Specialty Minerals IncMining Incidents in 2016

Employee was driving a haul truck when EE suffered a back injury.

Employee felt pain in right shoulder after as EE was climbing up a stairway with a vacuum truck hose. On 02/10/2016 EE was evaluated at a local clinic and was released to work. EE continued to work and had an MRI that revealed a tear at which time the doctor put EE out of work on 03/28/2016. EE is currently awaiting a surgery date.

The employee was changing an oil gun from a kiln and EE's right wrist was burned from hot kiln exhaust under the cuff of EE's glove.

Employee slipped and fell on oil residue. As EE was falling EE's right arm hit a metal guard resulting in a laceration. EE was taken to the local hospital where EE was treated and released without limitations.

While employee was attempting to open a fuller valve with a cheater pipe the pipe hit a beam. This caused kiln dust to fall from the beam into the left eye of the employee. The employee was treated by a local eye doctor and was given polysporin Ophthalmic Ointment. EE returned to work for EE's next scheduled shift.

Temporary worker alleges ee was injured while driving a haul truck through a switchback turn.

Employee injured right pinky finger when a motor EE was positioning onto a shelf came in constact with a stationary motor on the shelf. EE's finger was pinched between the 2 motors causing a laceration. EE was taken to a local clinic and received sutures to the finger

Worker was scaling high wall using rope access methods. EE stacked excess rope (tail) on the ground above EE. EE needed more rope & pulled the tail and the tail dislodged a small rock. Rock hit EE in the nose. Ground area where rope was stacked was not cleaned properly.

An Employee was attempting to remove a stone clog in the SCD screen number 131. EE used three tools to remove the clog; shovel, hoe and steel pipe. During the process ee reached for the shovel, which had fallen to the floor, and stepped on the blade of the hoe kicking the handle up off the floor into face causing left side eye tooth to puncture upper lip.

This is being reported as a non-employee injury. A driver for New England Pallet Company loosened a buckle on a strap and threw the strap over stack of pallets on a flatbed truck. A gust of wind blew the buckle and strap back toward non-employee hitting non-EE in the nose and eyes. Non-EE has a broken nose in two spots and one of non-EE eyes has a damaged lens.