CalPortland, Co.Mining Incidents in 2016

6 employees were taking the Mill Elevator up and the elevator became stuck at 7:19am. The Mill Elevator became unstuck at 7:57am. An electrician found the elevator had an overload. Thyssen Krupp was called out and did a PM on the Mill Elevator.

Miner reported on 8/21/16 that they were moving a heavy object on their own on 8/20/16 when they felt a pain in their abdomen. There were no witnesses to this happening and miner told no one of it until the following day. Miner went for evaluation on 8/22/16 at a nearby occupational clinic. The doctor then diagnosed miner with an umbilical hernia.

Miner was standing outside of the heavy equipment shop going through task training on a front end loader and was drinking a soda. A bee stung the employee on the lower lip. The miner had an adverse reaction to the bee sting and was transported to a local clinic where employee was treated for an allergic reaction to the sting.

EE was skiving a belt in preparation to splice the belt. EE was using a box cutter in right hand, box cutter cut through belt and gave EE a laceration above left knee.

Employee was exiting the water truck EE was driving when EE fell and hit the ground resulting in a left upper leg fracture. Employee was taken to hospital where EE had surgery to repair EE's fractured leg. Employee was then admitted to an in-patient physical therapy unit.

EE was welding flange on top of station 4 silos, when EE finished welding on one side of the flange the EE lifted welding hood to inspect work and move to the other side of the flange. While the EE was stepping to the other side the welding hood dropped in front of face during mid-step causing EE to fall onto shoulder. EE placed on modified duty.

The Employee was preparing to start up the lime AB system when some quicklime became dislodged and the wind blew the quicklime into the face of the EE. The EE used the eyewash system for a few minutes to wash out eyes and face and had not further issues until the EE tried to remove contact lenses which caused a corneal abrasion due to the quicklime

Employee was carrying an industrial sized fan down the stairway to the cooler basement. While switching EE's grip on the load EE felt a pop in right shoulder.

A Cement Truck Driver went to the scale house from scale #5 after ticket did not print and tripped, misjudging last step on stairs. Cement Truck Driver did not see last step as it was covered in a cement spill from rail car loading. Driver tripped down last step landing on the walking working surface, spraining left ankle, right knee contusion, and left wrist contusion.

EE was using a hammer and wedge to remove a rotary feeder end plate. EE struck left thumb with hammer.

EE was cleaning tower on Floor 1B. While cleaning employee backed into an I-beam and over time noticed their left knee and left shoulder and right wrist were sore. EE was diagnosed with a sprained left shoulder, left knee and right wrist.

EE was air lancing material off burner pipe and reported a sore right shoulder. EE declined medical evaluation on 6/25/16. EE was seen by a doctor on 7/7/2016 and put on modified duty.

Employee was assisting in removing a plug in the clinker cooler from the outside of the cooler, when EE was struck in the chest by an object. Employee was diagnosed with a bruised chest.

Employee was walking from East to West on Tower Floor 2B listening for air leaks and tripped over an uneven section of grating. Employee was evaluated to have a Left Knee Sprain.

During sampling some Lime Slurry got on the employee. At 6:00pm employee noticed their Right Foot was tingling and went to central control to look at their foot. Employee noticed Lime Slurry had gotten through holes/cracks in their work boots. Employee cleaned foot with water. Employee had foot evaluated on 4-9 where they were diagnosed with chemical burn on Right Foot.

Employee pulled a transmission which had been lowered and was resting on a jack with casters out from underneath an on-highway dump truck. Employee woke the next day stating EE was sore and sneezed at which time EE felt a ""pop"" in the left side of EE's abdomen. Employee sought medical attention and has a strain / possible minor rib fracture.

Employee was grinding on a conveyor belt splice. Employee finished EE's shift, and the next day reported pain in EE's right eye. Subsequently the employee was taken to the doctor, and a piece of metal shaving was removed from EE's right eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses, but was not wearing a face shield.

EE was cleaning the burner pipe and reported a sore back. EE was evaluated to have a sprained lumbar.

EE was performing pre-shift examination of EE's 992C front end loader and while walking around the backside of the loader EE stepped on a rock that caused EE to loose EE's balance. EE twisted EE's knee and heard EE's knee pop. EE was taken for medical evaluation and placed on modified duty.

EE hit hand while opening a kiln door. EE had hand evaluated on 11-10-16 and was put on modified duty.

Miner fell through ladder opening in scaffold onto deck below. Miner sustained bruises to upper and lower back. Was transported to hospital for evaluation and released three hours later with pain prescription. Miner returned to work the next day.

An employee was installing a tensioner pulley on a D10N motor. The employee grabbed the tensioner pulley without realizing how sharp the outer edge of the pulley was. The employee was wearing latex gloves at the time of the incident.

EE was replacing a roller bearing when the roller frame came down and struck their left thumb. EE was diagnosed with a left thumb fracture.

EE was attempting to cut a plastic vacuum hose for the vacuum truck and while doing so the EE cut towards left hand that was being used to hold the hose with male fitting on the ground. The knife skipped across the hose and cut the EE's left hand. The cut required 5 stitches to close and EE was placed on modified duty for 4 days.

On 2/16/16 Employee was descending a warehouse ladder and slipped one step down. Employee grabbed handrails and had Left Leg catch them. Employee said they were okay and declined medical evaluation. On 4/18/16 employee requested to get Left Leg evaluated as it was still sore. On 4/19/16 employee was evaluated to have a Left Knee sprain.

EE reported to the supervisor they twisted their knee while setting cribbing down on 12/20. EE was evaluated on 5/9/17 for a continued sore knee and given a prescription.

Employee used poor hand placement while getting off of VSI lid EE was repairing. Employee was also not wearing gloves during the time of injury. Poor hand placement on pivot point while getting off of equipment caused left pinky to get caught between VSI lid and attach point. The result was employee fracturing the tip of the right pinky finger.

EE reported had a sore back from operating 65 drill on 7/13/16. EE was medically evaluated on 7/13/16 and put on regular duty. EE went back to doctor on 7/25/16 and was prescribed physical therapy and muscle relaxers.

Employee was installing a bearing housing on a screw conveyor. Upon adjusting the bearing housing to line up the bolts the housing shifted catching thumb between the mating surfaces of the bearing and screw conveyor housings.

Employee had irritation on back when cement dust fell down the back of EE's shirt on Feb 18. EE decided to get it looked at on Feb 22 and was treated with first aid and released to full duty. On Mar 5 EE went to an Urgent Care clinic and was treated for an infection