Wilmington Plant: 299 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was stripping scrap copper wire with a razor knife. The knife slipped and cut his left wrist. The laceration was repaired with sutures.

EE reported to me that on 5/31/11 he strained his back while bagging. He reported this on 6/2/11. He was sent to the medical center for evaluation. He is scheduled for massage therapy with ice and medication. EE is to be reevaluated 3-4 days.

Employee and co-worker were dumping drums into a blender feed hopper. They were using a metal pipe to hit the side of the drum in an effort to soften the material. While co-worker was swinging the metal pipe, the pipe hit the side of the hopper and then struck employee's hand.

Injured and another employee were replacing a 10 ft x 3" angle. While putting it in place it slipped out of his hands pinching his finger between the angle and cement wall.

Was getting some empty sacks to fill, stepped back and fell over a skid with a small sack on it.

He was helping replace a packer. He bent down to pick something up and hit his neck on a super sack fill pipe when he stood up.

Injured EE and another EE were trying to remove a bearing with a puller and a hydraulic pump, when the puller slipped and hit EE in the head and shoulder. EE received 4 stitches, he did have his hard har and safety glasses on.

Was helping maintenance change screen. Maintenance had unit in air, not rigged proper and not slid out of way. Lid broke and fell 4 inchs and hit his arm.

Working on a screening unit, did not have it rigged proper, lid broke and fell about 4 inches. Did not slide unit out of way. Had arms under unit.

WAS GETTING OFF A FORKLIFT AND STEP ON THE FLOOR WHERE IT WAS UNEVEN AND TWISTED ANKLE. (HE GOT TO WORK AT 8:00AM, WAS SENT TO OMEGA CENTER TO BE CHECK OUT. HE HAD A DRUG TEST AND FAILED, HE WAS TERMINATED

repetitive lifting of 50 and 100 lb bags.

Employee stepped off scale onto a shovel and twisted his foot.

EE SLIPPED ON MATERIAL AND BROKE HIS ANKLE. PAY LOADER OPERATOR WAS IN PROCESS OF LOADING A FEED HOPPER WITH ROUNDED FEED. MATERIAL SPILLED OUT OF BUCKET WHILE LOADING HOPPER.

EE SPRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING 100 LBS BAGS.

EMPLOYEE TWISTED FOOT/ ANKLE ON A PIECE OF DIRT WHILE HOUSEKEEPING.

WHILE TURNING ON A FORKLIFT WITH PALLET,THE PALLET STRUCK EE WHO WAS WALKING PAST. EE WAS NOT IN HIS ASSIGNED WORK AREA.

WHILE SHRINK COVERING A PALLET OF PRODUCT USING A HEAT GUN THE PALLET WRAP CAUGHT FIRE. EE USED HIS HAND TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. HE DID NOT USE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. HE STATED THAT HE PANICKED.

EMPLOYEE FAINTED AT WORK STATION, CALLED EMS. TRANPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT HE WAS CLEANING THE PAYLOADER WINDOWS AND REACHED OUT TOO FAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE WORKED TO THE END OF HIS SHIFT. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO ANYON E. ON MONDAY HE WENT TO HIS DOCTOR AND DID NOT COMPLETE AND ACCIDENT REPORT UNTIL 1-29-02.

EE WAS OPERATING ROTATING DISH PELLETIZER. IN ANEFFORT TO CHECK PELLET SIZING HE SAMPLED DISH DISCHARGE PELLETS INTO LAB TEST SIEVES. AS HE SEPARATED THE TEST SIEVE, THE SIEVE CONTACTED THE ROTATING DISH. THE DISH PULLED THE SIEVE OUTOF HIS HAND CUTTING OPEN HIS INDEX FINGER.

EE HAD CHEST PAINS ON RIGHT SIDE.

2 EES ATTEMPTING TO PLACE STEEL TUBE LEGS ONTO STEEL FLAT PLATE FOR WELD WITH A FORKLIFT. THE LEGS DID NOT LINE UP, SO EE TRIED TO LIFT AND PLACE. THE STEEL LEGS WERE TOO HEAVY AND HE DROPPED THEM ONTO HIS WRIST.

WHILE TRAINING A NEW EE, EE LIFTED A FEW 50# BAGS. HE IS RESTRICTED FROM LIFTING MORE THAN 20 LBS. HE DID NOT ADHERE TO HIS DR.'S RESTRICTION AND DID NOT FOLLOW CO. INSTRUCTIONS. HE REAGGRAVAT ED A PRIOR INJURY.

EE TRAVELED THE WRONG WAY WITH A FORKLIFT AN CONTACTED A SHEET OF ICE. AS A RESULT THE FORKLIFT LOST CONTROLL AND HIT A PLANT TRAILER. DURING THIS COLLISION EE INJURED HIS RIGHT HAND.

EE HAD PREVIOUS RT ANKLE INJURY. WHILE EXITING SILO GROUND LEVEL HE TWISTED RT ANKLE BY STEPPING OFF A 4" HIGH CONCRETE FLOOR. GRANUSOL LINE #3.

EE WORKED ON 3/28/00 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM. HE CAME BACK IN ON THIRD SHIFT 11:30 PM. HE STATES THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM AND WENT HOME.

EE CLIMBED FROM ONE FORKLIFT TO ANOTHER, THE OTHER FORKLIFT WAS WET AND SNOWY. HE DID NOT SIT DOWN, PUT THE FORKLIFT IN REVERSE. WHILE MOVING, HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM THE FORKLIFT AND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO FORKLIFTS. HE PANICKED AND PULLED HIS LEG OUT FROM BETWEEN THE TWO.

REPLACING A GEAR WITH ANOTHER EE TOOL SLIPPED ON GEAR EE'S ARM STRUCK THE GEAR CAUSING A CUT

EE SLIPPED ON FLAT FLOOR SURFACE, FLOOR WAS WET AFTER A HEAVY RAIN/STORM.

EE WAS LEANING DOWN LOOKING INTO BAG PACKER SPOUT. MATERIAL WAS NOT FILLING BAGS PROPERLY. MATERIAL SHOT OUT OF PACKER SPOUT AND INTO EMPLOYEE'S FACE AND EYE.

EE WAS CUTTING A LENGTH OF RUBBER HOSE WITH A RAZOR KNIFE. HE CUT THROUGH HIS GLOVE INTO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING (5) SUTURES.

EE RUSHED DOWN THE STEPS TO STOP THE BLENDER. STEPPED DOWN ON THE LAST STEP AND TWQISTED HIS ANKLE.

EE WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS AND DROPPED A NUT DRIVER TOOL. HE STEPPED ON THIS TOOL, LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL ONTO ROLLER CONVEYOR. HE HURT HIS LOWER BACK AND WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY RO OM.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN FROM WHEELED PAYLOADER, THE EE SLIPPED FROM LADDER & LANDED HARD ON HIS FEET. HE STATES THAT HE JAMMED HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED DOWN FORM STAIRS ONTO PLANT MAIN FLOOR AND TWISTED RT. ANKLE. SURFACE WAS FLAT SMOOTH AND CLEAN.

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED/JUMPED DOWN 3 FEET TO THE GROUND FROM A PLATFORM. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEARING A FEED HOPPER GRATE. THE EMPLOYEE LANDED ON HIS FEET AND HURT HIS LOWER BACK.

EE STRAINED HIS BACK WHILE LIFTING A FULL TRASH CAN ABOUT 4' HIGH.

INSTALLING AN ELECTRICAL REACTOR IN MILL CONTROLROOM. LIFTING THE 250LB REACTOR 6' HIGH WITH 2 MEN. NO OTHER OPTION (IE HOISTING). INJURED EMP WAS NOT WEARING BACK SUPPORT AT THE TIME. STRAINE D LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYE EBECAME ILL WITH PAINS IN CHEST, LOST OF USE TO ONE SIDE. HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE EMERGENC ROOM.

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING MOTOR. BOLTS WERE RUSTED EMPLOYEE SPRAYED BOLTS & THE PENETRANT SPRAYED BACK FROM THE MOTOR BASE INTO HIS EYES. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING EYE PROTECTION.

PRYING THE CRYSTALS OFF AUGER HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO LACERATIONS

EE WAS BAGGING OFF MATERIAL AND HE WENT TO REACH FOR ANOTHER BAG AND HIS RIGHT HAND HIT THE SPOUT OF THE PACKER AND IT WAS CUT.

HE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A PIECE OF STEEL FROM A RACK WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF STEEL FELL AND STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM. WHEN THIS OCCURRED, A SLIVER OF METAL WENT INTO HIS LEFT FOREARM. HE CONTINUE D TO WORK FOR 2 1/2 HOURS AND THEN ASKED TO TO T GO TO THE DR'S AS THE HAND AND WRIST HAD STARTED TO THROB AND SWELL.

WHEN HE WAS COMING DONW THE LADDER OF THE SAND BIN HE MISSED THE LAST STEP AND HIS FOOT WENT BETWEEN STEPS AND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

INJURED WAS OPERATING THE WASH PLANT WHEN THE PULLEY OF THE CONVEYOR BELT HAD MATERIAL DROP DOWN IN THE PULLEY AREA. HE TOOK A STICK TO CLEAR THE MATERIAL WHEN THE STICK BROKE AND HIS RIGHT H AND/ARM WENT DOWN AND HIT THE PULLEY.

EE WAS LAYING A BAG ON A PALLET AND TRIPPED OVER THE PALLET AND FELL ON THE PALLET HI SFOREMAN ASKED HIM IF HE WAS OK, EE SAID HE WAS OK, FOREMAN GAVE HIM AN ACE BANDGE ANYWAY AND EE WORKED TH E REMAINDER OF SHIFT AND THE NEXT DAYS SHIFT HE WORKED 7 HOURS. HE HAD A DR'S APPT. FOR BP SO HE HAD HIS ARM CHECK TOO. WHEN HE FELL HE HIT HIS RIGHT ARM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS STRAINED AND BRUI

I.NAME & FOREMAN MOVING ROLL OF COVER SHRINK WRAP WHEN IT DROPPED AND I.NAME FINGER WAS CAUGHT UNDER ROLL.

INJ GOT FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN FORKLIFT AND JPIPE ON BIN OF PACKER WHERE HE WAS PACKAGING AND PUTTING SACKS ON FORKLIFT OF 12XDOWN. FORKLIFT WA> MOVED AND INJ FINGER WAS FREED. R. INDEX FINGER BROKEN.

CAME DOWN AND SLIT OPEN BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND FIRSTFINGER.

WHILE SETTING A EW SCREW INTO A CONVEYOR THROUGH HE MISHANDLED THE SCREW CAUING IT TO TEAR HIS INDEX FINER OPEN REQUIRING STICHES

HE SLIPPED ON MATERIAL THAT WAS MIXED WITH WATER AND CHIPPED A BONE IN HIS LEFT ELBOW.

WHILE RUNNING M5TERIAL THROUGH SCREW CONVEYOR THE SCREW BROKE IN HALF.THE INJURED DUE TO POOR JUDGMENT TRIED TO PUSH THE MATERIAL TOWARD THE MOVING PART TO DISLODGE.HE PUSHED TO CLOSE TO THE S CREW.HE PULLED 3T OUT IMMEDIATELY.HIS LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER WAS SEVERED.

WHILE OPERATING3CRUSHER,ROCK BECAME CAUGHT IN BETWEEN ROLLER AND BELT.TRIED TO FREE ROCK AND PINKY ON LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT CUTTING TIP OF PINKY OFF TO 1ST KNUCKLE.

WHILE TRYING TO3FREE HOIST ON MAINT.TOE MOTOR, HE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE CAGE OF THE TOW MOTOR.WHEN THE HOIST BECAME FREE, HE LOST HIS BALANCE, PUT HAND DOWN TO BREAD HIS FALL AND CATCH H IMSELF, WHEN HA3D BECAME CAUGHT IN FRAME.RESULT OF INCIDENT WAS CRUSH INJURY TO RIGHT HAND.

WHILE PACKAGING3MAN PUT HANDS UNDER BIN (SHOULD HAVE PUT HANDS IN BIN) AND FORKS ON FORKLIFT CAME UP AND HIS LOWER ARM WAS PINCHED BETWEEN RESULTING IN THE ARM BEING BRUISED

EE WAS DRIVING PAYLOADER TO LOAD UP BUCKET WITH ORE. PAYLOADER TIPPED FORWARD & EES LEG HIT THE DASHBOARD.

EE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON AIR SEPERATOR-RAYMOND MILL- WRENCH SLIPPED & HE HIT THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT HAND ON A SCREW CONVEYOR.

WHILE USING SHRINK GUN ON PALLET COVERS EMPLOYEES FOOT GOT TANGLED IN HOSE LINE HE STUMBLED & FELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE CAUSING INJURY TO HIS LEFT ELBOW & HIP