All MSHA-reportable accidents at O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company) operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.
Employee hit C-channel with wire snips to nudge it into place. Slipped and jammed hand onto metal clip. Has a puncture in right hand. Had medical treatment and returned to work on the Monday following with doctor's release.
Employee complained of discomfort to back and visited personal physician. Strain/sprain to back diagnosed. No specific instance of injury occurred, employee stated increased discomfort throughout week prior to visit.
Employee conducting pre trip inspection of vehicle and fell off of side landing on right shoulder/arm. Conditions were somewhat wet/muddy. Unknown extent of injury to right shoulder but could be rotator cuff injury, TBD.
Employee suffered laceration to left, middle and ring fingers, as a pry bar pinched the fingers between the pry bar and housing.
Employee did not report incident until 3-1-16. Employee working with two other employees to install a control box. When they lifted the 30 inch x 36 inch x 8 inch box, employee said felt a pull in lower abdomen. Thinks may have strained a muscle. ***Per e-mail on 3-17-16 was diagnosed with a hernia. Surgery scheduled for 3-24-16.***
Employee was working on a gearbox motor assembly when the motor slipped from the assembly striking employee's hard hat causing lacerations to the left side of face and causing employee to fall and fracture right wrist.
Temp. worker was shoveling and complained of sore back resulting in a strain on second day of work. Was awarded restricted duty but told temp agency they quit the following day.
An employee was looking up holding a tagline for a load when EE stepped into a hole, causing EE to bump EE's knee.
Employee was taking samples when material was blowing onto back of neck. Employee looked up and material entered eyes.
Employee was cleaning and material entered eyes. Employee washed eye out and felt ""okay"" making no report until 27th of November when ee came to work indicating continued discomfort. Employee was instructed to see a doctor and given prescription medication.
EE was getting a pallet from a stack when the back corner of the pallet got hung on the pallet below, the EE jerked on the pallet and it came loose striking the rib cage causing a fracture.
Employee was attempting to break a piece of one inch sealtite conduit using EE's hands. When the conduit broke, it jumped and hit the employee's mouth, requiring five stitches.
Injured worker and another employee were installing a piece of conduit into a panel tub. As the employees were pushing the tub back to slide the pipe into the hole the tub slid and made a cut in the left palm of one of the workers. The injured worker was not wearing cut resistant gloves.
Employee was pulling wire outside, wind was blowing hard and blew lime into employee's eye.
Employee attempted to catch fuel nozzle that fell and cut finger requiring stitches.