The employee was in the process of loosening a bolt on a piece of machinery. While pulling back on the wrench to loosen the bolt, the wrench slipped off the bolt and hit the operator in the mouth, striking EE's upper right central incisor tooth causing a hairline fracture in the tooth.
MULCOA PLANT #1 Metal/Non-Metal
MULCOA PLANT #1 has $171K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 118
- Years on record
- 1985–2025
- Latest incident
- Feb 2025
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.MULCOA PLANT #1 has $171K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8 outstanding across 7 contested dockets.
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 24,516 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 27,496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 27,369 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 24,554 | 2 | 0 | 81.5 |
| 2024 Q4 | 19,760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 26,670 | 1 | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2024 Q2 | 28,115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 25,906 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 25,585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 26,820 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 27,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 24,125 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 24,670 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 23,804 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 22,225 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 20,849 | 4 | 0 | 191.9 |
| 2021 Q4 | 26,370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 24,909 | 5 | 2 | 200.7 |
| 2021 Q2 | 21,030 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 23,203 | 1 | 0 | 43.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 21,129 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 18,671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 20,051 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 23,752 | 7 | 3 | 294.7 |
| 2019 Q4 | 22,872 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 24,853 | 4 | 2 | 160.9 |
| 2019 Q2 | 26,179 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 27,094 | 1 | 0 | 36.9 |
| 2018 Q4 | 25,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 26,058 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 26,122 | 4 | 2 | 153.1 |
| 2018 Q1 | 27,757 | 2 | 0 | 72.1 |
| 2017 Q4 | 25,387 | 3 | 0 | 118.2 |
| 2017 Q3 | 27,948 | 3 | 0 | 107.3 |
| 2017 Q2 | 32,054 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 30,663 | 2 | 0 | 65.2 |
| 2016 Q4 | 24,625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 29,111 | 4 | 0 | 137.4 |
| 2016 Q2 | 27,856 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 32,315 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 35,060 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 31,318 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 41,601 | 4 | 0 | 96.2 |
| 2015 Q1 | 45,769 | 11 | 3 | 240.3 |
| 2014 Q4 | 43,737 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 48,287 | 9 | 2 | 186.4 |
| 2014 Q2 | 46,705 | 1 | 0 | 21.4 |
| 2014 Q1 | 49,844 | 3 | 0 | 60.2 |
| 2013 Q4 | 43,184 | 4 | 2 | 92.6 |
| 2013 Q3 | 48,591 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 47,618 | 3 | 1 | 63.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 47,614 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 41,463 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 46,784 | 3 | 1 | 64.1 |
| 2012 Q2 | 39,491 | 7 | 1 | 177.3 |
| 2012 Q1 | 46,672 | 6 | 0 | 128.6 |
| 2011 Q4 | 45,180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 37,643 | 21 | 4 | 557.9 |
| 2011 Q2 | 38,724 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 34,253 | 13 | 0 | 379.5 |
| 2010 Q4 | 37,867 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 37,440 | 13 | 4 | 347.2 |
| 2010 Q2 | 32,029 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 34,365 | 14 | 4 | 407.4 |
| 2009 Q4 | 33,175 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 31,693 | 15 | 5 | 473.3 |
| 2009 Q2 | 27,111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 28,873 | 5 | 0 | 173.2 |
| 2008 Q4 | 35,163 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 38,330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 36,939 | 4 | 0 | 108.3 |
| 2008 Q1 | 38,313 | 21 | 4 | 548.1 |
| 2007 Q4 | 38,848 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 38,347 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 39,118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 38,456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 40,219 | 4 | 1 | 99.5 |
| 2006 Q3 | 41,527 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 37,812 | 7 | 1 | 185.1 |
| 2006 Q1 | 33,563 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 35,291 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 36,064 | 15 | 5 | 415.9 |
| 2005 Q2 | 40,199 | 3 | 2 | 74.6 |
| 2005 Q1 | 39,846 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 36,633 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 40,723 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 41,490 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 43,833 | 1 | 0 | 22.8 |
| 2003 Q4 | 40,765 | 5 | 2 | 122.7 |
| 2003 Q3 | 46,168 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 48,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 45,913 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 45,572 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 52,746 | 2 | 0 | 37.9 |
| 2002 Q2 | 53,443 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 52,482 | 2 | 1 | 38.1 |
| 2001 Q4 | 49,973 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 54,855 | 2 | 0 | 36.5 |
| 2001 Q2 | 57,141 | 1 | 1 | 17.5 |
| 2001 Q1 | 59,245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 58,954 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 68,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 63,795 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 61,468 | 2 | 0 | 32.5 |
Reportable incidents
118 on file2025 · 1 incident
2018 · 1 incident
Driver was rolling tarp. EE released the handle, it spun back hitting ee on the cheek.
2017 · 2 incidents
Employee was adjusting the kick plate on a bagging station when they placed left hand between the raised kick plate and the support structure underneath. They then cycled the machine by depressing the pneumatic control button causing the kick plate to lower pinching the left thumb between the plate and cross structure causing a laceration just below the thumbnail.
Employee was assisting with a Ball Mill Screen installation when employee's left thumb struck the backside of a structural bar on the frame of the screening system causing a hairline fracture.
2015 · 1 incident
Employee reached inside the engine compartment of a Kubota ATV to adjust the throttle cable and his left index finger contacted a linkage pin causing a small laceration just below the fingernail.
2014 · 1 incident
Employee was assisting another employee remove a screening deck from the SWECO screening system when he felt a pain in his lower back.
2013 · 2 incidents
Employee contacted the end of a bagging spout with his left little finger causing a laceration.
Employee picked up a sheave (pulley) that weighed 35 pounds and he turned the part over using his right hand to locate a part number on the sheave when he felt a pain in his right shoulder.
2012 · 1 incident
Employee was removing a bag of material from the reject line when the back of his right hand contacted the conveyor belt causing a friction burn.
2011 · 3 incidents
Employee was carrying a small fan up a flight of stairs when he noticed a pain in his lower back.
Employee states that he was getting down off a forklift and when he put his left foot down on the floor he heard a pop. Later that night his foot began to swell so he went to the emergency roo m where an x-ray revealed two fractured bones near the joint where his small toe joins the foot.
Employee was lifting a bag of material when he felt a pain in his lower back.
2010 · 1 incident
Employee was stepping down from one catwalk onto another when he stepped on a piece of clay with his right foot which twisted his right ankle causing a sprain.
2008 · 3 incidents
Employee was lifting a 100 pound bag of material off of a pallet, when he felt a pain in his left shoulder, which subsided and he finished his shift. Three weeks after the initial injury, the employee did not have any pain, but his shoulder was popping. An MRI revealed a tear of the rotator cuff in his left shoulder.
Employee was repairing a light fixture on the top level of Plant 1 Tyler System. While repairing the fixture, employee fell down a flight of stairs. The fall dislocated his left shoulder, ring and pinky finger of his left hand.
Gas leaking from pipe ignited and caused burns on head and arms.
2007 · 4 incidents
Employee was at the control panel for the pug mill at Plant 1 when he heard a pulley belt making a loud noise. The employee walked down a short flight of steps to go investigate what was making the noise. When he reached the ground floor he felt a pain in his right leg behind the knee. Employee was diagnosed with a muscle strain in the right leg.
Employee was picking up a pallet that had fallen off a conveyor onto the ground. The employee reached down and grabbed the pallet with his right hand and began lifting it, when he felt a pain in his right shoulder.
Employee bent over and picked up a bag of material without bending his legs and felt a pain in his lower back. Diagnosis - acute lumbar strain. Prognosis - Good.
Employee was walking down a stairway and missed the third to last step causing him to lose his balance, fall forward and strike the concrete floor with his chest. Diagnosis - Chest Contusion.
2005 · 2 incidents
The management employee slipped on wet pavement while traveling to the office and twisted his knee. He returned to work and continued working at his regular job until continued pain and problems with his knee lead him to have surgery on 06/24/05. Due to the surgery he was out of work until his return on restricted duty on 07/18/05.
A bag of material fell off the pallet and wedged between the pallet and elevator frame. Employee tried to pick it up with one hand and felt a pain on right side.
2004 · 2 incidents
Installing side plates on JC Steele feeder. Went to help pull side plates to re-insall and twisted or overextended and felt something pull in lower back.
Employee was cleaning under east clam shell with bobcat removing material when clam shell opened releasing material. Material went inside his boot causing burns on both feet.
2003 · 2 incidents
EMPLYOEE WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR FROM THE FOREMAN'S ROOM IN THE SHIPPING DEPT WHEN HE TRIPPED ON A PIECE OF BAR GRATE. EE LANDED ON HIS HANDS. THIS CAUSED AN IMPACT ON HIS ELBOW WHICH TOR THE TENDON FROM THE BONE.
EE WAS CUTITNG A PIECE OF GUM RUBBER WITH UTILITY KNIFE, WHEN EE CAME TOT HE END OF THE RUBBER THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIM ON THE LOWER RIGHT THIGH AREA. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.
2002 · 2 incidents
EE WAS REMOVING WIRE CABLE FROM FRONT END LOADER. CABLE HAD A FRAY WHICH PUNCTURED EE'S RIGHT HAND PINKY FINGER. EE RECEIVED 3 STITCHES.
EE WAS FOLLOWING KILN SHUT-DOWN PROCEDURES. WHEN THE KILN IS SHUT DOWN, THE KILN ASST MUST KEEP THE ZURN FAN SPINNING FOR APPROX 1/2 HR. HE BUMPS THE FAN WITH A 2X4 BOARD. EE CAUGHT THE BOARD IN THE FAN CAUSING IT TO SLAM THE BOARD DOWN (ON THE END HE WAS HOLDING) ON THE FAN HOUSING, MASHING HIS RT INDEX FINGER. FINGER REQUIRED 7 STITCHES.
2001 · 1 incident
EE WAS REALIGNING BAGGED MATERIAL ON THE SOUTH PALLETIZER WHEN HE WALKED OVER THE SAFETY LINE, CROSSED AN ELECTRIC EYE WHICH ACTIVATED THE RAKE ARM, WHICH PINNED HIM BETWEEN THE ARM AND ACROSS BAR. EE WAS BRUISED IN THE PELVIS AND LOWER BACK AREAS.
2000 · 2 incidents
EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES THAT HE SLIPPED, HYPER-EXTENDING HIS GROIN AREA WHILE WALKING OFF A PLATFORM OF A SUPER SACK MACHINE. EMPLOYEE WAS OBTAINING A SAMPLE OF PRODUCT. EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOISED WI TH A HERNIA ON 3-28-00.
INSTALLING COUNTERWEIGHT BOX IN MAST GUIDE WITH ASSEMBLY LAYING FLAT. BOX ROLLERS NET ALIGNED AND WEDGED IN GUIDES. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ALIGN BY HAND. BOX SLID FORWARD AND MASHED FINGER TIP.
1999 · 3 incidents
EE WAS WALKING OVER PUG MACHINE TO CLEAN A DIE PLATE WHEN HE TRIPPED & FELL. THIS RESULTED IN 7 STITCHES TO THE LEFT KNEE AREA
EMPLOYEE LIFTED A 100 LB BAG AND EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN SHARP PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
EE WAS SUPERVISING THE OPERATION OF CLEANING MATERIAL FROM A PUG MACHINE. CO-WORKER WAS USING A SCRAPER (LONG HANDLE) TO CLEAN MATERIAL OFF THE PUG FACE WHEN THE SCRAPER GLANCED OFF THE PUG AN D HIT EE ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE CAUSING A 1 INCH LONG LACERATION REQUIRING 3 STITCHES.
1998 · 3 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A BOX FROM THE WAREHOUSE TO THE PLANT 1 OFFICE WHEN HE TURNED HIS ANKLE WHILE WALKING DOWN A 4 FT SET OF STEPS. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT ANKLE.
REMOVING BOTTOM OF CONVEYOR FEED CHUTE WHEN RIGHT HAND SLIPPED OFF CHUTE SHOWED AND MASHED FINGER ON LEFT HAND.
EE WAS DISLODGING A 100# BAG FROM CONVEYOR ON A PALIETIZING UNIT. HE ALLEGES HE HAS PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. HE ALSO ALLEDGES THAT THIS IS A REOCCURANCE FROM A PRIOR INJURY AT A DIFFERENT PLACE O F EMPLOYMENT. AFTER A 2ND OPINION, THE DOCTOR DECIDED TO PERFORM ORTHOSCOPIC SURGERY TO EXPLORE THE INJURY.
1997 · 3 incidents
PROBABLE WIND BLOWN RESIDUE ON CLOTHES OR BODY OR IN AREA (REPEATED EYE BOTHERING HIM 12/4-WENT TO DR AM 12/5
EMPLOYEE WAS REARRANGING BAGS ON A PALLETIZING MACHINE WITH OUT LOCKING OUT THE POWER SOURCE, THE MACHINED WAS ON AUTOMATIC MODE. THE EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTLY TRIPPED A SENSOR CAUSING THE MACHINE T O START. THE RACK ARM KNOCKED HIM OFF OF HIS FEET AND PINNED HIM IN A POSITION WHICH CAUSED HIS KNEE TO FLEX FAR BACKWARDS RESULTING IN A TORN CARTILAGE.
EE WAS CHANGING PLATES IN A BARMAC CRUSHER WHEN HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT UNDER THE TOP PLATE RESULTING IN 2 STITCHES.
1996 · 5 incidents
EE WAS THREADING PLASTIC THROUGH A STRETCH WRAPPING MACHINE AND HIS HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 ROLLERS RESULTING IN 5 STITCHES TO HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.'
EE WAS CARRYING A METAL BAR COMING DOWNSTAIRS AND MISSED A STEP CAUSING HIS LEG TO HIT THE FLOOR GRATE. HIS LEG WAS CUT JUST BELOW THE RT KNEE CAP.
EE WAS REMOVING BOLTS AND NUTS ON TY ROCKET WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH , WHEN A NUT GOT HUNG IN THE SOCKET. EE STUCK HIS FINGER IN THE NUT TO PULL IT OUT OF THE SOCKET AND HIT THE SWITCH ON THE IMP ACT WRENCH, RUNNING THE NUT ON HIS FINGER.
EE WAS WORKING IN SHOP, TRIPPED OVER OXY AND ACETYLENE HOSE, FELL AND STRUCK HIS RT FOREARM ON WING ROLLER STANDING AGAINST WALL. THE RESULT WAS A DEEP LACERATION TO THE RT FOREARM REQUIRING A PPROX 32 STITCHES.
EE WAS JACKHAMMERING SLAG BUILDUP IN #3 KILN WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG FROM OVERHEAD FELL AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE BACK.
1995 · 9 incidents
EE WAS BENDING OR SQUATING DOWN TO PICK UP A SAMPLE OF MATERIAL WHEN HE FELT HIS KNEE POP.
HAND BAGGING MATERIAL. EMPLOYEE PULLED OR STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BOBCAT TO PUSH A PILE OF HOT DROP OUT MATERIAL (DUST) WHEN THE MATERIAL SPLASHED BACK INTO THE BOBCAT. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS HANDS AND LEGS (BELOW THE KNEE).
EE WAS PLACING A GUARD BACK ON EQUIPMENT WHEN DUST FELL FROM ABOVE. A PIECE OF DUST LODGED UNDER THE RIGHT EYELID.
EMPLOYEES WERE MOVING A SHUTTLE CONVEYRO AND JIMMY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.
MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT WORKING IN KILN REMOVING BRUICK. BRUICK LOCATED AT TOP OF HULL NEEDED TO BE REMOVED AND EE TURNED AROUND TO COME OUT AND A SMALL PIECE OF BRICK FELL HITTING HIS HARD HAT AND NECK. NO PROBLEM SHOWED UP UNTIL 2-21-95.
WORK BEING DONE ON ROLLER MILL AND ASPIRATOR WAS BEING USED TO HEAT MILL BASE. FLAME HAD GONE OUT AND EE WENT TO RELITE IT. WHEN HE DID IT PUFFED BACK.
EMPLOYEE REPLACING BEARINGS ON HEADROLLER, COM-O-LONG USED TO HOLD HEADROLLERS IN PLACE WHILE WORK WAS BEING DONE. EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASING THE COM-O-LONG & IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ONTO H IS RIGHT KNEE HITTING IT ON THE BAR GRATING ON THE STEP.
EE WAS WALKING FROM PLAT AREA TO SHHOP. IT HA DRAINED AND EE SLIPPED IN THE MUD PULLING THEMUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT LEG.
1994 · 12 incidents
EE & SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING LINERS IN BALL MILL WHEN TAKING LINERS OUTA FLAKE OF METAL GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE OFF OF OLD LINER
EMPLOYEE & SEVERAL OTHER EMPLOYEES RELACING LINERS IN STEEL BALL MILL. LINERS ARE HEAVY & OLD ONES HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT & NEW ONES PUT IN. WHILE PUTTING A LINER IN, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
SHUTTLE CONVEYOR HAD TO BE MOVED TO FILL ANOTHER BIN, SPILLAGE WAS UNDER CONVEYOR - 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE HELPING TO MOVE CONVEYOR - CONVEYOR HARD TO MOVE.
SHUTTLE CONVEYOR NEEDED TO BE MOVED SO IT WOULD FEED INTO ANOTHER PRODUCT BIN. THREE MEN WERE WORKING TOGETHER TO DO THE JOB.
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING EQUIPMENT & CHUTES EE OPENED A DOOR TO CHECK CHUTE & MATERIAL & TRASH BLEW INTO HIS EYE
EE WAS GOING TO USE AN IMPACT WRENCH AND WHEN HE TURNED IT ON MATERIAL FLEW OUT INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
EE WAS WELDING AND CUTTING ON HUMMER AND GOT TRASH IN HIS EYE.
EE WAS WORKING IN KILN, USING AN AIR HAMMER TEARING OUT SLAG WHICH HAD BUILT UP IN KILN FIRING ZONE. HE GOT SOME TRASH IN HIS EYE AND HIS EYE WAS SCRATCHED. SAFETY GLASSES WERE WORN AT THE TIM E.
EMPLOYEE ENTERING BOBCAT TYPE EQUIPMENT SO HE COULD OPERATE EQUIPMENT. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND STRUCK RIGHT ELBOW AS HE WAS GETTING INTO OPERATOR'S SEAT.
INJURED AND EMPLOYEE WERE CHANGING SCREENS IN THE CRUSHER ARE, HE WAS CHECKING SCREENS FOR TESNION, A PIEC EOF MATERIAL POPPED INTO HIS EYE. DR DID NOT FIND ANYTHING IN EYE BUT HE DID HAVE SO ME SCRATCHES. MEDICATION WAS GIVEN BY DR.
EE WAS BAGGING 100 LB BAGS AND STACKING ONTO PALLET MUSCLE STRAIN.
INJURED WAS OPERATING THE KILNS AND RUNNING MATERIAL DENSITY. HE TURNED AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON AN ELECTRICAL SWITHC BOX.
1993 · 7 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING INFEED CHUTE TO KILN WITH A METAL ROD.HE STRUCK HIS FINGER ON A SHARP PIECE OF METAL WHICH WAS PART OF THE CHUTE.
EMPLOYEE MOUNTED RAILROAD CAR & WAS USING THE HAND WHEEL WHICH CONTROLS THE HAND BRAKES. HE DID NOT GRASP WHEEL FIRMLY ENOUGH & HIS HAND SLIPPED OFF CAUSING ELBOW TO STRIKE CAR.
REMOVING \WODDEN WEDGE FROM BETWEEN TAILGATE OF TRUCK AND TRUCK BODY. FINGER WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THEM.
SOME SPILLAGE WAS AROUND CONVEYOR WHEN HE TRIED TO MVOE CONVEYOR. EE AND OTHER HAD TO PUSH HARD TO GET CONVEYOR TO MOVE.
SHUTTLE CONVEYOR HAD TO BE LOCATED IN ORDER TO FILL ANOTHER PRODUCT BIN. TOTAL OF 3 MEN WERE MOVING THE CONVEYOR AND HE WAS PUSHING. WHILE PUSHING STRAINED THE GROIN AREA- RIGHT SIDE.
3 MEN MOVING SHUTTLE CONVEYOR. INJURED WAS USING A PRY BAR AND BAR SLIPPED AND HE FELL.
BAGGING 100 LB. BAGS AND STACKING ON PALLET.
1992 · 6 incidents
STACKING 100 LB. BAGS ON PALLET. MUSCLE STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
LIFTING AUGER BY OTHER MEANS.
EMPLOYEE REMOVED LID OF AN AUGER. AUGER 9' FROM FLOOR. TURNED AUGER ON TO CHECK FOR PROBLEM. W ALKED UNDER AUGER TO CLIMB UP TO INSPECT. LID VIBRATED OFF AND STRUCK SHOULDER. CUT AND BRUISE D SHOULDER.
INJURED WAS ASKED TO MOVE AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. 2 OTHER EMPLOYEE'S WERE IN THE AREA, BUT HE DECIDED TO MOVEMOTOR BY HIMSELF.
I.NAME BAGGING & STACKING 100 LB BAGS FROM A BAGGING MACHINE.FELT PAIN IN LEFT SIDE OF GROIN AREA.NOT A RUPTURE OR HERNIA.
STACKING 100 LB BAGS ON PALLET MUSCLE SPASMS IN LOWER BACK
1991 · 10 incidents
EE BAGGING 100 LBS. BAGS & STACKING ON PALLETS. TWISTED BACK WHILE STACKING.
EE WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS. AS HE STEPPED DOWN ON THE 4TH STEP DOWN, HE EITHER SLIPPED OR STEPPED ON SOMETHING (NOTHING WAS FOUND). EE HAD HOLD OF THE HAND RAIL AND KEP HOLD AS HE FELL FORWARD , THIS MADE HIM TO TWIST AROUND AND LAND ON HIS BACK AND NECK.
I NAME WENT TO LOADING DOCK TO GET SOME SHORT PIECES OF WOOD TO DO A JOB HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD WHICH MOVED & THREW HIM I NAME FELL ABOUT 1FT CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS RT HAND CATCHING HIMSELF BROKE THE BONE ABOVE HIS WRIST AREA WHERE HE STEPPED IS NOT A WALKWAY IT IS A STORAGE AREA FOR WOOD
WATER LINE (METAL PIPE) WAS BEING TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. EE WAS REMOVING PIPE BY USING A CUTTING TORCH. EE PUSHED ON THE PIPE WITH ONE HAND WHILE HE HELD THE TORCH WITH THE OTHER HAND. HE GOT T HE TORCH TO CLOSE TO HIS LEG AND GOT BURNED.
STRAIN TO BACK USING A PRY BAR UNDER AXLE OF SHUTTLE CONVEYOR. PRY BAR PLACED UNDER AXLE OF CONVEYOR AND EE WAS LIFTING UP ON PRY BAR.
A PIECE OF METAL PLATE HAS BEEN SET UP ON HAND RAILS. 4 MEN MOVED IT SEVERAL FEET TO AN AREA WHERE IT WAS TO BE USED. EE TWISTED HIS BACK IN THE PROCESS CREATING AN INJURY TO THE LOWER BACK AR EA.
DRAGGING AND INSTALLATION OF BAGGER BLOWER. 3 MENT DOING THE WORK. EQUIPMENT WAS DRAGGED ON METAL GRATED FLOOR TO LOCATION OF INSTALLATION, THEN LIFTED INTO PLACE FOR OPERATION. EQUIPMENT WAS LIFTED BY HOIST TO FLOOR LEVEL WHERE IT WOULD BE USED.
LINING CONVEYOR (TRAVEL)SLOW MOVING BELT EMPLOYEE THOUGHT THAT HE COULD CUT STRING FROM CONVEYOR BELT WHICH WERE WRAPPED AROUND SHAFT & BEARING HAND CAUGHT & SQUEEZED BETWEEN TAKE UP BEARING & TAIL ROLLER
WALKING DOWN STAIRS AFTER FINISHING A JOB.NOT LOOKING AS TO WHERW HE WAS STEPPING,LEFT FOOT LANDED ON A SMALL PIECE OF PIPE WHICH WAS LAYING ON THE STAIRS.SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
EMPLOYEE WAS BAGGING AND STACKING BAGGED MATERIAL. PALLET ABOUT 1/2 FULL WHEN 3EE THREW A BAG AND FELT A PROBLEM IN HIS BACK. STRAIN TO LOWER BACK.
1990 · 3 incidents
EMPL WEARS FULL FACE RESPIRATOR EQUIPED WITH AIR PUMP. THIS RESPIRATOR IS WORN IN PLANT AREA. EMPL HAD GONE TO WAREHOUSE TO SEND OUT SOME SAMPLES. HE HAD RESPIRATOR ON & SOME TIME AFTER COMING BACK FROM WAREHOUSE IT FELT LIKE EYE LASH GOT INTO EYE. TRASH IN EYE. EYE WAS WASHED OUT BUT TRASH WOULD NOT COME OUT.
SEVERAL MEN WERE WORKING WITH 6 INCH STEEL PIPE. GETTING PIPE INTO POSITION ONE END WAS DROPPED EE HAD HOLD OF OPPOSITE END. WHEN PIPE WAS DROPPED, THIS CAUSED EE TO MASH HIS THUMB BETWEEN PIP E AND STEEL BEAM.
HE HAD REPLACED A SCREEN ON THE SWECO SYSTEM. PUTTING SYSTEM BACK TOGETHER, HE TIGHTENING SEALING BANK ON SYSTEM WITH A RATCHET WRENCH, HE PULLED HARD TO TIGHTEN BAND AND HE FELT SOMETHING I N HIS BACK.
1989 · 13 incidents
OTHER EE HAD BEEN MADE, DID NOT MAKE A CLEAN CUT. A UTILITY KNIFE HAD BEEN USED TO TRIM OUT STENCIL. UTILITY KNIFE WAS LEFT OPEN EE REACHED OVER TO GET A WRENCH AND PUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM ONTO BLADE, CUTTING HIMSELF.
WATER HAD GOTTON INTO PUG TUB AND MADE A BIG MUD BALL. HE WAS DIGGING OUT OF TUB WITH A SHOVEL. STRAIN TO GROIN AREA.
DESCENDING STAIRS- TWISTED ANKLE- HELD ONTO HANDRAILS WHICH PREVENTED HIM FROM FALLING.
PAIN IN LOWER BACK. OCCURED WHIL HE WAS CLEANING DIRT FORM UNDER TRUCK SCALE PLATFORM. HEIGHT OF WORK AREA REQUIRED HIM TO BE STOPPED OVER WHILE PERFORMING WORK ASSIGNMENT. HE WAS LIFTING T HE BUCKETS FILLED WITH BUILD UP MATERIAL FROM UNDER SCALE PLATFORM TO OP OF SCALE PLATFORM.
RIGHT HAND (BACK) WALKING BETWEEN AT STACK OF PALLETS AND FORKLIFT. ABOUT 2 FT. OPENING. I.NAME WALKED BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND PALLETS TO GET TO THE BATHROOM. HIS HAND BRUSHED AGAINST A BURR ON F ORKLIFT FENDER.
REPAIRING FEED CHUTE #2 KILN(EYES BURNT).
MOVING SCREEN RACKS UPSTAIRS IN CRUSHER AREA TO BE MOVED TO GROUND LEVEL PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE OF LOWER BACK.
REMOVING LINERS FROM STEEL BALL MILL.2 MEN INSIDE THROWING LINERS OUT INTO BOBCAT BUCKET.EMPL OUTSIDE TO MOVE BOBCAT WHEN FULL.EMPL GOING TO MOVE LINER ALREADY IN BUCKET.PUT HAND ON LINER,A LI NER FROM INSIDE OF BALL MILL CAME OUT HITTING RIGHT THUMB.
CHECKING PONDS AT PLANT #1 WATER LEVELS,ETC.,WALKING WHERE AREA WAS WASHED -ROUGH TERRAIN.AREA WET BECAUSE OF RAIL.EMPL SLIPPED & FELL EXTENDED RIGHT ARM OUT TO CATCH HIMSELF.FELT POPPING FEEL ING IN RIGHT WRIST NO BROKEN BONES.
CHANGING SCREEN WALKING UP STAIRS WITH TOOLS IN ONE HAND HOLDING STAIR RAIL WITH OTHER EMP SLIPED BAK FELL ON BOX OF METAL
BLOWING BAGGER OUT WITH PRESSURE HOSE HIT IN EYE WITH END OF RUBBER HOSE EMPL BLOWING THE I C BAGGER HOPPER OUT THE EMPL HOLDING AIR HOSE AND IT SLIPPED OUT OF THE BAGGER CHAMBER AND OUT OF HI S HAND HOSE FLOPPING AROUND AND STRUCK HIM IN THE R EYE
CHANGING EAST SCREEN BUMPED LEFT ELBOW ON WEST SWECO SCREEN UNIT & PULLED MUSCLE. CLOSE WORK AREA.
WELDING SLAG SPOTTED BURNS ON BOTHE HANDS BURNS WERE STATED AS NOT A PROBLEM BY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE WENT TO DR 8 DAYS LATER SPOTS SHOWED SIGNS OF INFECTION
1988 · 4 incidents
MOVING PARTS AROUND ON SHELF TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW SUPPLIES DUST OR GRIT CAME OFF SHELF & ENTERED RT.EYE EYE WAS IRRITATED FROM PARTICLE
MATERIAL DUST FELL FROM COVER ABOVE WHILE GETTING A SAMPLE DUST IN LEFT EYE
CHECKING BRAKE 2N VEHICLE #88 STEPPED OFF VEHICLE AND FOOT LANDED ON A PIECE OF MATERIAL AND TWISTED FOOT KNOT CAME UP ON SIDE OF LEFT FOOT
EMPLOYEE REPORT9D HE WAS TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN OUT A BAG THAT WAS GOING UP THE BAG FLATTENER AND SOMEHOW HIS ARM GOT CAUGHT IN THE TENSION ROLLER
1987 · 7 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING THE LABEL ON A FINISHED PALLET. HE CLIMBED UP ON TO THE CONVEYOR. HE STEPPED BACK AND HIS FOOT TRIPPED THE ELECTRONIC EYE ON THE EXIT CONVEYOR FROM THE STRETCH WRAPPER THA T STARTED THE E3IT CONVEYOR RUNNING. AS HE PUT HIS FOOT DOWN ON THE EXIT CONVEYOR IT SHOVEL HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE GRAVITY ROLLERS AND THE EXIT CONVEYOR.
PULLED MUSCLE I3 LEFT LEG-HIP JOINT-EMPLOYEE REMOVING AND INSTALLING NEW FALK AIR FLEX DRIVE COUPLING ON WEST KILN.STRAINING IN AN EFFORT TO PROPERLY REMOVE AND INSTALL NEW COUPLING.
DRIVING HOPPER 7EETH OFF OF SHAFT WITH HAMMER. MISSED TOOTH WITH HAMMER AND HIT THE TOOTH WITH KNUCKLE ON LITTLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.
WHILE SETTING U1 SHUTTLE BELTS, EMP STRAINED HIMSELF MOVING A 8X14 BELT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE
EMPL USING ADJU8TABLE WRENCH.WHILE PULLING ON IT WITH PRESSURE,IT SLIPPED.WITH REFLEX MOVEMENT WITH LEFT HAND TO SUPPORT HIMSELF HE BUMPED HIS LEFT WRIST.
EMPLOYEE WASLIF7ING A SWECO DECK IN AN AREA THAT HAS LITTLE SPACE. BECAUSE OF LITTLE ROOM TO WORK IN, HE WAS PUT IN AN AWKWARD POSITION CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK.
EMPLOYEE CLAIMS3HOPPER GATE WAS STRUCK IN CLOSED POSTIONFHE GOT A CROW BAR AND TRIED TO FREE THE GAT.BAR SLIPPED AND MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN BAR AND IRON FRAME.
1986 · 1 incident
EMP WAS PERFORM3NG HIS REGULAR JOB OF STACKING BAGS ON PALLETS AND AKWARDLY TWISTED BACK WHEN LIFTING A 100 LB BAG
1985 · 1 incident
EMP WAS WALKING ACROSS YARD AT PROCESSING PLANT AND SLIPPED ON WET CLAY FALLING TO GROUND RESULTING IN SPRAIN TO RT KNEE
The full compliance file on MULCOA PLANT #1
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