Granusol, Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Employee lifted a small table that was being used as a weight to hold the cardboard down. When he swung with the table in his hands to his right to set it down, he smashed the back of his right hand and upper ring finger into a metal tray shelf that was attached to the wall.

Employee bagged 50 bags at 50# each on a pallet. He said on his last bag he felt a sharp pain from his groin to his stomach. He went to the emergency room. He is excused from work at least until his next doctors visit on 1/21/2011.

Employee went to unplug an extension cord that was plugged into a drill. He had one hand on a metal beam and touched the prong on the extension cord at the same time causing him electrical shock.

EE was cutting a bolt from a steel beam with a cutting torch. A hot coal fell on the bottom of his pants burning a hole on his pants then falling into th etop of his slip on steel toe boots. He received medical treatment on the burn on his foot. He was told to take two days off from work.

EE was shoveling a powder type ore with a shovel and by pulling it with a solid rake. He did this for 30-45 mins. The shift ended, then he called in the next day. He went to the emergency room, then made a doctors appointment. Has a pain in his lower back, hip and left leg.

EE was packaging 50# bags. He felt a tightness in his back. We had a Save a Back class on 8/11/10. EE decided to do some exercises that he had learned in the class. At that time he got a sharp pain in his right side/lower back. He was unable to finish the day. He has a doctor's appointment in one week.

Employee drove a small endloader up to a spill at the east side of Granusol. It had rained hard all day. Employee stood on a wet surface as he turned to put a shovel full of ore in the loader bucket. As he turned, he twisted his body, then slipped. He did not fall down but pulled a muscle in his lower back.

EE was packaging 50# bags on a turn table. He pulled a muscle in his lower middle back. EE reported the incident on 8/17/09

Employee was sweeping and shoveling at the screen plant. The mill was down. He left his area to go over to the next mill. He sat down to talk to two other employees. he said he had a sharp pain go down the middle of his back. He then reported this and went to the Dr. and Has a doctor's excuse until further notice.

Using a jackhammer to break up ore build up. Pulled muscle in back.

EE was holding up the inlet spout of a super sack to the discharge chute of a portable hopper used to do transfers. The hopper had approx 2000# of material inside of it that would not flow out. The operator hit the top of the hopper with the loader bucket, causing the hopper to fall back and pin EE's hand in between the forks of the forklift and hopper discharge chute.

Employee was lifting 50 # bags from packaging machine from a North position turning and stacking at waist level to a South position or 180 degree turn.

EE went into the Granusol Mill. The operator was emptying out a baghouse. He had the side door open for visual aid. EE saw a clump of ore in- side the door of the baghouse. He stuck his hand inside to remove the clump. A airlock was on and turning. EE stuck his hand in the airlock.

Employee was poking out a chute going from the dryer to a bucket elevator. The bucket elevator was running at the time. His bar that he was using to poke out the ore struck a bucket, causing it to kick back and strike him in side of the face.

Slipped on a step to a platform scale. Fell and hit right upper ribs on scale read out.

EE WAS WALKING BETWEEN THE DRYER AND BURNER ON PLATFORM WALKWAY. HIS LEFT FOOT SLID OFF THE SIDE OF PLATFORM, DROPPING ABOUT 3", CAUSING HIS LEFT ANKLE TO TURN AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. AT THE TIME HE WAS FALLING, A COWORKER WAS COMING DOWN THE STAIRS AND HELPED HIM UP.

Rained the night before the shift started. Puddles of water on the floor. The floor is concrete with dust. EE was carrying a bucket of oil. he slipped on puddle of water and fell on his back.

EE IS WORKING ON LIGHT DUTY W/RESTRICTIONS. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO MOVE SACKS WITH FORKLIFT (NOT TO HAUL). HE STATED WHEN HE WAS HAULING HE GOT A JOLT FROM HITTING A POTHOLE, CAUSING PAINS IN HIS ARMS/LEGS.

PACKING 100# BAG FROM BAGGING MACHINE TO PALLET. TWISTED MUSCLE IN BACK.

EE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ORE IN PACKAGING AREA. HE HAD A NEAR FALL, CAUSING HIM TO JAM MUSLCES IN BACK AND NECK.

HELPING GRANUSOL OPERATOR OTHER EE CHANGE SCREENS. WHILE WALKING AROUND THE ELEVATOR EE HIS HEAD UNDER THE CATWALK. HE THEN RAISED HIS HEAD TO SOON, KNOCKING HIM TO THE FLOOR.

AFTER PERFORMING HIS REGULAR JOB DUTIES THE NEXT MORNING HE WOKE UP WITH A STIFF NECK AND BACK. HIS REGULAR JOB DUTIES CONSISTED OF PACKING 50# BAGS AND OPERATING A FORKLIFT.

THERE WAS A POWEROUTAGE. EE WAS IN THE MILL STARTING UP THE MILL. HE TRIPPED OVER A AIR HOSE LAYING ON THE FLOOR.

A BLOW LINE BUSTED (HOLE) FILLED AREA FULL OF DUST. THE OPERATOR COULD NOT SEE THE BOTTOM STEP OF THE STAIRS. HE MISSED THE LAST STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO THE WALL OF A ELEVATOR. INJURY TO RIB (LEFT SIDE).

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING FLOOR PLATFORM SCALE BY HAND TO CLEAN. WHILE MOVING THE SCALE HE SPRAINED HIS BACK.

WHILE EMPTYING OUT A FINISH BIN, EE DECIDED TO USE A SLEDGE HAMMER TO GET THE MATERIAL TO FALL FASTEP. HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

AFTER DISMOUNTING A FORKLIFT THE EE SLIPPED ON LOOSE ORE ON THE FLOOR.

EE TRIPPED ON ADJUSTMENT HANDLE ON FLOOR & FELL AGAINST STAIRS

EE WENT TO THE DOCTOR, HE HAD AN ELEVATED MANGANESE LEVEL DURING A ROUTINE PHYSICAL.

EE WAS BREAKING UP LUMPS OF ORE WITH A HAMMER AND SHOVEL. HE HAD A MUSCLE STRAIN IN THE GROIN AREA. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR 7 DAYS LATER AND WAS PRESCRIBED SOME MEDICINE TO PREVENT INFECTION.

WHILE DESCENDING STAIRWAY EE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING RIBS TO BE BRUISED AND LOWER BACK.

WHILE DESCENDING THE CONVEYER TUNNEL AT THE CALCINER HE TRIPPED OVER HIS FOOT JAMMING HIS WRIST, KNUCKLE OF SMALL FINGER ON RIGHT HAND (BRUISED).

WHILE GETTING OFF THE FORKLIFT, HIS LEFT FOOT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE OPERATING FOOT PEDALS, HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF THE FORKLIFT.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOT BURNING IN A TIGHT SPACE. A SPARK FELL INTO HIS WORK BOOT CAUSING A BURN. HE COULD NOT EXIT THE SPACE QUICKLY TO RIDE THE SPARKFROM HIS BOOT.

EE WAS LIFTING AN 8" DIAMETER PIPE WITH ANOTHER EE. THEY WERE PLACING THE PIPE ON THE FLOOR. EE STRAINED LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO LIFT AN EMPTY PALLET AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN THE TUNNEL AT THE CALCINER. HE SLIPED ON A LOOSE ROCK. HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON THE RAIL, WITH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE RIPPED HIS SHIRT AND SKIRT HIS ARM. HE COMPLAINED THAT HIS ENTIRE ARM WAS IN PAIN. HE LEFT TO SEE HIS DR.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT THE DRYER FEED CHUTE AT GRANUSOL LINE #1 HE WAS IN OUT WITH A BAR AND HAMMER. EMPLOYEE MISSED THE RODAND HIT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH THE SLEDGE HAMMER. LEFT WOR K AND RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTN.

EE WAS STOOPING UNDER THE DRYER WHEN A BOLT THROUGHT THE DRYER TURNED AND HIT HIM ON TOP OF THE HAVE HAT EE WAS KNOCKED BACK AND HARD HAT WAS KNOCKED OFF. EE S HEAD WAS DROVE DOWN. EE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO HIS OPERATOR EE.

EE WAS WORKING AT CALCINER PLANT INSTALLIN GLIDS ON CATAINER. OBJECT ENTERED HIS LET EYE STICKING TO THE EYEBALL CAUSING THE EYE TO WATER AND BECOME IRRITATED, HE REPORTED IT ON THE 16TH, AND WENT TO THE DR ON THE 17TH TO GET IT CHECK OUT. AT THE HOSPITAL HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION THEN RETURNED TO WORK.

EMPLOYEE WENT OT LIFT A 70 LBS BA, WHEN HE WAS RISING UP HIS BACK POPPED THE WENT DOWN & COULDN'T MOVE HIMSELF, SO SUPERVISIOR DID NOT WANT TO MOVE HIM WITH A BACK BOARD, SO THEY CALLED A AMBU LANCE, EMTS PUT HIM ON A BACK BOARD AND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. DR SAID HE HAS A HERNATED DISK.

EE WAS STACKING PALLET BY HAND, HE STOOPED OVER TO PICK UP A PALLET AND FELT DISCOMFORT IN LOWER BACK, HE DID NOT LEAVE WORK. THE NEXT DAY (12/30/98), HE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION, HE WAS TOL D HE HAD SPRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS APPOINTED TO LIGHT DUTY.

EE A WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF ROUND STOCK, WHILE EE B WAS HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER, SO THEY COULD DRIVE A BROKEN SCREW SHAFT OUT. EE B MISSED THE SHAFT AND HIT EE A RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND. EE A LEFT THE JOB TO RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE STARTED HAVING CHEST PAINS. HE GOT UP FROM HIS CHAIR AND WALKED AROUND THINKING IT WOULD GO AWAY. HE STARTED HAVING PAINS IN HIS ARMS AND JAW. HE DECIDED HE SHOULD SEE THE DOCTOR. HE LEFT WORK AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. THE HOSPITALDETERMINED THAT EMPLOYEE IN FACT HAD A HEART ATTACK.

WHILE DESCENDING THE ACCESS LADDER ON A FRONTEND LOADER, THIS MAN POSITIONED HIS RT FOOT ON THE EDGE OF A BLACKTOP SURFACE, ABOUT A 2" DROP. AS HE PUT HIS WEIGHT ON THE RT LEG, HE SPRAINED HIS RT ANKLE AS HIS FOOT WAS POSITIONED ON THE UNEVEN GROUND.

EE WAS WELDING WITH A MIG WELDER IN THE COMPANY SHOP HE WAS USING A NEW TYPE OF WELDING HOOD WHICH CHANGED TO SHADE FROM CLEAR AT THE FIRST ARC EE WAS UNACCUSTOMED TO THE HOOD AND RECEIVED A WELDING FLASH TO BOTH EYES WHICH REQURIED TREATMENT IN THE HOSPITAL THAT EVENING

INSTALLING A 5200 LB PIN MIXER PERSONNEL WERE MOVING THE EQUIPMENT ACROSS A STEEL FLOOR TO ITS INSTALLATION POSITION. THE EQUIPMENT HUNG ON A CORNER. IN PULLING WITH CHAIN HOISTS, ONE SIDE OF THE MIXER RAISED JUST INCHES. OUR EMPLOYEE, HAD HIS FOOT UNDER THE MIXER WHEN IT CAME FREE AND SET DOWN ON THE FLOOR.

USING A 4" BAR AND SLEDGE HAMMER, THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING FROZEN ORE FROM A BUCKET ELEVATOR CHUTE. THE FROZEN MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE IN A LARGE SLAB WHICH PINNED ONE HAND.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS TO HAVE EXPERIENCED LOW BACK PAIN AS HE BENT TO PICKUP A WOODEN PALLET FROM A PLATFORM SCALE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING OTHERS TO LIFT A BEARING TOP FROM A TRUNION BEARING ON A BALLMILL FROM ITS POSITION TO THE GROUND. THE CAP WEIGHED APPROX. 175 LBS AND WAS MOUNTED ABOUT 5' UP.

WHILE INSTALLING A SMALL BIN WEIGHING APPROX. 1000 LBS MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE USING CABLE FROM A WINCH TO PICKUP AND TURN THE 4' X 10' TANK INTO POSITION. THE TANK BECAME TOP HEAVY AND QUI CKLY SHIFTED NEARLY PINNING THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM BETWEEN THE TANK AND A BELT CONVEYOR FRAME.

EMPLOYEE CLAIMED TO HAVE INJURED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE CLIMBING OUT OF A PRODUCT BIN ACCESSING A SIDE PORT HATCH.

AS THIS EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING FROM A SQUATTED POSITION, AS HE AROSE HE WAS TURNING SLIGHTLY AND STRUCK HIS KNEE ON THE MOUNTING BOX OF THE GRANUSOL MOLY PUMP.

WORKING IN THE MAINTENANCE DEPT, THIS EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING AGAINST AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH A PRY BAR MOVING THE MOTOR ONTO A BASE FOR INSTALLATION. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED STRIKING HIS KNEE.

WORKING AT RIVER SILL REPAIR'S. LOOSE DIRT AND ROCKS.

USING AIR HOSE TO BLOW OVE THROUGH A CRUSHER DUST MATERIAL FLEW UP IN FACE, & UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASS. A DUST PARTICAL WENT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

DURING A HOPPER/SCREW FILLING OPERATION THE SCREW LOCKED UP. THE EMPLOYEE HURRIEDLY TURNED AND STARTED WALKING QUICKLY TO THE SWITCH. THE EMPLOYEE WALKED DIRECTLY INTO A PIPE W/A QUICKLY COU PLING ON IT. THE PIE IS PART OF A DENSVEYOR SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYEES 6'5" HEIGHT ELEVATED HIMSELF SO HE STRUCK THE PIPE. THE PIPE WAS HARD HAT LEVEL.

A FEED CHUTE PLUGGED OFF AT THE TOP OF THE CRUSHER ELEVATOR-THIS MAN WENT TO THE TOP OF THE ELEVATOR TO PUNCH OUT THE CHUTE W/A BAR. THE ELEVATOR EMPTIES INTO THE CHUTE-THE ELEVATOR WAS NOT SH UTDOWN. THE PUNCH BAR BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR BUCKET & THE TOP EDGE OF THE ELEVATOR. CAUSING INJURY TO THE LEFT HAND, SML FINGER, AS THE HAND WAS CAUGHT HOLDING ON TO THE BAR.

WHILE USING SHOP BENCH GRINDER TO SMOOTH EDGE OFTORCH CUT INJURED'S LEATHER GLOVE MADE CONTACT WITH FACE OF WHEEL, GLOVE WAS DRAWN INTO ROTATING MOTION THUS CAUSING INJURY TO LEFT FINGER (I)

WHILE RIDING AS A PASSENGER IN OUR COMPANY VEHICLE ON COMPANY BUSINESS A PDV PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF OUR COMPANY TRUCK. INJURED HIT HIS ARM ON THE DASH AS WHELL AS HIS NOSE.

WHILE OPERATING OUR COMPANY TRUCK EE HAD A P.O.V. PULL OUT IN FRONT OF HIM. THE P.D. CROSSED THE CENTER LINE INTO THE PATH OF OUR COMPANY TRUCK. EE RECIEVED NECK TRAMA AND WELL AS CUTS & ABRAS IONS AROUND THE KNEE CAP AREA.

WHILE WORKING PUTTING BAGS IN OUR BAGHOSUE AT THE CALCINER PLANT, THIS MAN WAS WALKING IN A CATWALK ALONGSIDE THE BAGHOUSE, A 2X6 WAS PROTRUDING OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE BAGHOUSE ABOUT 10" FROM THE DECK. HE STRUCK HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG OR THIS PROTRUSION.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COVER A PALLET WITH A SHRINK WRAP THIS MAN LEANED FORWARD TO SPREAD OUT THE WRAP. AS HE STOOD UP HE STRUCK A DOG LATCH ON THE COVER OF A BLOW BACK PIPE. THIS PIPE WAS NOT I N THE "NORMAL" TRAFFIC PATTERN.

THIS MAN WAS WORKING WITH A CO-WORKER AS HE PICKED UP A 15# SLEDGE HAMMER A LOBE IN HIS LUNG COLLASPED

INDIVIDUAL WAS WORKING WITH 3 OTHER MEN AS THEY WENT TO PUSH UP ON A SECTION OF 4" BLOW LINE HE ELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK

AFTER COMPLETION OF BAGGING A PALLET OF MATERAL THIS MAN PICKED UP A PLASTIC BAG TO COVER THE PALLET. WHEN HE RAISED HIS ARM HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

WHILE THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS HE SLIPPED ON SOME LOOSE GRAVEL AND FELL FACE DOWNWARD, LANDING ON HIS HANDS: HE THEN ROLLED OVER AFTER THE IMPACT AND ENDED UP ON HIS BACK, ME DICAL TREATMENT WAS NOT SOUGHT BY THIS PERSON BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT THE PAIN WAS FROM A PREVIOUS INJURY.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR A MATEIAL TRANSFER LINE, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE TOP FLAT SURFACE OF THE DRYER HOUSING AND FELL OR THE TOP OF THE HOUSING AND BRUISED HIS LEFT SIDE RIB CAGE. IT H AD BEEN RAINING THOUGH-OUT THE NIGHT, AND EVERYTHING WAS WET.

EMPL WAS HOOKING UP PLANT SWEEPER TO LOADER PULLED ON ARM OF SWEEPER & FELT SOMETHING PULL IN BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CO3STRUCTING A WIND-BREAK ON SECOND FLOOR OF MILL. DUE TO THE STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF A STORAGE BIN, A SECTION OF BIN FELL, THE EMPOYEE JUMPED CLEAR FROM FALLING DEBRIS OF A HEIGHT OF 12-13 FT. E4PLOYEE LANDED ON GROUND, INJURING LEFT AND RIGHT FOOT.

HOT ORE FROM DR2ER GOING THRU BALL MILL RETURN STOPPED UP, WHEN POKING OUT CHUTE HOT ORE GUSHED OUT ON ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS DO4N IN MAIN PLANT CRUSHER PIT SHOVELING ORE. TWISTED BACK WHILE SHOVELING.

EMP WAS CLENAIN1 OUT THE CRUSHER WITH AN AIR HOSE AND SOME ORE DUST WENT UNDERNEATH HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND WENT IN RT EYE

PIECE OF FLOORI3G ON GRIZZLY AT CALCINER PLANT BROKE. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG FELL THROUGH HOLE, SKINNING LEFT LEG AND CAUSING TENDERNESS OF LEFT FOOT.

HANDLING 100-LB8.BAGS.

POKING ORE DOWN3WITH WOOD CLUB AND GOT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN BOARD AND BIN.ABRASION OF LEFT HAND WITH FX.

CLEANING ELEVAT2R OUT AND BAR HUNG? IN BUCKET.THREW BAR UP HITTING HAND,BACK AND STOMACH.

WORKING ON LOAD9R TIRE GETTING READY TO CHANGE IT.SWUNG AT TIRE TO LOOSEN FROM RIM.MISSED,HITTING SELF IN LEG.

TRUCK & FORKLIF7 COLLIDED.WHEN TRUCK HIT FORKLIFT IT BROKE BRAKE LINE ON TRUCK SO IT WAS UNABLE TO STOP.

CAUGHT FINGER I3 ELEVATOR WHILE IT WAS MOVING.

WHILE EMPTYING 0LO BIN INTO PIT IT SHIFTED, CATCHING FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND BETWEEN EDGE OF BIN AND STEEL I BEAM.

EXPLOSION OF GA8ES IN COOLING TUBE WHILE PART OF EQUIPMENT WAS DISMANTLED FOR REPAIR. EXPLOSION CAUSED BURNS TO LEFT AND RIGHT HANDS.

LIFTING & STACK3NG 100 LB BAGS ONTO PALLETS.RECURRING INJURY.

EMPL PUSHING SN2W WITH BUCKET CAUGHT RR TRACK END AND THREW EMPL INTO STEEL FRAME OF LOADER.

120 LB.