Mining Incidents

Oil-Dri Georgia LLCMining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Oil-Dri Georgia LLC operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
0
Total incidents
10
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS5 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  3. 03NO VALUE FOUND1 incident
  4. 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  5. 05POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2003

No Value Found

REMOVAL OF SHEARED BOLTS FROM PALLETIZER PUSHER ARM MOUNT.

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE WAS HELPING STACK CAT LITTER BAGS AND CAUGHT ARM BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND ROLLER.

Struck by flying object

EE WAS UNDER PLASTIC FILM WRAPPER CUTTING FILM AWAY FROM SHAFT, GOT FOREIGN OBJECT IN RIGHT EYE. HE WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY GLASSES.

Fall onto or against objects

CLIMBED SAFETY LADDER TO CLEAN DRYER, STEPPED DOWN LADDER AND HAD MUD ON SHOES AND LADDER WAS SLICK, HIT LEFT KNEE ON IRON LADDER.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE slipped on wet surface while walking on a cat walk. struck left knee on metal cat walk, causing bruise. ee was reassisgned to rotary kiln control room until condition improves.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

RAILCAR DOOR WAS DIFFICULT TO OPEN. THE EE ALONG WITH ANOTHER TRIED TO OPEN IT TOGETHER. EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN RIGHT UPPER ARM.

Struck by falling object

EE WAS WORKING ON A ROLLER ASSEMBLY. THE ACCESS DOOR TO THE ASSEMBLY HAD BEEN REMOVED AND LEANED AGAINST THE MILL MOTOR. THE DOOR FELL AND LANDED ON LEFT FOOT ABOVE STEEL TOE.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A MOTOR OUT OF ITS FRAME.

Struck against a moving object

EE WAS BACKING LOADER OUT OF DESINTIGRATOR FEED HOPPER AND HIT A CONCRETE BEAM.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING CLAY. WHEN HE LIFTED A FULL SHOVEL OF CLAY HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Oil-Dri Georgia LLC's numeric MSHA operator ID.