Oil-Dri Georgia LLCMining Incidents in 2002

EE MOVING TOW BEHIND WELDER INTO POSITION WITH TRUCK HITCH. HIS HAND WAS PLACED ORDER WELDER HITCH, HE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT FINGER UNDER WELDER OR TRUCK HITCH CAUSING AMPUTATION OF RIGHT RING FI NGER AT TIP.

EE WAS PUSHING PALLET OFF OF ROTATOR CONVEYER AND LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN PALLET AND GUIDE RAIL.

EE STACKING BAGS AND STEPPED ON A BAD PALLET AND FELL, CATCHING HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS.

BAG JAMED IN CONVEYOR, EE PULLED BAG LOOSE, RESULTING IN PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT SHOULDER.

TRIED TO OPEN DOOR ON 50-TON TRUCK WHICH WAS LEANING. DOOR CAME BACK & HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW. ARM DID NOT START SWELLING UNTIL THE NEXT AFTERNOON WHEN HE WENT TO ER. THEY REFERRED HIM TO SOUTHERN ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALISTS IN BAINBRIDGE, GA. HE TRIED TO GO TO WORK 08/19/2002 BUT SUPERVISOR SENT HIM TO GET HIS ARM SEEN ABOUT. HE WAS TOLD NOT TO WORK FOR 10 DAYS.

EE WAS CLEANING FROM UNDER THE CONVEYOR, PRODUCTION LINE. EE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON CONVEYOR RAILING, THERE WAS A PALLET TRAVELING DOWN THE CONVEYOR. THE PALLET HIT EE'S LEFT HAND, INJURING H IS LEFT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS HOSING GROUND DOWN WITH A WATER HOSE, WHEN HIS BACK BEGAN TO HURT. RE-AGGRAVATED INJURY THAT OCCURRED ON 10/8/02.

BLOWING OFF TRASH AND SOMETHING FLEW IN HIS EYE.

COWORKER ENERGIZED POWER WITH DOOR LATCHES IN AND EE HAD HIS HAND INSIDE OF STATION. #2 TRANSFER BELT AND THE BELTS CLOSED ON HIS FINGER.

THE EE WAS EXITING THE FRONT END LOADER WITH GREASE ON HIS HANDS. HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS HAND SLIPPED FROM THE RAIL, CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND.

EE SAW BAG CLAMP OPEN. HE STOPPED MACHINE AND OPENED DOORS. HE REACHED FOR CLAMP ROD. THE CLAMP RELEASED TENSION AND CLOSED, CATCHING HIS FINGER IN BETWEEN.

EE WAS WEIGHING BAGS ON THE LINE. AFTER HE FINISHED WEIGHING THE BAGS, HE TURNED TO WALK AWAY AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE WAS NOT CARRYING A LOAD AND DID NOT SLIP OR FALL AT THE TI ME.

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A FULL ROLL OF CAPS ONTO THE CAP DISPENSOR WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, WHEN HE FELT A LOWER BACK PAIN.

EE WAS DESCENDING A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AFTER A RECENT RAIN AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A WET SPOT. HE REACHED OUT TO BREAK HIS FALL AND SPRAINED HIS RIGHT WRIST (PER MEDICAL EXAM ON 2/19). ON 3/5/02 HE WAS RE-EXAMINED AFTER COMPLAINING OF FURTHER DISCOMFORT. ON 3/21 HE WAS EXAMINED AS A ROUTINE FOLLOW-UP AND ON 3/25 WAS REFERRED TO PHYSICAL THERAPY.

CONVEYOR BELT WAS SLIPPING OFF ROLLER AND TRIED TO PUSH BELT BACK ON ROLLERS WITHOUT TURNING POWER OFF MACHINERY.

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING COVER ON PUMP TRUCK IN PREPARATION FOR LOADING CLAY AND FELL.

STRAINER SLIPPED OFF PIPE AND CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN STRAINER AND CONCRETE PILLAR.

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A DUST COLLECTOR SCREEN WITH A PRY BAR WHICH SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIS SAFETY GLASSES, PUSHING THEM INTO HIS LEFT CHEEK CAUSING A SMALL CUT UND ER HIS LEFT EYE. HE RECEIVED 4 STITCHES AND WAS RELEASED TO HIS NORMAL DUTIES.

THE EE WAS USING AN ACETYLENE TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF SHEET METAL. WHILE CUTTING THROUGH THE METAL, PIECES OF MELTING SLAG FELL ON HIS LOWER LEG CAUSING HIS COVERALLS TO CATCH FIRE. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED BY THE EE AND HE WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A ROOF IN HOT WEATHER. WAS SWEATING PROFUSELY. CAME DOWN AND LOOKED PALE ACCORDING TO CO-WORKERS.