Select Materials-Millwood Operation: 138 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee climbed out of track hoe and stepped to the ground. Employee felt a sharp pain in the back and right leg.

EE was stacking 50# sand bags on a pallet. When EE turned to place a bag on the pallet had a sharp pain in the abdomen. Later in the day EE had a lump protruding from the same area. EE can push the lump back in. *On 03/11/2020 EE saw a doctor & was diagnosed with a hernia. EE plans to have the hernia surgically repaired. The doctor issued a Return to Work slip with No Limitations.

EE was trying to break frozen chunk of sand that was lodged in feeder opening. When tried to hit chunk with sledge hammer, hammer struck steel brace, bounced towards EE causing the end of hammer handle to make contact to the EE left leg near his knee. EE was taken to the ER for X-rays. No broken bones were found. EE returned to work. EE saw dr 03/02/15, given restrictions.

Miner was changing the shaft and bearings on the head pulley of the 40/70 bucket elevator. He and another miner were trying to place a pry bar between the belt and the pulley to position the belt. The miner' s finger was pinched between the pry bar and the belt.

Miner was loading 6" PVC pipe into the back of a plant pick-up truck when his right hand moved over a burr on the pipe. The miner was not wearing gloves and sustained a laceration to his right hand. The miner was treated at Knox County Hospital where he received a tetanus vaccination and 7 stitches to close the would. He was released to full duty.

Employee was positioned incorrectly when he was catching 100# bags off of the slow moving #3 product discharge conveyor belt. He caught his rt. thumb between the conveyor belt & discharge table. EE immediately jerked his thumb out causing a laceration to his thumb. EE was taken to the Dr. & received 12 stitches on his right thumb.

WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY ON A FORK LIFT, A UNKNOWN PIECE OF DIRT/DEBRIS STRUCK LEFT EYE CAUSING AN ALMOST IMMEDIATE IRRITATION. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES AT THE TIME. IRRITATION OF LEFT EYE L ASTED ALL DAY & INTO EVENING. EE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AT LOCAL ER ROOM

EE WAS HELPING TO CVHANGE OUT A FAILED DOUBLE TRUNNION BEARING ON THE LEACH TUBE. AFTER REMOVING THE TRUNNION, EE APPARENTLY STAYED BEHIND TO CHECK THE TIGHTNESS OF THE PINION BEARING BOLTS. A LL OTHER EES HAD LEFT THE AREA. WHILE APPARENTLY CHECKING THE PINION BOLTS, EE FGELL APPROX. 6', BREAKING HIS RIGHT WRIST.

EE SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE STANDING ON A PIPE. THE PIPE WAS COVERED WITH SAND MAKING IT A SLIPPERY SURFACE. HE FELL APPROX 2' AND FELL AGAINST A STEEL CROSS MEMBER, BRUISING HIS RIGHT SIDE RIB AREA. HE WAS PULLING ON A CABLE HOIST WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

WHEN REPAIRING A WARMAN SLURRY PUMP, THE FRONT COVER OF THE PUMP SLIPPED OUT OF EE S HAND AND FELL AGINST AN ADJACENT TANK, CUTTING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. THE CUT TO THE FINGER REQUIRED FIVE SUTURES.

THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED DUE TO EE BEING OFF WORK DUE TO A PREVIOUS INJURY THAT HAPPENED ON 8-11-89. HE HAS BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 6-14-99. ON 7-6-99 HE SUBMITTED A DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS THAT STATES ABSENCE WAS DUE TO A PREVIOUS WORK RELATED INJURY.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP SAND SPILLS WITH A BOBCAT LOADER, WHEN HE INADVERTANTLY RUPTURED A 2" DIAMETER STEEL SULFURIC ACID LINE, WITH THEBOBCAT, THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE AREA.

EE WAS LIFTING A PIECE OF CARBON STEEL PLATE, APPROX 2' BY 3' BY 1/2" THICK WHEN HE FELT A MUSCLE PULL IN HIS BACK. EE FINISHED SHEDULED SHIFT AND HAS NOT MISSED ANY SCHEDULED WORK. EE HAS BEE N RECEIVING CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES, STARTING ON APRIL 2, 1999.

EE WAS UNWIRING A BURNT OUT ELECTRICAL MOTOR. WHILE USING A UTILITY KNIFE TO CUT AWAY ELECTRICAL TAPE AT WIRE CONNECTION, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT HAND. THE CUT WAS TO THE PALM OF T HE HAND. EE WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM AND RECIEVED 6 SUTURES.

EE WAS INSTALLING NEW CARBON STEEL CONICAL HOPPER ON A WET SCRUBBER WITH CABLE HOISTS WHEN LIFTING LUG BROKE OFF HOPPER AND STRUCK HIM ON UPPER LIP, LACERATING SKIN. THREE WELDERS WERE WORKING ON PROJECT. EE RECEIVED 4 SUTURES TO CLOSE LACERATION.

EMPLOYEE IS PARTIALLY HANDICAPPED AND HAS DIFFICULTY NEGOTIATING STAIRS. EMPLOYEE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF STAIR TREAD AND HE FELL BACKWARDS. EMPLOYEE CUT ELBOW WHEN HE FELL AGAINST LOWER MID RAIL. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CUT ON LEFT ELBOW AND FOUR SUTURES WERE REQUIRED TO CLOSE CUT.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM A LADDER FROM THE MAIN ACID STORAGE TANK, LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON BOTTOM LADDER RUNG, PULLING MUSCLES IN LEFT LEG. WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS HEAV Y RAIN. ACCORDING TO HOSPITAL DIAGNOSIS MUSCLES IN LEFT LEG WERE STRAINED.

WHILE HELPING LIFT THE WASTEWATER PIPELINE UP INTO THE PIPE RACK, EMPLOYEE FELT HIS BACK PULL OUT.

EMP CLAIMS HE STRAINED RIGHT ELBOW WHILE USING ACABLE HOIST, WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES AT THE WET MILL PROCESS.

WHILE HELP LIFTING A STEEL I BEAM, EE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AREA.

EE WAS HELPING TO REMOVE COUPLING HUB FROM LEACH TUBE PINION SHAFT. THE HUB DROPPED OFF THE SHAFT HITTING THE FLOOR AND THEN FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, ABOVE HIS STEEL TOES.

EE WAS USING AN OXYGEN-ACETYLENE TORCH TO CUT A STEEL PIPELINE OVERHEAD, WHEN A HOT SPARK &/OR DEBRIS WENT IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING STEEL STOCK INTO STORAGE RACK, WHEN HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN BY HIS PERSONAL DR. EMPLOYEE STATED THAT INJURY RESULTED IN A INGUINAL HE RNIA.

EE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A 14 CU YD SCRAPER PAN AND LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON RIGHT LEG, BENDING AND TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE STEPPING ON TO SWING STEP.

INJURED WAS LOADING BAGGED SAND WHEN HE REACHED FOR A BAG, THE CONVEYOR SPLICE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB WEDGING IT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE SLIDE TABLE, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT THUMB.

AMENDMENT TO MSHA FORM 7000-1 FILED 08-09-90 OHIO BUREAU OF WORKERS COMPENSATION HAS AWARDED EE TEMPORARY TOTAL COMPENSATION FROM 02-01-92 THROUGH 05-31-92 FOR SILICOSIS THIS AWARE IS UNDER AP PEAL

WHILE SPLICING THE STORAGE BUILDING CONVEYOR BELT, A BELT CLAMP BECAME CAUGHT ON THE CONVEYOR BELFT FRAME, INJURED SAT DOWN ON THE ADJACENT WALKWAY AND USED HIS FOOT TO PUSH TO BELT BACK INTO ITS CORRECT POSITION. WHIE GETTING UP,HE STRUCK HIS READ WHILE WEARING HIS HARD HAT ON THE TOP HANDRAIL, WHICH INJURED HIS NECK. HE FINISHED HIS NORMAL SHIFT AND WORKED 6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

PERIODIC X-RAY REVEALED OPACITIES OF 1/0.

PERIODIC X RAY REVEALED OPACITIES OF 1/2

PERIODIC X-RAY REVEALED OPACITIES OF 1/0.

HE WAS LIFTING A SECTION OF PROCESS EQUIPMENT SCREEN WHEN IT ACCIDENTALLY SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND FELL ONTO THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO PASS THROUGH A DOORWAY.

EE WAS ARRANGING A PIECE OF STEEL TO FIT INTO A DUMPSTER A 5 FT PIECE OF 8 INCH I BEAM FELL FROM THE DUMPSTER STRIKING HIS LEFT FOOT.

I NAME WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER HOLDING THE GUARD WITH HS LEFT HAND & AS HE STEPPED FROM THE BOTTOM STEP HIS WEDDING BAND CAUGHT ON THE LIP OF THE GUARD & HE LACERATED HIS RING FINGER LEFT HA ND

EE WAS BREAKING A ROCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN THE ROCK BROKE IT CAUSED THE HAMMER TO DEFLECT, AND CAUSED HIM TO HIT HIS ELBOW (LEFT) ON THE FEEDER PAN. HE WAS NOT TREATED FOR INJURY NTIL 3/ 22/91. ON 3/22/91 THE LEFT ELBOW WAS WRAPPED WITH ACE BANDAGE BY E.R. DR. AND PAIN RX WAS PRESCRIBED.

AT APPROX. 3A.M. HE EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS WHILE ON DUTY. CO-WORKERS CALLED THE EMEREGENCY SQUAD AND HE WAS TAKEN TO KNOX COUNTY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED. A HEART ATTACK WAS DIAGNOSED ON OCTOBER 16, 1990.

I.NAME LOADING 100 LB BAGS OF SAND ONTO PALLET.LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BAG BEING LOADED AND BAG BELOW IT.FELT SOMETHING IN LEFT HAND SNAP AS HE PULLED IT FROM BETWEEN BAGS.DIAG-4TH METACA RPAL FX LEFT HAND.

SUBMITTED IN ORDER TO ABATE CITATION, OPER DISPUTES VALIDITY OF ISSUANCE OF CITATION THIS IS NOT TO CONSTRUED AS AN ADMISSION THAT ILLNESS HAS OCCURRED.

SUBMITTED IN ORDER TO ABATE CITATION, OPER DISPUTES VALIDITY OF ISSUANCE OF CITATION THIS IS NOT TO CONSTRUED AS AN ADMISSION THAT ILLNESS HAS OCCURRED.

SUBMITTED IN ORDER TO ABATE CITATION, OPER DISPUTES VALIDITY OF ISSUANCE OF CITATION THIS IS NOT TO CONSTRUED AS AN ADMISSION THAT ILLNESS HAS OCCURRED.

SUBMITTED IN ORDER TO ABATE CITATION, OPER DISPUTES VALIDITY OF ISSUANCE OF CITATION THIS IS NOT TO CONSTRUED AS AN ADMISSION THAT ILLNESS HAS OCCURRED.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN APPROX. 1 FT. FROMA DAMP SAND HOPPER TO THE MAIN HOPPER. UPON LANDING, HE APPARENTLY TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE APPLIED ICE AND REMAINED ON THE JOB. ON 6-11-90, SWELLIGN OCC URRED IN THE KNEE. THE KNEE WAS DRAINED AND PAIN RELIEVERS WERE PRESCRIBED.

THEY WERE CONSTRUCTING A DUST COLLECTOR HOUSING. HE WAS HOLDING THE METAL TOGETHER WHILE I.NAME WELDED. HE LOOKED AWAY WHEN AN ARC WAS STRUCK. THTA EVENING (4-24-90), HE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH A DIAGNOSED FLASH BURN IN BOTH EYES. DROPS AND CREAM WERE PUT IN EYES, PATCHES WERE APPLIED FOR 30 HOURS.

THE INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CUTTING AN 8" PLASTIC PIPE THAT WAS BRACED AGAINST A 910 CATERPILLAR FRONT END LOADER BUCKET.TO COMPLETE THE CUT IT WAS NECESSARY TO ROTATE THE PIPE.AS TH E PIPE WAS BEING TURNED,INJURED CAUGHT HIS LEFT FINGER BETWEEN THE PIPE AND BUCKET.SUSTAINING A CUT THAT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES.

I NAME & I NAME WERE CARRYING A 150LB SPEED REDUCER THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY A BAR ONE MAN ON EACH SIDE AS I NAME TURNED TO MANUEVER AROUND AN ELEVATOR HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK HE WORKED UNTIL 7:00PM WHEN HE WENT HOME I NAME WENT TO THE DOC THE NEXT DAY & INITIAL DIAGNOSIS IS A RUPTURED DISC

HE WAS PAINTING HANDRAILS IN THE CRUSHER AREA WHEN HE FELT ILL. HE REPORTED TO THE PLANT SUPER. WHO IMMEDIATLY CALLED EMERGENCY SQUAD. HE WADSTRANSPORTED AND HE DIED. HE HAD A PAST HISTORY OF HEART PROBLEMS.

I.NAME WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE AN INNER NEARING RACE FROM A MOTOR SHAFT BY TAPPINT IT WITH A HAMMER. A PIECE OF THE RACE CHIPPED OFF, STRIKING THE KNUCKLE OF THE THIRD FINGER, RIGHT HAND. RES ULTING INJURY REQUIRED THREE STITCHES.

I.NAME WAS STACKING 100LB BAGS ON A PALLET WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A PAIN IN HIS BACK THE PAIN GOT WORSE THE LONGER HE WORKED WENT TO SEE A CHIROPRACTOR AFTER NEXT WORK SHIFT 020389

I.NAME WAS WALKING DOWN THE BALL MILL STAIRS AND SLIPPED. AS HE SLIPPED, HE GRABBED THE RAILING TO PREVENT FALLING, STRAINING A MUSCLE IN HIS NECK. HE WAS TREATED BY A CHIROPRACTOR THE NEXT MO RNING AND REPORTED FOR HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.

EMPL WAS CATCHING & TRANSFERRING 100# BAGS ON TRUCK FROM CONVEYOR. HE TURNED TO PUT BAG ON PALLET & EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LEFT SIDE. HE WORKED REST OF DAY & RETURNED TO WORK NEXT DAY. EMPL WE NT TO DR AFTERNOON OF 6/30/88 & WAS ABSENT FROM WORK ON 7/1/88 HE RETURNED TO WORK ON 7/5/88.

THE INJURED WAS STANDING IN FEEDER(FEEDER OFF)AND REMOVED A ROCK FROM FEEDER TO DISLODGE ROCK FROM CRUSHER.ANOTHER ROCK IN FEEDER BECAME DISLODGED AND MOVED STRIKING HIM ON RIGHT LEG.

I NAME WAS TRANSFERRING SAND BAGS FROM A CONEYOR TO A PALLET WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS BACK EXTENT OR NATURE OF INJURY NOT KNOWN CHIROPRACTOR MANIPULATED BACK TO ELIMINATE DISCOMFORT.

OPERATOR WAS SITTING IN A HAUL TRUCK TO G ET WARM. WHILE GETTING OUT OF HAUL TRUCK STEPPED ON A ROCK & SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.

SLAMMED DOOR ON BAGGER RT HAND SLIPPED & CAUGHT INDEX FINGER IN DOOR MASHING FINGER & SPLINTERING BONES.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON CUSTOMER PALLET LOADING BAG SAND FROM BELT, TURNED ON WOOD PALLET AND BOARD ON TOP OF PALLET BROKE CAUSING A FALL.

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON KNEES CARTILAGE SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE IN RIGHT KNEE. EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING REAR LUG NUTS ON REAR TIRE OF ROCK HAULAGE TRUCK.