EMPLOEYE STATES EYES WERE BURNED,FLASH BURNS,INJURED WAS WELDING ON KILN TIRE,I WAS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY.WELDING FLASH WAS REFLECTING OFF RAIN DROPS AND FOG.
Oran Plant: 11 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Oran Plant (mine ID 2301005). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Years on record
- 1985–1992
- Latest incident
- Dec 1992
- Southern Clay-Div/Edward Lowe Industries Inc 1950 to 1991
- Golden Cat Corp 1991 to present
Oran Plant sits in Scott County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Reportable incidents
11 on file1992 · 3 incidents
AS EMPLOYEE WAS LEAVING THE BUILDING, GOING DOWN STAIRS, HE SLIPED ON WET MUD/CLAY LANDING ON HIS BACK, ARM AND POSTERIOR. (RIGHT SIDE).
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS BENDING OVER TO OPEN THE TOP DOOR OF A HOPPER CAR AS HE OPENED THE DOOR HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE ROOF GRATING CAUSING HIS LEFT KNEE TO TWIST EMPLOYEE DID NO T REPORT THE ACCIDENT UNTIL 04-13-92
1991 · 3 incidents
EMPL FOOT HUNG IN STEEL STEP OF LOADER WHEN DESCENDING.
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FORCE A HOPPER DOOR SHUT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THE DOOR WAS LATCHED.
EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING AND STACKING 50# BAGGED PRODUCT ON PALLETS WHEN HE SUFFERED A LUMBAR STRAIN.
1990 · 2 incidents
EMPL HELPING HOIST REDUCER TO TOP OF BLDG.WHEN REDUCER ARRIVED AT THE TOP,EMPL LIFTED REDUCER TO ROOF AND WAS CAUGHT ON FOREARM BY BOLT ON REDUCER CAUSING LACERATION.
WHILE USING 10 TOM PORTAPOWER AND JIG TO HOLD STEEL PLATE IN PLACE FOR WELDING, EMPLOYEE LOOKED UP FROM HIS WELDING POSITION JUST AS THE PORTAPOWER CAME APART FROM THE JIG. THE JIG CAME UP AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE UPPER LIP.
1988 · 1 incident
LIFTING 50 LB BAGS OF GRANULES STRAINED BACK
1987 · 1 incident
EMP STRAINED BA7K WHILE CLOSING DOOR ON HOPPER CAR.
1985 · 1 incident
FOOT SLIPPED WHILE CLEANING OUT DUST COLLECTOR, FELL OVER HAND RAILING EFFECTING SCROTUM. SURGERY TO CORRECT RESULTING PROBLEM NOT PERFORMED UNTIL 7/30/85.