All MSHA-reportable accidents at Oil-Dri Georgia LLC operations in 2017. Fatalities appear first.
Assumption is that EE lifted latches that secure a door, opened the door & put left hand inside mill (mill 02) while the mill was in operation. As of the date of this report the EE has declined to provide a statement of the incident & there were no witnesses. Employee suffered amputation to left thumb and 2 or more fingers.
Assisted with removing door pins & door shifted pinching/crushing left index & middle fingers between washer & mill base. Both fingers fractured & both nail beds significantly disrupted. Surgery performed w/ both fingers the distal phalanx was pinned with K-wire & repaired both nail beds with small suture.
Repositioning a bag on conveyor when conveyor belt caught glove & pulled right hand down into gap between head pulley & idler roller. Diagnosis - crush, deep abrasion/burn. Restrictions: must keep dressing clean & dry, no lifting, no use of right hand, ice hand & no working near hazardous or moving machinery, of driving & climbing due to medication.
Employee was stepping down off of fuel trailer using left foot & left foot rolled. Diagnosis: left ankle sprain.
Changing hose, without required assistance, from one tank to another. Unhooked hose & it started sliding off pipe, so EE had to catch it. When EE caught hose EE heard EE's back pop. Completed hose change with one hand, held EE's back with the other. Diagnosis: acute lumbar pain & radicular symptoms. Restrictions: may lift up to 10 lbs., no climbing, bending or stooping.
Operator backed against stockpile and material was unable to dump properly. Assumption is material may have shifted bending the hydraulic cylinder and haul truck then slowly laid on its side. Diagnosis is transverse process fractures.
EE was turning disconnect back on for rotary valve at DC102. EE was extending left arm upward & struck metal attached to disconnect causing a laceration that required 9 sutures. No restrictions.