Was using a jackhammer, stopped using jackhammer and started shoveling and felt pain in low back
Alcoa World Alumina LLCMining Incidents in 2016
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Alcoa World Alumina LLC operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2016
- 0
- Total incidents
- 23
- Year
- 2016
Top incident classifications
- 01DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)8 incidents
- 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS5 incidents
- 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 incidents
- 04SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
- 05MACHINERY3 incidents
All incidents in 2016
Employee was hammering overhead to break loose a knocker, felt a ""pinch"" in employee's back.
Was walking around a pump, stepped on scale debris in ground and fell striking right hip and low back on curb
EE was squatting to replace a grating, stood to pick up the grating and felt severe pain to low abdomen/right groin area
Elbow pain after jackhammering and sledge hammering on plugged line.
Employee was opening a valve with sledgehammer in a congested work area, felt a ""burning sensation"" discomfort in left shoulder.
Changing the end on chisel gun, knelt down to break fitting loose and felt pull in left low abdomen
Was holding a loading spout while coworker unbolted clamps, when last clamp came off the tube fell telescoping into itself crushing 5th digit on left hand
Was cleaning screen box and hit thumb with hammer
Employee was coming down a ladder, when stepping off ladder felt right knee ""give out"".
ee was walking down walkway and pant leg of Tyvek suit got caught on a piece of angle iron causing EE to fall and received a 1 inch laceration to left knee
Cleaning a screen box on tray 16, when inserting box finger was smashed between insert and box
While attempting to loosen the nut the pneumatic wrench caused the straight wrench to turn pinching the employees hand between the straight wrench and the adjacent bypass valve. The injured cleaner received a contusion to the top of the hand.
EE was grinding tacs off of the north elevator door, the grinder jumped and caught the glove and pulled thumb between guard and grinding disc causing laceration to left thumbnail.
Redline case- On 9/15/2016 employee was pouring a coup of coffee, set cup down was holding coffee pot in right hand, felt sharp pain in right wrist and dropped coffee pot. No injury resulted from the incident. On 9/23/2016 employee was diagnosed with carpal tunnel.
Heat rash to bilateral under arm areas. Initially employee felt was a chemical burn from using clean up hose