All MSHA-reportable accidents at Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company operations in 2020. Fatalities appear first.
Fire occurred on buffer land. Cause was determined to be mylar balloon on electrical line. Fire department responded. Approximately 10 acres burned. There was no property damage and no injury. Plant personnel had completed shift and left property several hours before occurrence. Fire was reported to MSHA on 6/13/2020 at about 8:55 pm
Material Handler lifted horizontal switch to move railcars. Due to the awkward body position and effort required to flip the switch employee felt a pain/strain in lower abdomen.
Employee was trying to line up a bolt hole opening on 42 elevator gearbox. The employee had EE's finger inside of bolt hole feeling for when 2 sides were lined up so bolt could be installed, the 2 parts moved suddenly cutting tip of employees middle finger, employee was taken to emergency room for treatment
After the employee moved the tripper on 20 conveyor from tank A11 to tank A2, the tripper started rolling back to the east because the #20 conv belt hit the handrail and catwalk crosswalk that was still in place west of tank A1. The contact of the conveyor with the crosswalk forced the tripper to roll back to the east and hit the employee that was on the A row side of the tripper
On 7/22/2020 Employee reported they had experienced mild discomfort in the lower back the day before while shoveling materials.
Employee experienced pain in their elbow while lifting a machine guard to remove it from a piece of equipment.
Irritated left eye due to foreign object being lodged in it. While shoveling rock the employee got a particle of dust/sand/rock lodged in the left eye. Employee flushed eye and applied eye drops, but was unable to remove particle. Employee taken to Occupational Medicine for first aid.
Operator opened hood to guzzler & once open the operator was about to step away, hood did not stay put, hood continued to fall & struck operator on head.
Employee working the mix pot. When employee turned around, employee felt that something went into right eye. Employee informed the supervisor and we flushed employee eye with solution, then we flushed the eye under the eyewash station.
EE AND FELLOW CREW MEMBER WERE HANDLING A 250 LB HAMMER TO KNOCK THE NUT LOOSE OFF OF CONE. THEY HIT THE NUT, AND THEN THE HAMMER SLIPPED TO THE SIDE, AND EE'S RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE HANDLE OF HAMMER & THE CONE STEEL CRUSHING RIGHT THUMB.
Employee was operating front end loader and expressed feeling pain in the lower back. Employee was sent to the Occupational Clinic where they were diagnosed with lower back strain.