Alcoa World Alumina LLCMining Incidents in 2012

Employee alleges that he was descending down some grating steps that go over a process trough. His footing caused him to shift his weight forward and caused his fibula bone to break close to his right ankle.

Employee was trying to free the bit of a jackhammer and when it came loose, the employee caught his thumb between the jackhammer and the wall. It resulted in a fracture to the thumb tip.

Employee was working in Digestion Dept performing routine preventative maintenance. He was exposed to a plume of steam that contained caustic mist. He started coughing and walked to Medical to report.

Employee was tightening the packing on a pump and the packing failed and sprayed caustic onto his chest and in his face. He was wearing goggles and some caustic got up under his goggles into his right eye.

Employee was rolling a venturi. He tripped and fell and grabbed a handrail to catch himself. He strained his right middle finger. Conservative treatment was unsuccessful. Patient was put on restricted work starting 12/17/2012.

Employee was attempting to lift a metal plate and strained his back. He was placed on restricted duty.

Employee was working overtime and was using a wrench to open a valve and the wrench slipped and he struck his hand against an adjacent valve causing his right thumb to be caught between the wrench and valve handle resulting in fracture to thumb.

Employee connected a caustic hose to a 3x2 drain and was draining system. He observed system start to drain and then proceed to move a platform. A sudden surge of pressure caused the caustic to spray onto equipment which then contacted him.

Employee's boots got wet during his normal shift and after he got home, he felt a burning sensation on his right foot. He reported it the next morning. It is suspected that it was caustic that caused the minor burn.

Employee was breaking scale on a screen box and was using a sledge hammer to strike side of screen box. He contacted one of the swing bolts while hitting the screen box causing a laceration on his right middle finger that required sutures to close wound.

Employee strained his left thumb while shoveling hydrates off of the floor.

Employee was cleaning screen box and got liquor on his foot on 8/22. He did not report incident until 9/7 at 6:20pm when he returned from 2 weeks of vacation to report to work on 9/7 graveyard shift. 2nd degree burn to left foot/ heel.

Employee became hot and tired.

Employee was collecting a sample and he dropped sample bottle and was splashed in the face and eye with caustic. He was not wearing his safety goggles at the time.

On July 25, 2012 just after midnight, a Precipitation employee working on overtime sprained his left ankle when it twisted under him when his right leg fell through an opening in the floor plate on top of number 6 Precipitator.

Employee was welding and was splashed with hot water on his right calf. He received a 3in x 5in 2nd degree burn.

Employee was operating a valve and the handle spun around and hit him in the foot.

Employee was climbing down a ladder and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He aggravated a preexisting condition.

Employee was washing a press and while ascending three steps to top work platform noticed numbness in arm. He later developed back pain.

Employee is complaining of shoulder pain. No specific incident. Prescribed Rx medication for pain and work restrictions on 4/2/2012 by plant physician.

Employee was squatting down while cleaning up in work area. He felt sharp pain on the inside of right knee. Undetermined nature injury at this point.

3/19/2012 employee was grinding a discharge valve using sledge hammer and felt a pinch in shoulder. Conservative first aid treatment applied. 5/9/2012 patient not improving so restrictions and Rx medications prescribed.

Employee slipped while descending short, 3-rung structural ladder & fell hitting left leg on ladder causing fracture.

Employee was preparing to descend a set of three steps on a stairway. He slipped off the landing and contacted the floor below with his right heel. Straining his ankle

Employee was inspecting valve on pallet and got left foot caught in pallet and stepped forward with right foot to stop forward momentum. She landed on the ball of her right foot and hyper extended her right foot and fractured 4th metatarsal in right foot.

Employee was moving a valve and it fell onto his foot lacerating and contusing right metatarsal area of foot

Repairing caustic leak and the work area had been sprayed with caustic and he leaned up against something and contacted caustic with his hip.

Employee fell in the mud and got a liquid in his eyes that caused an irritation.

Employee was opening a 3x2 valve that was connected to a caustic hose. The hose fitting was loose and he was splashed in the face when the valve was opened. He received minor burn to the right side of face: eye, nose, lips. He was treated on site and taken to Emergency Room and released to return to work.

employee was re-packing pump and residual caustic drained to area where he was kneeling and employee did not notice the contact until later. both knees and right wrist were contacted. 2nd degree burns to the areas.

Employee was cutting material with a box cutter. As he was cutting back with the box cutter, the box cutter came loose from the material and he cut his left hand.

Employee was installing a flange on a 12 inch diameter pipe. He was holding the flange and trying to slide the flange into position onto the pipe. The pipe was slightly out of round and would not slide into position easily. As he was trying to push in into place it slipped and caught his left index finger and caused and avulsion to the tip of his finger.

Employee was diagnosed with a 10dB shift Threshold shift in his left ear

5/17/2013 Employee was confirmed with bilateral threshold hearing shift by specialist.

Employee was confirmed with a standard threshold shift in his left and right ear due to noise exposure

Employee was assisting control operator with pump changes and got overheated.

Employee got hot and tired.

Employee got overheated while working in Dept on 7/25/2012 and was having cramping. He reported to Medical on 7/26/2012 to report the situation. Patient was not having cramps at the time he reported to medical, but reported that he was suffering from sore throat and cough for about a week.

Employee became overheated while working on the press floor in the Clarification Dept. He was treated in the site medical department.

Employee finished slipping cable on the #2 Gantry and felt fatigued and hot. Reported to medical department and treated for heat stress.

Employee had not been feeling well for several days starting on 6/26. On Thursday 6/28 he worked his regular shift and left the plant site at 3:30 pm. He was hospitalized on Thursday night at approximately 7:45 and was treated for dehydration. He was released from the hospital on Saturday 6/30.

Employee reported to work on 6/11/2012 and complained of having muscle cramps in legs while sleeping on 6/10/2012. The cramps became progressively worse while working on 6/11/2012. Provide with fluids and electrolytes.

Employee was in the process of changing a pump and he started to experience muscle cramps. He went to plant medical dept and was provided fluids and rested and returned to work.

Employee had just finished the morning safety meeting and was gathering tools for the job when he began to have chest pains. He was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.

Employee had finished the workday and was in the compound getting ready to leave to go home. The employee started having chest pains and his left arm went numb. He was transported to a hospital where it was discovered that he had a stroke.