Mining Incidents

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

  1. 01DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)8 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS5 incidents
  3. 03HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 incidents
  4. 04SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON3 incidents
  5. 05MACHINERY3 incidents

All incidents in 2016

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Was using a jackhammer, stopped using jackhammer and started shoveling and felt pain in low back

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was hammering overhead to break loose a knocker, felt a ""pinch"" in employee's back.

Fall onto or against objects

Was walking around a pump, stepped on scale debris in ground and fell striking right hip and low back on curb

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was squatting to replace a grating, stood to pick up the grating and felt severe pain to low abdomen/right groin area

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Elbow pain after jackhammering and sledge hammering on plugged line.

Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Employee was opening a valve with sledgehammer in a congested work area, felt a ""burning sensation"" discomfort in left shoulder.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Changing the end on chisel gun, knelt down to break fitting loose and felt pull in left low abdomen

Struck by falling object

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

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was cleaning screen box and hit thumb with hammer

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was coming down a ladder, when stepping off ladder felt right knee ""give out"".

Fall to the walkway or working surface

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

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Cleaning a screen box on tray 16, when inserting box finger was smashed between insert and box

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

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.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

10 dB hearing shift with 25dB loss

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

10 dB shift with 25 dB loss bilaterally.

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

10 dB shift w/ 25 dB loss both ears

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

10dB hearing shift with 25dB loss average

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Heat rash to bilateral under arm areas. Initially employee felt was a chemical burn from using clean up hose

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

10dB hearing shift with 25 dB loss left ear

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hearing loss, 10 dB shift with 25dB loss

(Not Elsewhere Classified)

10 dB hearing shift with 25dB loss

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Alcoa World Alumina LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.