El Dorado Plant: 374 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was opening and closing lids on customer trailers, and reported knee pain with no known cause.

Employee operated skid steer for 7 days from 12/05 to 12/11 and complained of knee soreness at the end of the week. Reported to plant on 12/23 that the knee was sore. Employee was sent to the doctor on 1/6/25 after some swelling occurred and was put on restricted duty. No strain or sprain identified during tasks by employee.

Employee was clearing a waste chute on Rotex 314 and hit their middle finger on right hand with a big bolt being used as a hammer.

While cleaning around the bucket elevator, employee tried to step back, when employees leg slipped, and EE felt a pop in their left knee.

While working on the Dryer 4 Platform Employee went to light a cigarette and Employee's right glove caught on fire leading to severe burns on hand.

While on a ladder beneath double dump on bag house 3, cleaning with one hand, employee suddenly felt a sharp pain around mid back region. Medical treatment diagnosed with thoracic muscle spasm, given 2 days off work, and light duty restrictions.

Employee was on SafeRacks opening and closing hatches during rain. Employee got on top of a box truck to close a box lid and slipped causing rib/stomach pain.

dry-plant employee (E1) was working closely by another employee (E2) using the air wand when the air wand slipped out of E1's hand, E2 attempted to control the wand and compressed air line, the wand and line became disconnected and the line struck E2 in the back of the head/neck area.

Employee was using a 36" pipe wrench to close the isolation wheel valve of DWS108. EE had the pipe wrench placed on the top of the wheel at the 1:00 position and began pushing the pipe wrench counterclockwise to close the valve when the pipe wrench slipped off of the wheel causing EE's left pinky finger to get smashed between the pipe wrench handle and the adjacent I-Beam.

Employee attempted to lower the suspended counterweight. The chainfall failed causing the counterweight to fall & strike the employee in the right shoulder.

Employee was cleaning the oversize protection on BE306, as they were putting the screen back in place it caught on something, and hit employee's lip, causing them to cut their lip

Employee was installing a new belt on the 410 conveyor. Employee was manually rolling the gear box. While doing so they pinched the tip of left middle finger between the drive belt & pulley.

EE was grinding off a seized bearing and a piece of metal got into EE's left eye. The metal was removed at a medical facility with no further treatment needed.

On 11/29/2020 Load-out operator was opening hatches on trucks and felt something pull on EE's left side. The operator stated EE did not need medical care at the time of the incident. On 12/7/2020 the operator decided to seek medical care and I met EE on 12/8/2020 at the clinic. The doctor took x-rays and the operator had 1 fractured rib

While shoveling accumulated sand at the base of the Primary A hopper, employee slipped and fell backwards striking back of head on steel beam. All PPE was in place. Hard Hat flew of as slip occurred. Laceration to back of head.

Employee did not report until 12-6-2019. Employee was welding in a closed area on 12-5-2019 with 2 other welders. Back flash while welding, reflecting off walls caused irritation to eyes. Employee did not realize any eye irritation until the next day, then went to Doctor. Eye drops were given to employee. No shift missed. Employee had all required PPE.

Employee was walking down a stairway, tripped and fell, spraining right knee. Took employee to ER. Some swelling, no damage to knee other than sprain. Put knee in brace. Use crutches as needed. Stairs were clean and dry. No obstructions, well lighted.

EE attempted to mount the water truck & failed to obtain 3 points of contact. EE placed right hand on the handrail, then attempted to place right foot onto the lowest rung of the ladder. EE's foot missed the ladder rung causing EE's body to fall forward swinging to the left. EE struck left ear causing a laceration resulting in 25 stitches.

Employee was pulling screen from equipment when screen slipped and hit employee in right side. Employee heard popping sound. Nothing broken, just bruising.

While closing hatch on top of Sand Truck, Sand Truck lurched forward causing employee to wrench back. Fall Protection was in place and worked properly. Sand Truck driver admitted foot slip off of clutch causing truck to lurch.

While cleaning up spilled floc material employee slipped and fell onto 6 inch supply pipe that was crossing the slab, injuring tailbone. Bad bruise only. No breaks or other injury.

installing a column for the tank, the weight shifted and the employee attempted to compensate this shift in weight by self causing a strain on the right side of EE's groin.

The injured employee's right hand was caught between the pinch point of a conveyor structure and an idler. A laceration was received from the incident. The laceration required (2) two sutures. NOTE: Employee's employment was terminated following a post incident drug screen. Contact the employer for further information.

Employee was operating a concrete pump truck at a new construction site, the flexible hose at the end of the boom became clogged. Instead of following procedure EE decided to hit the hose while it still had pressure on it. When the clog broke loose, so did the pressure. That release of pressure caused the hose to whip and hit EE in the side of the head.

Employee was using an magnetic drill when the power source became unplugged causing the drill to fall, the employee tried to catch the drill causing EE's arm to become strained.

The employee was rigging an I beam for the next lift when EE pulled on the choker too hard causing the I beam to roll over onto EE's foot.

Employee was tightening bolts in a man lift when they pulled down on a spud wrench. The wrench slipped off the nut, coming down and impacting a finger between the wrench and the top railing of the man lift. Smashed little finger on the right hand.

Employee was rotating a hopper section when EE lost grip and the piece of metal dropped onto EE's right foot causing a contusion. Minor injury resulting in 5 days of light duty.