LID CAME OFF PUMP CAUSING STEAM TO ESCAPE RAPIDLY, BURNING UPPER BODY.
HENDERSON PLANTMetal/Nonmetal
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 2000–2003
- Latest incident
- Mar 2003
Reportable incidents
7 on file2003 · 1 incident
2002 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE HYDRATE OPERATOR TO TELL HIM TO START THE BULK. HE SLIPPED ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR THAT HAD LIME ON IT AND WAS WET. HE INJURED HIS RIGHT KNEE. SURGERY WAS ON 2/21/03.
2001 · 1 incident
THE EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A HYDRATOR MIXER BOX. HE WENT TO PULL UP ON THE BY-PASS VALVE (HANDLE) WHEN THE HANDLE CAME OFF AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FOREHEAD.
2000 · 4 incidents
EE WAS GRINDING A BRACKET HE HAD WELDED WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG WENT UNDER HIS SAFTY GLASSES, CAUSING PAIN IN HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS WALKING UP HYDRATOR STAIRS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE, REOCCURING INJURY FROM JANUARY 2000.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN A STAIRWAY AND WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE MISJUDGED GROUND LEVEL AND HYPER-EXTENDED HIS LEFT KNEE.
EE WAS WALKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HYDRATOR WHEN HE SLIPPED IN WET LIME TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE.