Sage Creek Mill: 61 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was on a work platform prepping bags for the packer. An airline came off the packer placer arm. The employee saw the adverse condition and quickly came down the three steps from the work platform. The right gastrocnemius muscle ruptured when the employee stepped down onto the cement floor.

Weather during the day created slick conditions around the plant. EE was walking from the parking area over to the plant when EE slipped and fell. EE was diagnosed with a lateral knee strain.

Employee stepped on grease with EE's left foot and slipped. Employee did not fall but caused pain and discomfort in EE's left hip. Employee received medical treatment from chiropractor on 3/22/24 due to continued discomfort and pain.

The employee was setting a new roll of shrink wrap onto the bracket. The employee did not move hand out of the way when EE laid the metal pipe (that goes through the middle of the roll) down onto the bracket. The employee's middle finger got caught in this pinch point which caused a laceration to the middle finger. The employee received several stitches to close the wound.

The employee was using a pipe wrench to take a knuckle valve apart. The knuckle valve was secured in a vice. While rotating the pipe wrench, the pipe wrench slipped off the knuckle valve causing the employee to lacerate a finger on metal ducting that was on the work bench. The laceration required six stitches.

A new employee was being trained on how to seal and stack 50 lb bags. During this time the employee's left forearm and wrist became sore. On 9-30-2018 the employee reported that the employee's forearm/wrist area was swollen and it was hard to close the employee's hand. On 10-01-2018 the employee saw a physician and was diagnosed with possible tendinitis and put on restrictive duty.

EE was assisting in a four person team lift of an electric motor. During the course of the second lift, he indicated that he felt his shoulder pop. Two hours later he was taken to the hospital where an examination was performed and it was recommended by the physician that the EE be given restricted duty.

EE was closing the access door on the bag house when he adjusted his hands causing the right hand to slip and bringing the door down upon his left hand. The middle finger of the left hand was caught between the door and the seal edge severing the tip of his middle finger.

EE was cutting away cardboard strapping around a roll of shim stock. The roll unraveled quickly cutting EE's right middle finger. EE received two stitches in finger.

EE reached around a guard to clear material conveyor without following proper lock out tag out procedures. Hand was caught between the tail pulley and idler conveyor. He was able to pull a stop cord stopping the conveyor, but remained with his hand caught. He had to wait assistance to be removed from the conveyor. His hand received abrasions as a result of this incident.

EE was in an awkward position while standing on plug-mud product chute. He slipped while adjusting his stance. EE reached up and grabbed a hold of a piece of pipe overhead to catch himself, doing so he heard a pop in his right shoulder. The EE had a small muscle tear in his shoulder. He was put on restricted duty. EE was equipped with and utilizing fall protection.

While freeing the last bolt in a joint of two 8-inch suction lines the unsupported end of one pipe dropped roughly 4 inches. When the pipe dropped it pinched his index and middle fingers in between the flange on the pipe and a metal support bracket. Instinctively he tried to jerk his hand out of harms way. The nail on the index finger was lost and the tip of the finger was broken.

Employee mis-stepped while climbing a fixed ladder from the load-out shed into the load-out shack. Employee caught himself with his knee causing a small cut that required 3 stitches.

Helping maintenance with replacement of lid over the hammer mill, employee used a sledge hammer to align the lid. Metal fragment about 1/4"long and 1/8" thick broke off and penetrated his left arm just below the elbow. The metal fragment was not visible and had to be removed at the hospital requiring a couple of stitches to close the wound.

Employee was removing lids in dryer baghouse. With limited headroom and uneven footing employee strained lower back.

Employee reached around the conveyor guard and grabbed a plug mud bag between the conveyor belt pinch point and the bag roller. Upon doing this his hand was pulled into the pinch point between the conveyor belt and the bag roller.

Extension ladder was being used upside down in slick/wet conditions and it slipped and fell causing injury to employee's wrist.

Employee was reaching to pull a bag off a conveyor when his glove got caught between the conveyor and the deck, pinching his left hand and wrist. Employee suffered a bruised left hand and a wrist abrasion.

While cleaning the loading shed the employee was bitten by an unidentified insect. The bite resulted in swelling and discomfort. Employee was put on antibiotics.

While performing cleaning duties on a catwalk, employee stepped on a tool, causing him to fall and bruise his knee and shoulder.

Extension ladder used to elevate employee was not locked in securely. When the employee applied his weight to the ladder it fell causing him to lacerate his lip and bruise his inner arm. 3 sutures were required for his lower lip.

Employee exceeded safe speed limitation for fork lift while making a sharp turn causing the fork lift to turn on its side. Weather and slippery conditions were not a factor. Employee was wearing his seat belt.

Employee was pushing on pipewrench. Pipewrench popped off of bar. Employee lost his balance and struck the side of the car with the left side of his head.

While operating packaging equipment, employee began experiencing numbness in right hand, arm, and shoulder.

Employee was using a shovel to clean off the roof of the grizzly pit. As he went in for a scoop, the head of the shovel made contact with a nail. This reportedly caused the employee to jam his right shoulder.

Employee was lifting a small tank and pulled lower back muscles.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A GEARBOX FROM THE BACK OF A PICKUP WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BICEP.

WHILE OPERATING THE PACKING SYSTEM, EE'S RIGHT WRIST BECAME SWOLLEN AND SORE.

EMPLOYEE FELL WHILE STEPPING TO LADDER AND STRUCK HIS BACK AND HEAD.

EE STRUCK HAND ON A PIECE OF METAL WHILE LIFTING A SCREEN.

EE WAS LIFTING A PALLET FULL OF MUD WHEN HE INJURED HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.

CAR PULL CABLE CAME LOOSE FROM SPOOL, STRKING EE ON THE LEFT ARM.

EE WAS FEEDING 100 BAGS OF CHEMCIAL INTO A MIXER, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING GRANULAR DEDUSTER FOR LEAKS WHEN HE GOT SOMETHING IN HIS LEFT EYE.

EMP WAS HURRYING TO SHUTDOWN A MILL WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE POPPED.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER WHEN HE STEPPED IN A SAMPLE SCOOP THAT WAS PARTIALLY HIDDEN FROM VIEW, SPRAINING HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A PLOW ONTO A PALLET AND FLIPPED IT ONTO THE PALLET AND IT BOUNCED BACK OFF THE PALLET LANDING ON THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT BEHIND THE STEEL TOE OF HIS BOOT, BREAKING FOUR TOES.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A BAR THAT WAS LAYING IN THE WALKWAY COVERED BY DUST, TWISTING HIS LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE. THE INJURY BECAME APPARENT ON 5-3-95. FORMS FILED 5-11-95 WITH OFFICE.

EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE LADDER WRUNG AND HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT ARM TO PREVENT FALLING. INJURY BECAME APPARENT ON 3-20-95.

EE WAS REAPRING SHAKER SCREENS WHEN IT FELL OFF THE SAW HORSES AND CUT HIS RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS CHECKING THE EXTRUDING AUGER AND REACHED FOR THE COVERING LID AND MISSED IT AND THE AUGER CAUGHT HIS GLOVED HAND AND PULLED HIS RIGHT HAND INTO THE AUGER. IT WAS REPORTED TO THE MAIN OF FICE ON 12-23-94.

EE WAS LIFTING A LARGE SHEET OF METAL AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STUMBLED AND FELL ON METAL GRATE WALKWAY INJURING HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT WRIST WAS CAUGHT IN THE BELT SCALE, PULLING HIM INTO THE EUQIPMENT SPRAINING HIS WRIST AND CUTTING HIS FOREHEAD.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO CHECK EUIPMENT, WHEN HE FELL DOWN THE LADDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WELDING LEADS THROUGH THE PLANT, WHEN THEY CAME APART STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE MOUTH.

FORK FELL OFF OF FORKLIFT LANDING ON EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT FOOT.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING THE BOTTOM DOORS ON A RAIL CAR WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

EE WAS WELDING WHEN SLAG BURNED A HOLE IN THE OXYGEN LINE AND HE REACHED DOWN TO PINCH IT OFF AND IT IGNITED, BURNING HIS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 50# BAG ONTO THE PALLET WHEN HIS BACK TWISTED PULLING SOMETHING

I.NAME LIFTING HEAVY BOXES CONTAINING 6 JUGS OF PRODUCT ONTO PALLETS.IS A VERY SMALL PERSON.

INJURED WAS PULLING ON A PIECE OF IRON ON A CRUDE TANK GATE TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT SO THAT GATE WOULD WORK PROPERLY.

WAS ASSISTING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE IN REPAIR WORK OF CRUDE TANK GATE.INJURED WAS ON THE GROUND.WHEN THE IRON BROKE OTHER EMPLOYEE FELL OUT OF TRUCK AND LANDED ON INJURED.

LIFTING PALLET RIGHT HAND SLIPPED & PALLET FELL ON LEFT HAND.

I NAME NOTIFIED US ON 09-23-91 THAT HE HAD CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME AFTER HAVING VISITED TWO DOC (RT WRIST)

HEAVY RAINS HAD CREATED EXTREMELY SLICK SOIL CONDITIONS. HE WAS CLEANING WINDOWS ON DUMP TRUCK. HE HOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL BACKWARDS AGAINST THE OPEN DOOR.

EE WAS CLEANING UP A BENTONITE SPILL AROUND THE END OF THE DRYER. THE SHOVEL CAUGHT ON THE BELT OF THE DRYER AND RESULTED IN THE SHOVEL HITTING THE EAR.

POSITIONING MOTOR STRAINED BACK DISPLACED VERTA.

RESTRACING PALLETS STRAINED BACK DISLOCATING VERTEBRAE.

WALKING TOWARD SCALE HOUSE, STEPPED INTO A HOLE, PULLED MUSCLES IN LOWER BACK.

WHILE OPENING BULK RAILROAD CAR LIDS DISLOCATED BERTEBRAE IN LOWER BACK.

ASCENDING STAIRWAY, STUMBLED, STRIKING ARM ON RAILING.

STRAINED UPPER BACK AND NECK WHILE CLOSING LID ON RAILROAD CAR.(BULK LID) VERTEBRAE DISLOCATION.

SLIPPED ON ICE FELL BROKE 1 RIB AND CRACKED TWO OTHERS ON THE LEFT SIDE.

STEPPED DOWN OFF BULK LOADING SCALE ONTO ROCK WHICH ROLLED RESULTING IN SEVERLY SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.

PLACING 100# BAGS OF BENTONITE ON PALLET. MOVED OFF-BALANCE AND WEIGHT OF BAG CAUSED STRAIN IN LOWER BACK RESULTING IN DISLOCATION OF SINGLE VERTEBREA.

CHECKING R R CARS FORM DEBRIS PRIOR T O LOAING FELL FORM LADDER STRICKING HEEEL ON ROCK HEEL BONES CRUSHED

SLIPPED AND FELL ON STEPS CUTTING RIGHT WRIST. INFECTION DEVELOPED 5 DAYS LATER.

FRESH SNOW ON STAIRS CAUSING SLIPPERY CONDITION LEADING TO SLIPPERY AND FALLING ON LEFT HIP AND LEG. BRUISED HIP MUSCLE RESULTING IN SWELLING AND SLIGHT NUMBNESS.

RE-SET ELECTRICAL BREAKER, TURNED ON POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO LATCH DOOR. LATCH STRUCK SO USED SCREW DRIVER TO FORCE LATCH WHICH SLIPPED HITTIG LIVE FUSE CAUSING ELECTRICAL ARC PRODUCING 1ST DE GREE BURN ON RIGHT HAND AND MINER FLASH BURN ON BOTH EYES.

REMOVING GEAR FROM MILL SHAFT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED WRENCH STRUCK LEFT THUMB CUTTING IT

NORMAL STAIRS WITH RAILING

ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE RAILROAD CAR DOOR. USED SLEDGE HAMMER TO DISLODGE STUCK DOOR. HAMMER GLANCED OFF STEEL RIB AND STRUCK RIGHT THUMB.

TURNING AROUND