New Iberia Plant: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

EE was dragging 4" bulk hose across barge deck to tank for hook up. Upon getting close to tank, EE turned to hook up hose, striking the fill line with upper center part of forehead along hair line

Employee was rodding out Mill #1 with a pry bar when they smashed their left index finger between the pry bar and an I-beam behind them.

The task was to connect the rigging to from the trackhoe bucket to the payloader. As the employee was connecting said rigging, the trackhoe bucket contacted the employees left shoulder and face.

Employee was installing a valve handle when attempting to climb down the ladder, lost his footing and fell onto the valve that was on the ground causing a laceration to his left hand.

Employee was using an impact wrench tightening bolts when the employee felt a muscle pull in his upper back. The employee has been diagnosed with a sprain/strain of the right thoracic.

Injured and co-worker were cleaning out the crusher hopper when a slight material slide struck the end of the pry bar forcing the other end into his face.

As employee swung a sledge to break up blocked feed bin, his left hand struck the edge of a clean out hopper.

Employee was bitten by a spider. He believes he was bitten when he removed some empty bags from their carton.

Employee claims that he injured his upper left back, left hand, right elbow and right shoulder while shoveling material.

Employee drove front end loader over a pot hole, throwing him against the windshield. Employee was not properly wearing his seat belt.

Employee complained that he had something in his eye after he had left work. He had been grinding metal earlier in his shift and may have gotten a metal particle in his eye when he wiped his face with his sleeve.

Employee tripped over boot cleaner outside of front door to the office and twisted her ankle.

Employee was opening one latch on a camlock pipe cap from a pressurized vessel. After releasing the one latch employee observed that the tank still had pressure. He closed a valve above the cap and then removed the other latch. The line blew the cap off striking employee in the right forearm. Diagnosis, contusion right forearm and corneal abrasion to right eye from dust.

EE was utilizing a pry bar through an inspection hole on a rock hopper trying to free a jammed rock. When the rock came free, the rock fell against the pry bar in the inspection hole. EE still had his hands around the pry bar. EE's finger was lacerated when the pry bar moved up and into a steel support for the hopper.

Employee was climbing down from cab of Volvo L70E front end loader. He had both hands on grab rails of ladder, his right foot was on bottom step, he lowered his left foot onto the ground. Upon placing weight on his left foot, employee said his knee twisted causing pain. Diagnosis from medical doctor describes injury as hamstring muscle strain.

UNKNOWN. EE MENTIONED TO FELLOW EE OF AN EYE IRITATION PRIOR TO LEAVING WORK AT 5 PM. THE FOLLOWING MORNING THE EE WENT TO CLINIC TO HAVE EYE LOOKED AT. FORIEGN OBJECT REMOVED FROM RIGHT EYE. REPORTED ACCIDENT AT APPROX. NOON TO MANAGEMENT ON 3-3-4.

EE EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT IN RIGHT EYE AFTER WORKING NEAR CLEAN OUT OPERATIONS. SUSPECTS DUSTPARTICLES IN EYE.

EE WAS WORKING IN THE BAGGING AREA. HE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A 100 LBS SACK OF BARITE. HE INDICATED THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK AND DROP THE BAG. HE CONTACTED OTHER ABOUT THE INCIDENT .

EE WAS BAGGING 100 LB SACKS AND STACKING ON PALLETS. REPORTED MUSCLE STRAIN TO MANAGEMENT ON 2-19-01.

EE WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE RE-STACK A PALLLET OF 50 LB. BAGS. WHILE PICKING UP A 50 LB. BAG HE TWISTED HIS BODY TO PLACE THE BAG ON A PALLET 2-3 FT. BESIDE HIM. HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS UPPER BACK NEAR A SHOULDER BLADE.

RAIN & MUD EE SLIPPED WHLE EXITING FRONT END LOADER WHILE TRYING TO HOLD HIS BODY WEIGHT FROM THE HAND HOLDS, ONE HAND SLIPPED OFF HANDRAIL HIS BODY SPUN AROUND & HIS BACK HIT THE FENDER OF TH E TIRE.

WHILE INSPECTING PIPE MANIFOLD IN TANK. EE CUT PALM OF HAND ON 1" PIPE FITTING. FITTING WAS WORN EXCESSIVELY FROM ABRASION, SHARP EDGES COULD NOT BE SEEN. HIS LEFT PALM REQUIRED STITCHES. HE R ETURNED TO WORK AT FULL CAPACITY.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DOME LID LATCHES ON LID OF TRAILOR, EE KICKED THE LATCH WITH THE HEEL OF HIS BOOT. HE MISSED THE LATCH & HIS ANKKLE MISSED THE LATCH MECHANISM. DR. CONCLUDED SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE. EXPECTED RELEASE TO RETURN TO WORK ON 4/20/98

VIRATION FROM THE MILL CAUSED DEBRIS TO FALL FROM THE HIGHER AREA (CONSTRUCTION AREA) TO LAND ON HIS FINGER CAUSING IT TO BREAK HIS FINGER.

CLIMBED DOWN A LADDER TO GET SOCKET RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED PUTTING ALL WEIGHT ON LEFT KNEE. LEFT KNEE BENT INTO TEARING CARTILAGE.

EE UNLATCHED CAMLOCK ON HOSE WITH 20 PSI HOSE. HOSE BLEW BAKC & HIT HIM IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL ER, STAYED NIGHT FOR OBSERVATION & RELEASED THE NEXT MORNING.