Mills Plant: 278 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

EE was housekeeping below a screw case. EE bend down to clean and hit their head on the frame holding the case up.

Employee was exiting the loader and missed the last step while descending the stairs, resulting in a hurt ankle. Awaiting x-ray results and employee is off work.

Employee was barring down a dryer chute, and upon completion stepped down onto a raised platform. The grating on the platform folded and the employee's leg went through the platform. Injuries suffered were bruising of the shin and a hyper extension of the knee. Medical recommended 3 days of rest and a reevaluation before returning to work.

employees were moving railcars when the employee was told over the radio that the railcars weren't slowing down. The employee jumped on the end railcar and attempted to tighten the hand brake on the lead railcar, but was unable to do so before the front car hit the derailleur and jumped off breaking their left leg.

Employee was using a cutting torch when the torch started to back burn into the barrel. The employee removed the acetylene hose and attempted to clear the torch barrel with oxygen. The mixture inside the barrel was still lit and shot a fireball down the inside of the left glove. This gave the employee 2nd degree and 1st degree burns on the inside of their left palm.

Employee was attempting to lift a transmission, and felt a sharp pain in their back and couldn't stand up straight afterwords.

The employee was working from a ladder, when the ladder slipped and the employee fell. The employee tried to catch self with their left arm. After the fall they expressed that they had pain in the left shoulder. On 11/22/2019 the employee contacted the safety department that they were going to the doctor to check out the arm and shoulder.

Employee was working on an overhead conveyor belt when a large amount of dirt and debris fell from the ledge causing left eye irritation. The eye was rinsed out, but after a couple days the employee was still experiencing issues and consulted an eye doctor.

employee was assisting with moving railcars, when they stepped onto the railcar scale and sprained their left ankle.

The employee had been in a sitting position for roughly five minutes, when they stood straight up and immediately experienced a sharp pain in their lower left back. The employee could not stand straight afterwards, without continually experiencing pain.

A maintenance employee with 9 years total mining experience was attempting to cut a rubber hose with a utility knife, when the knife slipped and the employee cut the top of the left thumb near where the joint meets the hand. The cut resulted in 4 stitches to close the wound.

Employee was diagnosing a return roller on the C & D belt and become entangled in it

Employee was working on the coal mill, was bent over when employee stood up too fast and pulled some muscles in lower back

EE was out side moving a rail car with hand movements and ee slipped and fell, and hurt neck and back.

Employee took a bad step and slid off the rail car. He was tied off and he caught himself and hit his face on the side of the railcar. and he needed to have a cut glued shut

Employee was using a rope to pull a ladder into place on a piece of machinery he was working on. The rope dropped and got wrapped up in a tail roller. and then rope wrapped around his leg. It tightened around his leg until it broke.

Employee was walking up some stairs in the plant when he slipped fell against the railing. And he hurt his right arm.

EE was picking up a Drive shaft to a slicer and when he put it down said he felt a sharp pain in his arm and shoulder.

EE was shoveling underneath the dryer. When his shovel hit a rock. The impact caused his right wrist to bend. He immediately felt pain and went to the Wyoming medical center.

Employee was grabbing a 50 lb bag to weigh when his left index finger got stuck in a metal conveyor. He was treated at the WMC and received 5 stitches and released.

EE was trying to remove a Stuck bag from a conveyor. when his hand got wedged in-between the conveyor and the Rolled. EE was treated at WMC and released with minor scrapes

Employee was checking and changing pins in a pin mill that was locked out. He rotated the drum by hand and caught his right between a pin and the pin mill top side-wall edge. X-rays at the hospital revealed his hand was broken in a couple of places. He is scheduled to see a surgeon soon for plan of action.

EE was trying to rotate a plugged pin-mill feeder with a pipe wrench on the shaft when it broke free, causing his left middle finger to get caught between the wrench and feeder. It required 3 stitches to close the laceration and there was no lost time from work.

EE was shovelling bentonite when he twisted left hand, causing discomfort.

EE slipped in mud while shoveling and felt a sharp pain in lower right back and hip. It was diagnosed as muscle strain, causing some lost time.

EE developed tendonitis in right wrist while stacking bags.

EE shoveled during cleanup and stacked 50 pounds bags onto pallets and strained knee while doing so.

EE was stacking 100 lb bags when he felt a pain in his left arm. He went to Urgent Care where they diagnosed him with a tear in his left bicep. He is undergoing therapy and rest at this time.

EE was engaged primarily in bulk loading for most of his tenure and as a supervisor he was not involved directly in the bagging process but rather management of those processes.

EE was pulling bags off of a platform and stacking them on a pallet. He grabbed the corner of a bag to spin it around to get a better grip when he strained the muscles in his right wrist.

EE lifted a 100 pound bag with the help of his left leg when he experienced a pull in his muscle followed by some pain. He went to doctor and took a few days off to heal. He was diagnosed with a pulled groin muscle and was released to work on 01/04/2010.

EE deposited a pallet of product in storage area with a forklift. When backing up, he and another forklift backed into each other rear-end to rear-end. The other lift driver, not injured, said they did not watch where they were going - equal negligence. Injured EE's hat was knocked off, he felt discomfort in his neck and left work an hour later. He is now in doctor's care.

EE was handing 6# sledge to man on walkway above him. Sledge hammer dropped 18 inch to top of ee head.

EE was lifting pipe and aggravated a previous hernia injury on lower left side of stomach. He will assume light duty until medical action is determined or taken by doctors.

EE stopped wheel loader to climb out and move a piece of grizzly screen that had fallen from hopper. Climbing down steps and thinking he was on the bottom step when, in fact, he was on the second step three feet above the ground, he let go of side-rails and fell on left hip on hard frozen ground - breaking the hip as determined at the hospital that he was ambulanced to.

EE felt a sharp pain in right shoulder blade while stacking bags onto a pallet.

EE strained muscles in lower back while stacking 50 pound bags of product.

EE slipped on wet bentonite and fell, causing strain to lower back.

Cleaning and shoveling bentonite from Mill floor. Muscles in back tightened causing pain.

EE was removing bearing from shaft of Rotex gear box when the bearing broke. A piece of metal entered through top of left thumb and lodged in left wrist. Surgery will be scheduled to remove the metal fragment.

EE was operating a bagging machine, twisted wrong and felt discomfort in his lower back. He continued to work for a number of days and began taking time off on 01/21/2009.

EE slipped on paper cushion on packer seat and fell between seat and deck, dislocating left knee.

EE was stacking 50 pound bags on a pallet and felt a pain in left bicep and pectoral muscles.

EE was stacking 100 pound bags onto a pallet, over-exerted himself and strained lower back.

EE was stacking bags and twisted lower left back, felt discomfort and had some numbness in back of leg.

EE was stacking bags on pallet and over-extended right shoulder and neck, causing muscle strain.

Slipped on wet bentonite while dumping a wheelbarrow. Traumatized back.

EE was helping dump garbage into dumpster when container slipped backwards away from dumpster. When attempting to grab container, the full weight came back on right arm, causing tendon to snap. One day lost time was required for surgery.

Employee was stacking bags on pallet and began to have muscle spasms in left side of abdomen.

EE was cleaning mud out of product screw, still running, when he grabbed for a chunk that had fallen in towards the elevator and before he knew it, the screw grabbed his hand, running it through the fletching, causing crushing injuries and a serious laceration on top of the hand. Reconstructive surgery will take place next week. Lockout/tagout was not in effect.

Employee twisted knee while stacking 100 pound bags onto a pallet.

Forklift operator backed away from trailer while looking over his right shoulder, then turned left hitting the unseen driver about 12 feet from initial backing point. The driver was knocked down; his yell alerted operator to stop and pull forward to free victim. Large bone in lower left leg was cleanly broken 4 inches above ankle.

Employed complained that his left rotator cuff was damaged from throwing a 100 lb. bag on a pallet. A visit to doctor that day revealed nothing definite. He was released to work with restrictions. An MRI the following day has revealed no tears or problems of any kind. He will not return to work - terminated.

Employee lifted a bucket of samples and felt something pull in right elbow. It was diagnosed as a pulled tendon and was to be watched for a while. No time was lost. It was later decided to operate, which took place on June 23rd, return to work was July 17, 2006 for a total of 16 day lost time.

An employee on a forklift set a loaded pallet down on the toes of a fellow employee, causing trauma to foot. There were no broken bone according to x-rays and he returned to work after missing only one day of work.

WHILE CLEANING A PIT FLOOR, EMPLOYEE STRUCK REAR OF LEFT ELBOW AGAINST IRON STEPS THAT LEAD INTO THE PIT. X-RAYS FROM 8/16/2004 REVEAL A HAIRLINE FRACTURE. HE HAS NOT MISSED WORK BUT WILL SEE DOCTOR ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2004 DUE TO CONTINUED DISCOMFORT. THE REPORT OF THIS ACCIDENT WAS RECEIVED IN THE SAFETY OFFICE ON 8/30/2004.

HOT SLAG BURNED A HOLE IN 02 LINE WHEN CUTTING METAL WITH OXYACETYLENE UNIT ABOUT 6" BELOW FITTINGS, RESULTING IN 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LOWER RIGHT ABDOMEN AT BELT LINE. THE 2 X 3" AREA OCCURED THROUGH 5 LAYERS OF CLOTHING, 4 OF WHICH WERE COTTON OR PARTLY COTTON. E.R. ADMINISTERED CARE & HAD HIM TAKE ONE DAY OFF.

EE WAS USING A DIE GRINDER TO ENLARGE BOLT HOLES ON A BEARING WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL GOT PAST HIS EYE GLASSES, STRIKING HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. HE MISSED WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY AS HE SPEN T TWO HOURS IN THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE TO HAVE THE PIECE REMOVED.

EE CLIMBED INTO THE FRONT END LOADER TO START AND WARM IT. THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE LOADER SO HE CLIMBED OUT TO GET THEM. A HYDRAULIC LEAK IN THE CAB FROM THE CONTROL CONSOLE HAD SATURATED THE FLOOR AND WITH OIL ON HIS SHOES HE SLIPPED WHILE DESCENDING THE STEPS AND PULLED HIS LOWER RIGHT CALF MUSCLE.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST OXYACETYLENE PRESSURES FOR USE WITH A #8 ROSEBUD TIP TO HEAT AND REMOVE A FAN FROM A STRAIGHT SHAFT, THE OXYGEN LINE BLEW UP AND SET EE'S CLOTHING ON FIRE JUST ABOVE THE WAISTLINE. THIS CAUSED A 1 SQ/FT OF HIS ABDOMEN TO RECEIVE 2ND DEGREE BURNS AND HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

EE WAS GETTING DOWN OFF A FORKLIFT WHEN HE STEPPED INTO A HOLE OR DEPRESSION, CAUSING HIS RIGHT ANKLE TO TWIST AND BECOME SPRAINED. HE WILL MISS 3 DAYS OF WORK.

EE WAS OPERATING FORKLIFT WHEN ANOTHER FORKLIFT OPERATOR LIFTED HIS MACHINE OFF THE GROUND 6-8" FROM THE REAR. THE FIRST MACHINE SLIPPED OFF THE FORKS OF THE OTHER LIFT AND DROPPED TO THE GROU ND, CAUSING TRAUMA TO HIS LOWER BACK. AN MRI WAS SCHEDULED FOR 4/29/02. EE FILLED OUT ACCIDENT REPORT ON 4/25/02.

COAL MILL GEAR BOX WAS BEING FLIPPED OVER WHILE IT WAS SITTING ACROSS FORKS OF LIFT TRUCK WHEN IT BEGAN TO SLIDE OFF. EE WAS STANDING IN FRONT & TRIED TO CATCH IT WHILE ALSO TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. THE ATTEMPT TO PUSH IT AWAY RESULTEDIN INJURY TO TENDONS OF RT HAND. EE DIDN'T MISS ANY WORK FOR NEXT MONTH, HOWEVER, WRIST DIDN'T GET BETTER & TIME OFF IS NECESSARY FOR HEALING.

EE WAS PULLING ON A 100LB BAG WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ARM INJURING THE ELBOW & FOREARM HE IS SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO WORK ON 12/13/00 (7 WORKING DAYS)

APPARENTLY GOT SOME DUST IN EYE WHILE CLEANING, HE IS NOT CERTAIN WHEN IT HAPPENED.

WHILE THROWING BAGS, THE EE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN LEFT FOREARM NEAR THE WRIST. HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR XRAYS. THE MEDICAL REPORT INDICATED THAT HE HAS ACUTE TENDONITIS.

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS PULLING SOCKS AND CAGES OUT OF MILL BIN DUST COLLECTOR WHEN HE STRAINED LOWER BACK. HE THEN WENT TO A CHIROPRACTOR FOR MANIPULATION.

FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK & RIGHT HIP HILELIFTING A 100PD BAG DURING A STACKING JOB Y

WHILE OEPRATING THE HOLE PLUG PACKER, HE BEGAN TO FEEL DISCOMFORT IN LOWER BACK AND SHOULDER. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE WENT TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

INDIVIDUAL WAS CARRYING TWO BUCKETS OF SAMPLES DOWN A SET OF STEPS FROM THE MILLS PLANT. ON THE LAST STEP HIS LEFT FOOT TWISTED TO THE SIDE, CAUSING A MEDIUM SPRAIN.

INDIVIDUAL BEGAN TO FEEL DISCOMFORT IN LOWER BACK FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HE BELEIVED IT TO BE FROM A PREEXISTING INJURY ON 8/19/97. THE CONDITION WORSENED OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HE WAS ALSO STACKING 100LB BAGS PRIOR TO THE DISCOMFORT. HE WAITED SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE REPORTTING THE INJURY

STRAINED BACK WHILE STACKING 100 BAGS.

STRAINED BACK WHILE SHOVELING BENTONITE.

WAS PICKING UP A SCREW [2 MEN ON EACH END] WITH PIPE UNDER EACH END. ONE SIDE WAS LIFTED FASTER & THE SCREW SLID DOWN & CUT EE'S FOREARM.

HURT LEFT SHOULDER STACKING 100 LB BAGS.

WHILE INSTALLING DRAIN PIPE UNDER RAIL ROAD TRACKS ANOTHER EE SHOVED THE PIPE AND PINCHED EE FINGER BETWEEN THEM. NEEDED STITCHES TO CLOSE.

WAS UNTYPING TH BOTTOM OF A BULT BAG HANGING FROM A FORKLIFT WHEN THE FORKS BOUNCED AND PINCHED ARM.

EMP WAS STACKING 100LB BAGS WHEN THE OTHER BAGGER STEPPED IN FRONT OF HIM. TO AVOID HIM, EMP TWISTED THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND FELT HIS SHOULDER POP.

EMPLOYEE DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE DID TO HIS KNEE. HE SAID IT STARTED HURTING DURING THE DAY. TRIED TO WORK UNTIL 5/15/97.

WAS LIFTING EQUIPMENT WITH COME A LONG WHEN A PARTICLE FELL FROM ABOVE AND ENTERED LEFT EYE SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WORN.

WAS BUFFING METAL WITH GRINDER AND WIRE WHEEL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL LANDED IN EFT EYE. SAFETY GLASSES WERE BEING WARM.

HURT RIGHT WRIST STACKING 100 LB BAGS ON TRUCK.

WAS WELDING FROM A AMN BASKET ON FORK LIFT, WAS RAISED UP & HIT RIGHT SHOULDER ON CATWALK

STACKING 100 LB BAGS ON PALLET. ONE BAG BROKE AND BLEW BENTONITE IN EYE.

USING HAND GRINDER WHEN METAL FLEW UNDER HIS HOOD AND INTO LEFT EYE.

CLIMBING LADDER ON STORAGE TANK. FOOT SLIPPED THROUGH LADDER RUNGS AND TWISTED KNEE.

STACKING 100# BAGS OF FLAT BED TRUCK. TWISTED BACK.

STRAINED BACK WHILE STACKING 100# BAGS

BACKIGN UP ALONG EDGE OF RAILROAD BASE, EQUIPMENT SLID OFF OF BASE. TIPPED OVER ON SIDE.

WAS STRUCK IN MOUTH BY ROCK SMALL ROCK APPROX. 1/2 INCH FROM PACKAGING MACHINE.

STANDING ON TOP OF STORAGE BUILDING WHILE WORKING ON A CONVEYOR. THE ROOF ON THE STORAGE SHED GAVE WAY AND COLLASPED.

WAS OEPRATING FORNT-END LOADER. WAS GETTING OUT OF LOADER AND SLIPPED ON STEPS.

LIFTING SHAKER SCREENS AND PULLED MUSCLE IN STOMACH.

WORKING TOO CLOSE TO WELDER CAUSING FLASH BURNS TO EYES

TRIED UNPLUGGING A COAL CHUTE BY PUTTING ARM THROUGH A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF CHUTE. THE COAL DISLODGED, PINNING THE ARM INSIDE THE CHUTE.

BUMPED KNEE ON PIECE OF IRON.

WAS CARRYING A BAG OF BENTONITE WHEN STEPPING INONTO A CONCRETE LIP. TWISTED KNEE.

LOST BALANCE WHILE LOPADING FLAT BEAD TRUCK WITH 100 LB BENTONITE SACKS FELL FROM TRUCK BED TO GROUND

TRUCK DRIVER WAITING TO LOAD, COULD NOT BE AWAKENED. PARAMEDICS WERE CALLED. PERSON FOUND DEAD IN CAB OF TRUCK.

FIR OCCURRED IN PALLETS OF EMPTY BENTONITE SACKS. CAUSE OF FIR UNKNOWN.

INJURED LOWER BACK WHILE STACKING 100LBS BAG

WAS SITTING ON A FORKLIFT FORKLIFT STATIONARY WHEN HE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER FORKLIFT.

FELT PAIN IN WRIST WHILE LIFTING 100LB SACK OF BENTONITE

TURNED WHILE STACKING 100 LB BAGS AND PULLED KNEE.

STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING 100 LB BAGS.

EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING IN PLANT AREA WHEN HIS HAND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE METAL EDGE OF THE BUILDING

PULLED MUSCLE WHILE LOADING 100 LB BAGS

LOS T FOOTING WHILE PLACING BAGS ON PACKAGING PLATFORM EMPLOYEE FELL INTO PACKAGING MACHINE & WAS INJURED

T WISTED BACK WHILE THROWING 100LB BAGS

EMPLOYEE STRAINE DMSUCLES IN HIS BACK WHILE STACKING 100 POUND BAGS.

EE WAS DECENDING FROM A LADDER WHEN HE SLIPPED FROM THE LADDER AND FELL TO THE FLOOR. EE BOOTS WERE MUDDY.

EMPLOYEE WAS SORTING WOODEN PALLETS WHEN HE GOT A WOOD CHIP IN HIS EYE.

EMPL GOT LEG STUCK BETWEEN MOBILE BAG CONVEYOR AND PALLET WHILE MOVING THE CONVEYOR.

INJURED BACK WHILE LIFTING BAGS.

38966ING BAGS ONTO A FLATBED TRAILER WHEN THE EMPLOYEES FOOT WENT THROUGH A BAD BOARD ON THE BED EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS WHILE FOOT WAS CAUGHT

WHILE DESCENDING FROM A STATIONARY SHAKER SCREEN,EMPL STEPPED ONTO A LADDER LEANING ON THE SHAKER.THE LADDER WAS ON A LOOSE PILE OF BENTONITE.IT SUNK INTO THE BENTONITE AND EMPL FELL TO GROUND

REPAIRING DUST COLLECTER WITH SILICONE & STARTED TO PEEL IT OFF & IT TOOK SKIN OFF OF MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

A PARTICLE FELL INTO EMPLOYEES EYE WHILE CLEANING A SHAKER SCREEN.

STRAINED BACK WHILE STACKING 100 LB BAGS.

DIRT PARTICLE WAS LODGED IN EYE WHILE WORKING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

EMPLOYEE GOT AS FOREIGN PARTICLE IN HIS EYE.

STRAINED SHOULDER WHILE LIFTING 100 LB BAGS.

EMPL RECD FLASH BURNS HIS EYES CAUSED BY WELDER

WHILE PULLING A PALLET ONTO A FLAT BED TRUCK THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON SOME ICE AND FELL BETWEEN THE TRUCK DOCK AND THE TRUCK.

LIFTED BAG WRONG. TWISTED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING BAGS ON A TRUCK WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT IN THE FLOOR OF THE TRUCK AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OIL ON GEAR BOX HE TRIPPED ON A BOLT ON FLOOR AND FELL AND INJURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER

LIFTING BAGS OFF FLEXOVEYOR. TURNED WRONG AND INJURED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF PIPE AND HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK