Sherwin Alumina Company, LLCMining Incidents in 2003

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A RAILROAD TIE WHEN HE FELT A BURNING SENSATION IN HIS GROIN AREA.

A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC AND A SUPERVISOR WERE DESCENDING A CONCRETE STAIRWAY WHEN THE MM LOST HIS FOOTING. HE FELL ONTO HIS BUTTOCKS WITH HIS LEFT LEG UNDER HIM. HE WAS HOLDING ONTO THE HANDRAI L SO HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP FROM FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS. THE MM EXPERIENCED SORENESS IN HIS LEFT KNEE AFTER THE FALL. THE MM LOST ONE DAY OF WORKAND IS ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE PLANT DOCK WHEN A SHIP MOORING LINE GOT CAUGHT ON A DOCK PLANK. THE PLANK CAME LOOSE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON THE LEFT TIBIA. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURE OF THE TIBIA . EMPLOYEE STARTED LOSING TIME ON 01/09/2003.

EE WAS PULLIING ON FORKS OF FORKLIFT TO SPREAD APART WHILE ANOTHER EE LIFTED ON THE FORK. THE FORK SLIPPED AND CRUSHED EE S FINGERS.

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF OF A 3 FT WORKSTAND AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. THE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPRAIN REQUIRED THAT PRESCRIPTION STRENGTH PAIN MEDICATION BE ADMINISTERED, MAKING THIS A RECO RDABLE INJURY. THE EE HAS LOST TIME DUE TO THE TYPE OF PAIN MEDICATION BEING ADMINISTERED.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THE SUCTION LINE ON A SUMP PUMP. HE HAD HOOKED UP A 1"" WATER HOSE TO THE SUCTION OF THE PUMP IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLEAR THE PLUG. WHEN THE LINE CLEARED, LIME SLURRY SPLA SHED UP & COVERED EE FROM HEAD TO TOE. HE SUSTAINED MINOR CHEMICAL BURNS TO HIS CHEEKS & RIGHT EAR. BOTH EYES ALSO SUSTAINED MINOR CHEMICAL BURNS. ANTIBIOTICS WERE PRESCRIBED FOR THE EYES, MA

A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC WAS WELDING A NUT ON THE END OF A TUBE RETRIEVAL TOOL. HE WAS WEARING "" LOW QUARTER"" STEEL BOOTS AT THE TIME. A PIECE OF WELDING SLAG FELL INSIDE ON HIS LT. BOOT & CAUS ED A 3RD DEGREE BURN TO THE MEDICAL REGION OF THE THE FOOT. NO LOST TIME; RESTRICTION PENDING.

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING SOME FILTER PRESS LEAVES WHEN HIS RIGHT RING FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LEAF AND A LIFTING HOOK. THE LEAF WAS BEING LIFTED BY AN OVERHEAD BRIDGE CRANE. HE LIFTED THE LEAF BEFORE THE INJURED EMPLOYEE COULD REMOVE HIS RIGHT HAND FROM THE PINCH POINT. THE RESULT WAS A FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT RING FINGER. NO LOST TIME, RESTRICTED DUTY ONLY.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN 8# SLEDGE HAMMER TO CLOSE AN ANGLE VALVE. THE VALVE HANDLE BROKE AND STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS RIGHT HAND, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER. NO LOST TIME, RE STRICTED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WHEEL WRENCH TO CLOSE A WHEEL VALVE. THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE WHEEL AND HIS RIGHT HAND STRUCK A VALVE THAT WAS LOCATEDBELOW THE VALVE HE WAS CLOSING. THE RESULT WAS A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT THUMB THAT REQUIRED FIVE SUTURES TO CLOSE. NO LOST TIME, RESTRICTED DUTY ONLY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING IN HIS GENERAL WORK AREA WHEN HE STEPPED IN A WET AREA THAT HAD BEEN CREATED BY CAUSTIC LEAKING FROM SOME OVERHEAD PIPING. THE EE SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT ELBO W. THIS RESULTED IN A FRACTURED LEFT ELBOW, MAKING THIS A REPORTABLE INCIDENT. NO LOST TIME, RESTRICTED DUTY ONLY.

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE A PUMP SUCTION VALVE WHILE STANDING IN AN ANKLE DEEP HOT CAUSTIC SOLUTION. THE EE IS A DIABETIC THAT HAS NEUROLOGICALDEFICIT IN BOTH LOWER EXTREMITIES. HE DID NOT SENSE THE HEAT THAT WAS BEING CONDUCTION ON HIS FEET. AS A RESULT HE SUFFERED 2ND DEG. BURNS ON HIS RIGHT FOOT, NO LOST TIME: RESTRICTED DUTY

THE INJURED EE WAS TIGHTENING UP A NUT ON A BOLTSO THAT A HEATER FLANGE COULD BE INSTALLED. THE HEATER FLANGE (WT-15 LBS) WAS ON A PORTABLE HYDRAULIC JACK. ANOTHER EE WAS AT THE CONTROLS PRE MATURELY LOWERED THE FLANGE, CRUSHING THE INJURED EE LEFT INDEX FINGER. FRACTURE & LACERATION THAT REQUIRED SUTURES TO CLOSE. NO LT, WORK LIMITATIONS ONLY.

A WAREHOUSE STOCK CLERK WAS PULLING A PUMP END LINER FROM A RACK, THE LINER IS ROUND AND WEIGHS ABOUT 250 LBS. AS HE PLACED THE LINER ON A PALLET, THE LINER BOUNCED BACK AND STRUCK THE EE ON THE MEDIAL SIDE OF HIS RIGHT ANKLE. HE SUFFERED A SEVERE CONTUSION THAT REQUIRED THAT THE SKIN BE DEBRIDED, MAKING THIS A RECORDABLE INCIDENT. NO FRACTURE NO LOST TIME. RESTRICTED DUTY ONLY.

AN ELECTRICIAN WAS WORKING ON A MAGNETIC BRAKE ON THE #1 SHIP UNLOADER. THE MAGNETIC COIL ARMATURE WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY DUE TO DIRT BUILD-UP. THE ELECTRICIAN STARTED WORKING ON THE ARMA TURE WITHOUT DE-ENERGIZING THE MAGNETIC COIL. THE COIL ENGAGED CAUSING THE ARMATURE TO SHIFT DOWNWARD. THE ELECTRICIANS RT.THUMB & RT. INDEX FINGER SUSTAINED A LACERATION REQUIRING SUTURES.

EE HAD CLOCKED OUT AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT & WAS WALKING TOWARD THE PARKING AREA. HE SLIPPED ON A MUDDY PORTION OF A ROADWAY & FELL. HE LANDED ON HIS LEFT HAND, RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF HIS LEFT RADIUS. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTIONS.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT THE CHIP PAN ON A LODGE & SHIPLEY LATHE. HE WAS USING A CHIP RAKE. AS HE WAS PULLING THE CHIPS WITH THE RAKE, ONE CHIP WRAPPED AROUND THE FIFTH FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HA ND. AS THE EMPLOYEE PULLED BACK ON THE CHIP RAKE, THE CHIP ON HIS FINGER TIGHTENED UP AND CAUSED A LACERATION ON THE FIFTH FINGER OF HIS RIGHT HAND. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 5 SUTURES TO REPAI

EE WAS GETTING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF A COMPANY VEHICLE. WHILE HALF WAY IN THE VEHICLE, THE EE REACHED FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. EE WAS NOT FULLY SEATED ON AND SLID OFF OF THE SEAT ONTO THE GROUND (2 FT) EE STRUCK THE PAVEMENT WITH THE FACE, LEFT HAND AND LEFT KNEE. MEDICAL EXAM REVEALED A FRACTURE OF THE NASAL BONE, MAKING THIS A REPORTABLE INCIDENT.

A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC BROKE A METAL CINCHING STRAP ON A BUNDLE OF HEATER TUBES. HE USED A PAIR OF PLIERS TO BREAK THE STRAP. WHEN THE STRAP BROKE, ONE END STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A LA CERATION THAT REQUIRED SEVEN SUTURES TO CLOSE. NO RESTRICTIONS OR LOST TIME.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING AN EIGHT FOOT STEP LADDER TO CHANGE OUT A LIGHT FIXTURE GLOBE WHEN THE LADDER SHIFTED AND HE FELL BACKWARDS APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET. HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD THAT REQUIRED THREE SUTURES TO CLOSE MAKING THIS A RECORDABLE INJURY. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER A PROCESS VESSEL. THE VESSEL WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR CLEANING PURPOSES. THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE BOTTOM SECTION OF THE VESSEL WHEN A DROP OF CAUSTIC DROPPED INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT EYE. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED, MAKING THIS A RECORDABLE INJUJURY. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY.

EE HAD PICKED UP NUMEROUS BAGS FROM DIFFERENT OFFICES AND HAD PUT THEM IN A 55 GALLON SIZE TRASHBAG. HE THEN PUT THE 55 GALLON TRASH BAG IN TRASH BIN. IN THE PROCESS, A COFFEE LID LACERATED HIS RIGHT THUMB. FOUR SUTURES REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE WOUND. THERE IS NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTIONS.

EE WAS USING A 6"" KITCHEN KNIFE TO CUT SOME FILTER CLOTH. AS HE WAS CUTTING, USING HIS LEFT HAND HE CUT THROUGH THE CLOTH AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER. HE RECEIVED FIVE (5) SUTURES, MAKI NG THIS A RECORDABLE INCIDENT. NO LOST TIME AND NO RESTRICTIONS.

MAINTENANCE MECHANIC WITH 16 YEARS OF MINING EXPERIENCE WAS USING AN ACETELYENE/OXYGEN CUTTING RIG TO CUT SOME PIPING. AFTER CUTTING A SECTION OF 6"" PIPE, THE MM KICKED THE PIPE TO GET IT TO FALL TO THE GROUND. WHEN THE PIPE FELL IT STRUCKHIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO SAME. THE EE WAS PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY. NO LOST TIME.

EE WAS PULLING ON A RATCHET WRENCH THAT HAD A 1-5/8"" SOCKET ON IT. HE WAS TRYING TO TURN A NUT ON A FILTER PRESS SCREW DRIVE. THE SOCKET SLIPPED OUT OF THE NUT AND THE EE FELL BACKWARDS. HIS L EFT ARM STRUCK A HANDRAIL AND HE RECEIVED A 1"" LONG LACERATION THAT REQUIRED THREE SUTURES TO CLOSE MAKING THIS A RECORDABLE INJURY. NO LOST TIME RESTRICTIONS.

TWO EES WERE REMOVING AM 8"", 300# VALVE FROM A FLASH TANK. THE VALVE WEIGHS 1000 LBS. A 1 TON CHAIN FALL WAS USED TO LIFT THE VALVE. AS THE VALVE WAS BEING LIFTED, THE INJURED EE WAS STABILIZI NG THE VALVE. THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT CAUSE THE VALVE TO SWING TO ONE SIDE, CRUISHING THE INJURED EE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER. NO LTI.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRYBAR TO TIGHTEN THE WINGNUTS ON FLANGE. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME AND HIS RUBBER GLOVES AND THE PRY-BAR WERE WET. HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED FROM THE PRY-BAR AND HIS HAND S TRUCK AN ADJACENT FLANGE. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND THAT REQUIRED 13 SUTURES TO CLOSE. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED ACTIVITY.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING INSIDE OF A TANK THAT WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR DESCALING. HE STEPPED ON A PIECE OF SCALE AND FELL AGAINST THE TANK RAKE. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO THE 8TH RIB ON HIS LEFT SI DE. NO LOST TIME DAYS, RESTRICTED DUTY ONLY.