AMELIA BARITE PLANT: 101 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee operating bag spout valve up and down filling 4000# bags at tank #1. he reported his shoulder was bothering him. We sent him to the company doctor and the doctor said that he had a bone spur to take aleve and he was released for full duty work (it was an first aid only case). employee says still hurting and went to see his own doctor and now he is waiting to get an MRI.

employee was swapping bulk loading hose from tank 6 over to tank 7. He squatted down to close ears for connection, stood back up and felt a slight release followed by what felt like fluid filling in my lower back. Went to walk to pumper scale house and was starting to feel pain and stiffness with each step.

Employee was sitting down welding on a mill part (spider) when slag from the welding rod fell inside his laceup boot burning the inside of his left ankle and bottom of left foot.

While stacking 100# bags of barite on pallets employee's left hand got caught between moving rubber conveyor belt and non moving roller belt. Employee was wearing gloves and the emergency stop button did work stopping the belt. Hospital said employee strained muscles in hand & arm.

While stacking 40kg bags of barite on 42"x42" pallets employee's right foot entered the forklift slot in the pallet. When employee turned to put bag on pallet he lost his balance and his right foot became lodged in the pallet dislocating his big toe on his right foot.

EE WAS DESENDING A FIXED POSITION LADDER, MISSEDLAST RUNG AND PULLED NECK MUSCLE ON LT. SIDE.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON WET MUD CAUSED BY A RAINSTORM THE PREVIOUS EVENING. HE SLIPPED WHILE STEPPING FROM THE METAL DOCK PLATE ONTO UNPAVED/UNCONCRETED GROUND BETWEEN THE DOCK AND THE CONCRETE SL AB.

EMPLOYEE WAS RE-STACKING 100# M-I GEL BAGS FROM 1 PALLET TO ANOTHER WAS WEARING LIFTING BACK SUPPORT & USING PROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUES(ACCORDING TO EMPLOYEE) STRAINED UPPER & LOWER BACK MUSCLE S DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY TO COMPANY UNTIL 09-28-95

WHILE CLEANING HARD MATERIAL FROM CHUTE WITH A T HANDLED SCRAPPER. EMPLOYEE SMASHED MIDDLE FINGER LEFT HAND BETWEEN T HANDLE AND A PIECE OF METAL SCREEN.

WHILE INSTALLING AN ADAPTER PLATE TO THE BOTTOM OF #5 MILL, THE INJURED WAS IN A SITTING POSITION, WHILE TRYING TO POSITION THE ADAPTER PLATE, THE INJURED STRAINED HIS UPPER RIGHT BACK. HE DID NOT WORK 6-9-95 FOR PERSONAL REASONS. RE-IN JURED HIS BACK ON 6-10-95 WHILE PULLING ON A PIPE WRENCH.

WHILES USING A METLA PRY BAR TO PRY FEED GATE OPEN ON #1 MILL THE EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK, EMPLOYEE RPORTED ACCIDENT BUT SAID HE WOULD BE OK AND CONTINUED WORKING. THE INJURY HAS BOTHE RE HIM ON AND OFF SINCE THEN BUT HE SAID HE WOULD BE ALRIGHT. ON 7-17-95 EE WENT OT THE DR HIS FIRST DAY OF WORK MISSED WAS 7-18-95.

EMPLOYEE WORKED THE DAY SHIFT STACKING 100 LB BAGS ON PALLETS, ON 1-17-95 EMPLOYEE REPORTED TOWORK AND COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN AND WAS SENT TO THE DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING FROM AN EXTENSION LADDER, LOSTHIS BALANCE AND FELL.

EMPLOYEE WAS TACK WELDING A WALL IN A HOPPER BEING FABRICATED AS HE RAISED HIS HOOD ANOTHER EMPLOYEE APPR 10TFT-1 5FT AWAY STARTED GRINDING SLAG OFF OF ANOTHER HOPPER BEING FABRICATED THE EMPLOYEE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT EYE

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 100 POUND BAGS ONTO PALLETS STACKED TWO HIGH. THE STACK OF PALLETS WAS TOO HIGH FOR HIM AND HE OVEREXTENDED, STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK.

BACKING TRUCK UP SHARP END OF RAMP CAUGHT ARM AND CAUSED LACERATION BETWEEN WRIST AND SHOULDER

INJURED WAS LIFTING 100# BAGS OFF THE BAGGING MACHINE & PUTTING THEM ON PALLETS

INJURED WAS WORKING IN THE MILL ROOM WHEN A STRONG GUST OF WIND BLEW DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE

INJURED & ANOTHER EMPL WERE WORKING ON MILL JOURNAL ASSEMBLY. THEY WERE KNOCKING OUT OLD BOT THAT WAS LODGED IN UPPER JOURNAL HOUSING. INJURED EMPL WAS HOLDING PUNCH SO OTHER EMPL COULD KNOCK OUT BOLT. HAMMER GLANCED OFF PUNCH & SMASHED TIPOF INJUREDS RING FINGER LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE OFFICE CUTTING ROOTS AND WEEDS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING DOWN A TREE, AND CLEANING UP AROUND THE OFFICE.

INJURED WAS WALKING OUT OF THE PUMPING SHED,GOING TO START UP THE PUMPS,WHEN HE STEPPED OUT THE DOOR,HE MISSED A STEP ,FALLING DOWN.

EMPLOYEE WENT TO PUNCH A KEY AND DROPPED HER FLASHLIGHT SHE BENT OVER TO PICK IT UP AND FELL DOWN THE RIVER BANK.

ON 7 23 85 AT 8 00 PM I NAME CALLED ME AT HOUMA OFFICE AND TOLD ME HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS EYE HE STATED IT HAPPENED ON 7 22 85 WHEN I NAME WAS HAMMERING BATTERY CABLES BACK ONTO A BATTERY AN FRAGMENT OF METAL FLEW OFF IN I NAMES EYE HE W AS NOT WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES AS DIRECTED