All MSHA-reportable accidents at Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company operations in 2013. Fatalities appear first.
Employee had clocked out at the end of his shift and was walking out leaving the plant. He stepped down off the side walk and on to the asphalt drive. He lost his balance and fell to the right knee. He went home, went to bed and when he awoke he went to his doctor. X-rays showed a fracture to the knee cap.
Employee was walking in the C&S basement and stepped on a piece of angle iron. He twisted his ankle. He was treated by a Dr. and at the end of eight weeks he still reported swelling and pain. He was sent for an MRI which showed the need for additional treatment. He was referred to an Ortho Dr. on July 2nd and restricted at the same time.
Maintenance Mechanic was adjusting an extension ladder that was leaning up against the #601 Rock Breaker when his right foot slipped on ground. When he felt foot catch he wanted to protect his knee (which he just recently had replaced) and he fell to his hip breaking the top ball portion of his femur. This was a fall from same level.
Employee was pulling wires (working off of a ladder) and while pulling the wires the ladder shifted. A few minutes later the employee felt a strange sensation in the navel area. Check with doc and said to do nothing at time over past years he has had pain and now had hernia surgery.
Employee was struck on the head by a counterweight the weighed approx. 14 pounds. The counterweight broke and dropped approx. 12 feet striking the employee. The employee was wearing his hard hat but it knocked him down. He never lost consciousness and was taken to the hospital via ambulance.
While driving 813 Haul truck employee experienced low back pain and numbness in legs during normal job duties. Operating conditions normal as any other day. Employee noticed that the seat was at its end of life and hand no more cushion over some parts of the seat. Employee reported injury on 08/15/2013 and went to doctor because pain increased. Employee is now off work.
Installing 2x4 light fixture in three offices. Shut off motion light switch button and placed tag over light switch. Then made sure no voltage on both lights and took one fixtures down. Installed new light hooked up ground wire first then second wire hot to light disconnect shock hit was approximately 2 ft. on ladder and fell off ladder. Employee taken to UAMS for observation.
Emp. reported to supervisor he had fell from 18 conveyor tripper car and fell on his left elbow. His left arm was in pain. Employee was descending stairs (2 steps) had right hand on railing and left foot missed bottom step and employee fell to ground on left arm. Shoulder may have torn rotator cuff can not move arm. Left leg had a minor scrap from step.
Employee was shoveling rock on 20 conveyor and began to experience pain in his right elbow which spread into the upper and lower arm.
Wind blew debris from foarm sheets under safety glasses and into his right eye.
Employee's knee gave out walking down stairs, no swelling to the knee., no loss time and return to work the same day.
Individual was climbing down a stationary ladder on a roll crusher, lost his balance, reached out to catch himself and dislocated his left hand ring finger.
Maintenance employee working on Gyro crusher looking up in ceiling and some dust and debris fell in eye while wearing safety glasses. Employee flushed eye right away. On Saturday 8/31/2013 employee went to doctor and had small metal sliver removed because eye did not get better.
Employee was hit in the mouth by a drop light while he was on the top lining railcars, resulting in a chipped tooth and lip abrasion. He said he was bending over to wash out the railcar the hook on the drop light caught onto his lanyard. As he went further down the drop light became unhooked from his lanyard and then swung around hitting him in his mouth.
Hit left hand little finger with a 4lb sledge hammer handle. Catching the finger between a crescent wrench and hammer handle.
A catwalk broke while an employee was assisting in a screen change on 21 rotex. The employee dropped 30"" to the floor and struck his right shoulder against the product chutes on the east side of the rotex.
Employee reported trigger finger condition to Index finger and middle finger right hand. Prolonged overuse of power tools is what doctor determined cause. Employee hand surgery to fix condition.