Alcoa World Alumina LLCMining Incidents in 2001

EE ALONG WITH OTHER CO WORKERS WAS PREPARING A SITE FOR A CONCRETE POUR. HE AND CO WORKER WERE LIFTING A PRE TIED REBAR BEAM, WEIGHTING ABOUT 100 LBS AND HAD TO CARRY IT OVER A SHALLOW TRENCH TO PUT IT IN PLACE. BECAUSE OF THE AWKWARD POSITION HE WAS IN, HIS BACK TWISTED CAUSING A STRAIN WITH RESULTING MUSCLE SPASMS. HIS TREATING PHYSICIAN DIRECTED HIM TO REFRAIN FROM EVEN ANY LIGH

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE CAUSTIC WASH BY DRAINING THE CAUSTIC THROUGH A SNUB HOSE. THE HOSE IS CONNECTED WITH A DIXON CROW'S FOOT HOSE CONNECTION (QUICK COUPLING) AND ATTACHED TO A TEE IN THE FLOCCULENT LINE. WHEN THE VALVE TO THE HOSE WAS OPENED, CAUSTIC SPRAYED OUT THE CROW'S FOOT GASKET CONTACTING HIM IN THE FACE (PUSHED CAUSTIC UNDER HIS GOGGLES) AND HIS LEFT UPPER ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN AN INCLINDED WALKWAY, STEPPED ON A BAUXITE ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. RESTRICTIONS WERE ISSUED.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK LOOSE A FLANGE BOLT ON A PUMP AT BUILDING 45 WHEN HIS LOWER BACK BEGAN TO HURT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL MEDICAL CLINIC, PLACED ON WORK RESTRICTIO NS AND RETURNED TO WORK.

EMPLOYEE KNELT DOWN AND CRAWLED UNDER A BRACE WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP JOINT. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL MEDICAL CLINICAND PLACED ON RESTRICTIONS TO RETURN TO WORK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT HEATER TUBES. AS EMPLOYEE PUSHED UP ON TUBE, A BOLT CAME THROUGH AN ADJACENT TUBE STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST. DUE TO PAIN AND SWELLING EMPLOYEE CANNOT PERFORM REGULAR JOB DUTIES, SO RESTRICTIONS WERE ISSUED.

EMPLOYEE WORKING WITH A SECOND EMPLOYEE ON A KILN TRUNNION WHEN USED A METAL BAR TO ROLL THE TRUNNION. WHEN THE TRUNNION MOVED OR BAR SLIPPED CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO LOSE BALANCE. EMPLOYEE STEPPED FORWARD TO REGAIN BALANCE, BUT STRAINED A MUSCLE. EMPLOYEE TREATED AT LOCAL CLINIC, PLACED ON RESTRICTIONS AND RETURNED TO WORK.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED UP ON TO A FOUR INCH HIGH RAMP AND EXPERIENCED SORENESS IN HIS LEFT KNEE CAP. EMPLOYEE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTIONS BY THE LOCAL MEDICAL CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK.

EE SUFFERED A LACERATION TO HER RIGHT THUMB WHILE OPENING A VALVE. SHE STRUCK THE VALVE STEM HANDLE WITH A HAMMER AND THE HANDLE CAME OFF, STRIKING HER HAND. THE LACERATION REQUIRED SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF STAND TO REMOVE SCALE FROM TROUGH. HE REMOVED SCALE, TURNED AROUND TO GET OFF THE STAND, LOST HIS BALANCE, AND FELL ABOUT 36"" TO THE FLOOR. HE SUFFERED A STRAIN TO HIS L EFT KNEE, WHICH RESULTED IN RESTRICTIONS BEING ISSUED.

EE WAS PART OF AN 8-PERSON CREW MOVING A STACK OF SHELVES. WHEN THE STACK WAS PULLED, IT SHIFTEDAND ONE SECTION OF SHELVES SLID INTO AN EMPLOYEE'S ANKLE. HE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK WITH RESTRICTIONS.

EE WAS LINING THE CERAMIC MILL WITH BRICK WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LEFT ARM. THE EE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK.

EE WAS MOVING AN AIR MOTOR FROM A TABLE TO A FOUR WHEEL CART WHEN THE AIR MOTOR ROLLED OVER ON HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. THE EE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK WITH RESTIRCT IONS.

EE WAS ADJUSTING A KILN TRUNNION BOLT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER AND WRENCH WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. THE EE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL MEDICAL CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK WITH WORK R ESTRICTIONS.

EE WAS POSITIONING A MECHANICAL DOCK LEVELER USING THE LEVER WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACKHE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL CLINIC, PLACED ON RESTRICTIONS AND RETURNED TO WORK.

EE WAS REPAIRING A CHAIN DRIVE. THE CHAIN RUNS THROUGH A LUBRICATING VAT WHICH IS COVERED. THE EHANDLED THE CHAIN WHILE WEARING COTTON GLOVES. HE FELT A LIGHT BURNING SENSATION SO HE WASHED HI S HANDS. LATER AT HOME, BURNING BECAME INTENSE & BEGAN TO THROB. REFERRED TOO HAND SPECIALIST WHO OPENED AND CLEANED THE AREA. HE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING A 10-6 SCREW. WHEN HE FINISHED, HE LAID HIS GLOVES DOWN AND WENT TO THE MILLWRIGHT SHOP TO GET A PLASTIC BAG, CAME BACK, AND PICKED UP HIS GLOVES. ACID RESIDUE ON THE GLO VE IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE CAUSED THE SECOND DEGREECHEMICAL BURN TO THE TIP OF HIS RIGHT LITTLE FINGER.

EE WAS REMOVING A WORN OUT IMPELLER ON 4RX PUMP THAT HAD SHARP EDGES. HE SPUN THE IMPELLER OFF WHILE WEARING LEATHER GLOVES. EDGE OF IMPELLER CUT HIS HAND THROUGH HIS GLOVES. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE RECEIVED SUTURES.

EE & CO-WORKER WERE CLEANING WASH WATER STRAINERON #1 FILTER. WHEN THEY PUT IT BACK IN SERVICE, THE LID SPRAYED HOT WATER CONTACTING EE ON BOTH LEGS.

EE WAS MOVING VIBRATORS AT THE BALL FORMERS IN BUILDING 426 AND USING A HAND GRINDER TO REMOVE OLD WELDS. THE EES LEFT EYE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A METALLIC OBJECT. THE EMBEDDED OBJECT WAS REMOV ED AND THE EE RETURNED TO WORK.

EE SUFFERED A SECOND DEGREE THERMAL BURN TO HIS CHEST WHEN HE DISCONNECTED A HOSE THAT HE THOUGHT HAD NO PRESSURE. WHEN HE DISCONNECTED IT, THE HOT HOSE SLURRY SPRAYED OUT OF THE BALL VALVE.

EMPLOYEE BURNED HIS RIGHT FOREARM WHEN HE CONTACTED A HOT PIPE. HE USED THE MID-RAIL OF THE HANDRAIL AS A STEP TO ACCESS A TAP SO HE COULD DRILLIT. THIS PUT HIM IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A HOT INS ULATED PIPE. AS HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM PERFORMING THE TASK, HIS BARE ARM BRUSHED AGAINST THE VERY HOT PIPE SURFACE, CAUSING THE BURN.

THE EE PLACED A 4"" X 4"" PIECE OF WOOD CRIBBING UNDE THE SHEET OF METAL SO SHEET METAL WOULD REST ON THE 4""X4"" AND ALLOW THE FORK TRUCK TO BACK AWAY FROM THE LOAD. AS THE EE WITHDREW HIS LEFT H AND FROM THE WOOD CRIBBINGK IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE EDGE OF A SHEET OF EXPANDED METAL, CAUSING THE LACERATION.

EE WAS TURNING VALVE ON CAUSTIC HEADER. THE LINEABOVE THE PUMP WAS LEAKING SLIGHTLY. HE TURNED THE PUMP OFF TO SWAP THE VALVE. SUDDENLY, WITH HIS BACK TO THE VALVE, CAUSTIC SPRAYED OUT ON THE BACK OF HIS LOWER LEG. HE SUFFERED A SECOND DEGREE BURN.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING UP A VAPOR LINE TO SCALE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL APPROX 2 FT. HE LANDED ON A BLIND HANDLE, CAUSING A 2""PUNCTURE WOUND TO THE RIGHT LOWER LEG. HE WAS TR ANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE HAD INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SUTURES.

WHILE CLOSING A VALVE ON AN L5 PUMP, EE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE FALL WAS A SUDDEN CHANGE IN RESISTANCE IN OPENING THE VALVE AND THE WRENCH SLIPPING. WHEN HE FELL, HIS RI GHT LITTLE FINGER WAS PIKNCHED BETWEEN THE WHEEL WRENCH AND THE CONCRETE FLOOR CAUSING A LACERATION. MEDICAL DEPT. REFERRED HIM TO ER WHERE HIS FINGER WAS XRAYED AND HE RECEIVED 4 SUTURES.

EE WAS TIGHTEN JAWS OF PIPE THREADING MACHINE WITH A CHUCK WRENCH WHEN THE WRENCH HANDLE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE ON/OFF SWITCH & STARTED THE MACHINE. THE EE'S RIGHT MIDDLE WAS HIT BY A WRENCH , CUTTING THE FINGER. THE EE RECEIVED STITCHES FROM THE LOCAL CLINIC AND RETURNED TO WORK.

EE SUFFERED A THERMAL BURN TO HIS RIGHT LOWER ARM. HE WAS WALKING TOWARD #2 HEATER TO CHECK CONDENSATE AND HIS LEG FELL THROUGH A HOLE IN GRATING. WHILE FALLING HE CAUGHT HIMSELF ON A HOT PIPE CAUSING THE BURN TO HIS ARM.

WHILE WALKING BETWEEN #3 AND 4 RAKES, A PIPELINE FITTING RUPTURED SPRAYING 220 DEGREE LIQUID ACROSS THE WALKWAY CONTACTING EE ON THE BACK OF HIS LEGS.

WHILE WALKING BETWEEN #3 AND 4 RAKES, A PIPELINE FITTING RUPTURED SPRAYING 220 DEGREE LIQUID ACROSS THE WALKWAY CONTACTING THE EE ON THE BACK OFHIS LEGS.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH A SECOND EMPLOYEE TO VENT A DIGESTER WHEN A MANUAL VALVE WAS OPENED AND HYDRATE AND CAUSTIC FLOWED DOWN A VENT LINE AND SPLACHED UP AT THE EMPLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM AND RETURNED TO WORK.

EE WAS REMOVING TRANSFER PIPING CONTAINING CAUSTIC. REPOSITIONED HIMSELF TO CUT A LINE AND FOUND THAT HE HAD POSITIONED HIMSELF UNDER A DRIPPING LINE.

EE SUFFERED A SECOND DEGREE CHEMICAL BURN TO HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE WAS PULLING BLINDS ON A SCAFFOLD OUTSIDE OF A WASH TANK WHEN LIQUOR DROPPED TO THE FLOOR AND SPLASHED ON HIS KNEES. HE WAS IN A SQUATTING POSITION AND THE LIQUOR SOAKED THROUGH HIS TYVEK SUIT, RESULTING IN THE BURN.

EMPLOYEE REPORTED ON FEB 2ND HE WAS CLOSING A VALVE WHEN THE VALVE UNEXPECTEDLY SEATED OR STOPPED CAUSING PAIN TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE RECEIVED PHYSICAL TREATMENT AND INJECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 24TH AND CONTINUES TO WORK.

EE WALKED PAST FRONT GATE AND SMELLED FRESH PAINT. THE EE FELT ILL AFTER SMELLING THE FAINT AND LATER FAINTED. THE EE WAS BROUGHT TO MEDICAL AND RELEASED TO WORK BY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. NO INJ URY OR IMPAIRMENT WAS SUSTAINED.