All MSHA-reportable accidents at Compass Minerals Louisiana Inc. operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was picking up wheel chocks and felt a pop in the left shoulder. Employee has been receiving treatment for the past year while working full duty. Surgery was approved with WC and employee become a LTI on 6/2/2017.
Employee was shoveling salt and felt on pain in EE's back on 3/10/16. On 3/16/16 employee requested to see a doctor and was released to full duty. Employee came to work 3/17/16 with restrictions from another doctor which would not allow EE to work and EE was sent home.
On 1/3/2016 the employee was lifting a bucket of tools off the skip. EE felt a pain in EE's left shoulder blade. The employee was taken to the doctor and released. On 2/3/2016 the employee did not report to work because of the pain making this injury a lost time.
The mechanic was placing a block under the service truck for repairs. As ee placed the block ee felt a pain in back. EE was seen by a doctor and released with no restrictions. On 10/21/2016 the employee went to the emergency room and was placed on work restrictions that could not be accommodated.
Employee was finishing maintenance work underneath a belt line on surface. Employee slipped and fell bruising tail bone. Employee was taken to local doctor and on a follow up visit employee was given work restrictions on 6/06/16 which made the injury reportable.
On 1/6/2016 the employee was lifting a soft start motor starter out of the starter cabinet of D-4 start panel. As EE was lifting the soft start EE felt a pain in EE's groin area. The employee was diagnosed with a hernia and had surgery on 3/1/2016 making this a lost time.
The drill helper grabbed a rotating drill steel with EE's Left hand and became entangled in the drill steel. The employee was unsure why EE grabbed the steel. All work was stopped and emergency care was provided to the employee.
Employee was lifting an impact bed on a conveyor with a pry bar to remove some washers. The pry bar slipped as the employee used their hand to remove the washers. The impact bed pinched employee's index finger between the impact bed & the conveyor. Employee was taken to the doctor and was diagnosed with a fractured index finger.
On 3/31/2016 the employee was working with welding materials and something went into EE's eye. The employee flushed EE's eye and finished EE's work day. The following day (4/1/2016) the employee was taken to the doctor and a small piece of metal was removed from EE's eye making this a recordable.