All MSHA-reportable accidents at GCC Rio Grande, Inc. operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was striking a chute to dislodge stuck material. The material (kiln dust) released suddenly and made contact with employee?s right leg. The hot dust caused first and second degree burns to his right ankle and lower right calf.
Employee was moving an oxygen acetylene cart. One of the wheels rolled over a small piece of coal and the cart moved in an abrupt manner. Employee strained right shoulder trying to restrain movement. Attending physician gave pain medication and a sling to restrict movement.
EE was getting out of the forklift and stepped on a 2 X 8 and twisted/sprained right ankle.
The employee was walking toward a buffet table in a temporary lunch area when he stepped on something and twisted the right ankle.
Employee climbed a ladder to the top of the baghouse, when his foot was caught in the last rung of the ladder, causing him to fall onto the top of the baghouse, which was at the same level as the top rung of the ladder. The employee encountered abrasions to his ear, head, and neck, and suffered broken bones in his right foot.
A beam glider struck the employee in the back.
Employee picked up a metal portable panalytical table top x-ray machine to move it, when a piece of metal on the underside of the machine sliced his finger, resulting in 4 sutures.
The employee was setting rods and plates on the bottom floor of the Clinker Cooler. The wind blew material in the eye.
The employee was installing terminations on motors and instruments on the sixth floor of the preheater. At the end of the shift, the employee's right eye was irritated and reddish color. The employee stated that he did not feel anything enter the eye.
Employee was opening pin gates in sequence and caught finger between handle of gates.
The employee was connecting iron and struck the knee on a steel beam and then again on a spud wrench.
Employee was pulling a portable welder to another location when a wheel caught on a rock. As the employee pulled on the handle to free the wheel, the shoulder began to hurt.**Initial treatment was first aid. Subsequent treatment now makes this reportable**
Employee was restacking auxiliary separator fan blades. The blades shifted and pinched his middle finger on his right hand, cutting through his glove. He received stitches to this digitus medius at the local Occupational Medicine Clinic and was at work the next day.
The employee was blowing concrete debris out of a hole with pressured air, when something went into the eye.
Employee was grinding on a flange when something flew into her eye.
Employee was walking through the mill area where co-workers were grinding on fiberglass gaskets. The wind picked up and blew a strand on fiberglass into the employee's eye.
Employee was guiding a cable and his hand was pulled into the pulley by the cable.
Employee was assisting with the removal of a spring loaded support arm for a vent system. When the support arm was lifted out of its base, the spring released its stored energy and collapsed, pinching the employee's ring and little finger. Employee was taken to an occupational health center and received stitches for cuts on the 4th and 5th digits of his right hand.
Employee slipped on ice and struck his left knee on the ground.
Employee had been unloading concrete buckets from a backhoe when a foot became stuck in the mud. The EE twisted the back as a result.