became reportable on 11/8/23 when employee reported swelling and bruising and injury became lost time.
Worker caught left wrist between skid loader and equipment resulting in a fracture.
2020 · 3 incidents
Hatch on tanker trailer had bounced closed. Employee climbed up trailer to open hatch w/o fall protection and fell to ground. Employee incurred broken jaw and ribs, brain hemorrhage & contusions to liver, kidney & lung.
While unplugging the cracker mill, operators hand slipped and became caught in the tensioner assembly, resulting in a laceration of the ring finger, right hand.
Employee claims they fell to the ground when pushed by a co-worker, suffering a lumbar strain.
2019 · 3 incidents
While walking on a slightly pitched roof, employee slipped and fell to the roof.
While on knees, employee reached under an auger and reports feeling a twinge in back.
While stepping off a ramp onto a trailer top to work on a hatch, employee reports feeling left knee buckle.
2018 · 2 incidents
Plant was replacing an auger that was suspended with rigging straps. The motor and drive were attached, offset and balancing at the 12:00 position. The motor & drive unexpectedly became unbalanced and rolled to the 6:00 position, pinching the employees right hand. Cuts to the index and middle fingers required stitches. Improper rigging allowed the motor and drive to roll.
Employee using a hand grinder and got a piece of metal in right eye
2015 · 2 incidents
The employee took off bearing cover of a screw conveyor when hot grease sprayed his forearm, hand and face.
employee was shoveling material into a pile and aggravated the ulnar nerve in the left elbow.
2014 · 1 incident
Employee was taking a two piece cover off of an elevator door with a chisel and a hammer to pry the two pieces apart. The chisel became dislodged from between the two pieces and struck the employee in the forehead above the right eyebrow.