Lake Charles Grinding Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Exiting a "track Mobile" and slipped on the ladder. Twisted lower back. Determined to be a muscle sprain. Rest for 1 week and re-evaluate

Maintenance employee caught right thumb between rotary slide plate and exterior portion of mill bin, causing crushing injury to right thumb tip.

Electrical fire in mill motor control center. Cause unknown, pending investigation. No injuries.

Maintenance employee was trying to un-clog a product line beneath Dust Collector/Rotary Valve. Employee accessed 6" cap beneath rotary valve and stuck his hand into line and into rotary valve. Rotary valve was not properly locked/tagged out. Injury resulted in partial amputation of three fingers. Employee was transported/treated at local ER, and released.

Maintenance employee was changing out drive belts on mill motor, while replacing belts employee's finger got pinched between belt and pulley causing minor laceration and partial fingernail dislodgement. Employee was transported to Occ Medical Clinic for treatment.

At approx. 11:00pm on 7/22/10 two employees were operating the facility's TM 4305 TrackMobile. When TrackMobile connected to railcar, employee lost his balance causing him to hit his head on the cab door. Employee sustained minor cut above left eye. First Aid was administered and employee was able to complete remainder of his shift.

The employee used a rounded tip box blade cutting tool to cut a bad section of a hose out. Dust blew from the hose and into the face of the employee causing the employee to cut his hand with the cutting tool.

Mill operator cleaning ledge above rotary feeder with air chisel, when chisel slipped into operating feeder veins. Air tool struck employees left hand, middle finger, pinning it between tool and feeder housing. Injuries are fractures and lacerations to middle finger on the left hand.

Loading barge night tide out EE was ascending from barge to dock. Lost footing & fell hitting knee on dock bumper. EE was not using ramp or ladder provided for ascending/descending climbed up dock bumper.

EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING JOURNAL ASSY. UPON INSTALLING REPLACEMENT JOURNAL, THE TOOL USED TO REMOVE / REPLACE JOURNALS SLIPPED OFF JOURNAL & POPPED UPWARD SMASHING EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN TOOL & BOLT.

EE WAS STACKING MATERIAL ON PALLET AND FELT PAIN IN LEG AND BACK.

EE WAS CHANGING PIPE FOR AIR LINE TO ROTARY VALVE. GOT FINGER CXAUGHT IN VALVE. CUT OFF TIP OF FINGER. (BACK TO 1ST KNUCKLE).

DURING THE PROCESS OF ATTEMPTING TO LOCK BULKHEAD DOOR, EE SMASHED RIGHT HAND THUMB BETWEEN BULKHEAD DOOR FRAME AND LOCKING HANDLE.

WHILE LOADING BULK BARGE THE EE WAS TRANSFERRINGVENT HOSE FROM 1 BOTTLE TO ANOTHER THE EE WAS WALKING BACKWARD WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A RAISED MANHOLE COVER ON THE DECK OF THE BARGE. WHEN HE PUT HIS HAND OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF, HE LANDED ON A LOCKDOWN BOLT FOR THE MANHOLE COVER. COVER WAS CLOSED & LOCKED

EMP PLACED A PRY BAR IN ORE CAR DOOR HANDLE TO OPEN IT. AFTER EXTENDING HIS LEGS FULLY, EMP THEN ATTEMPTED OT ARCH BACK FOR MORE LEVERAGE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, EMP FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EE PLACED A TRANSMISSION JACK UNDER THE LOWER GEAR HOUSING OF #1 MILL TO REMOVE IT FORM THE MILL. THE JACK WAS PLACED UNDER THE COUPLING FLANGE ATTACHED TO THE GEAR HOUSING SHAFT. EE MOVED THE HOUSING TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT WAS IN PLACE. HE THEN TURNED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. THE COUPLING END ROLLED OFF THE JACK PINNING HIS LEG TEMPORARILY.

AFTAER DUMPING BARITE ORE INTO APRON FEEDER WITHFEL EE WAS BREAKING THE LARGER ROCKS ON TOP OF GRID WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER [16#] WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CALLED SUPERVISOR & GOT SOMEONE TO RELIEVE HIM. HE WENT TO DOCTOR THE NEXT MORNING WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSEAD WITHA STRAINED BACK.

MONITORING EMPTY PALLET MAGAZINE @ PALLETIZER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF RUBBER USING A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED & LODGED IN HIS LEG JUST ABOVE THE KNEE HE REMOVED THE KNIFE & SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION WHICHREQUIRED 6 STIT CHES EMPLOYEE RETURNED TO WORK

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO HAVE A ROLLER BEARING ON A FAN DRIVE SHAFT WITH A PRY BAR.BAR SLIPPED FROM THE BEARING CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HIS ELBOW ON AN I BEAM.EMPLOYEE REPORTED INCIDENT A ND STATED HE WAS OK TWO WEEKS LATER HE REQUESTEDTO SEE A DOCTOR AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BRUISE WITH TENNIS ELBOW.

PULLING ON WREN7H, WRENCH SLPPED RESULTING IN A STRAINED WRIST.

WHILE REMOVING TARP FROM A LOAD, RUBBER BUNGEE CORD RETRACTED RAPIDLY WHEN REMOVED FROM HOOK-UP POINT AND PULLED AND TWISTED VICTIMS RIGHT FOREARM.