All MSHA-reportable accidents at TXI Operations, LP operations in 2006. Fatalities appear first.
Contract laborer was assisting to change electric motor on shaker. When first bolt was loosened, the motor rocked back on the mount and smashed his left index finger, causing fracture and laceration requiring stitches.
107 & 106 conveyors had overloaded & tripped out. Therefore, choked up the chute that they were working on. The employee used a bar with a hook on it to move the clay around. In the process of getting the system back on line he hurt his right shoulder.
Fell off fuel truck while fueling diesel pumps. Fractured one vertebrae in his neck.
Employee was working on the classifier at the sand plant and he was coming down the catwalk and slipped and fell into the handrail striking his left side of his chest area. The tempture was freezing and it is possible some ice had developed on walkway.
Employee was walking on the sidewalk going to the QC lab when he tripped over some metal edging on the corner of the sidewalk. This caused the employee to land on his left hip. The employee broke his left hip.
Employee had just reported to the railcars to unload coal. He climbed down from his hauler and had both feet on the ground when he began to turn as he released his handhold on the hauler. His left foot slipped into a washout in the ground. He fell to the ground feeling a pain in his left leg.
Employee was in the process of cleaning out a chute plug with a pry bar. When the product broke free it struck the pry bar which in turn caused the pry bar to strike the employee in the jaw. The employee went to the Doctor and was taking off of work due to a fracture to the jaw.
Employee was welding on the dredge discharge pipe near the pump. He was standing on the middle rung of the handrail when he slipped off & fell onto the deck of the dredge. Fall was approx 2' down from the point he was standing to the deck. He felt as though he might have pulled something but did not feel it was serious. Dr diagnosed a pulled stomach muscle & put him on light duty.
Employee was walking on catwalk when he turned his right ankle.
EE stopped haul unit at lab to speak w/plant operator. As he started walking to operator, after exiting haul unit, he tripped and fell. He tried to stop his fall w/his left forearm... in the process hurting his left shoulder.
Employee was in the proces of cleaning off mud from the conveyor when he slipped and fell against a troughing roller causing injury to his right side of ribs.
Employee was walking down stairs at the river pump. He slipped on ice causing him to fall on his right hip.
EE was changing a gear box out on L-3 conveyor in the load out. When EE woke up the next morning he was sore and stiff in the lower back. He reported this as soon as he got to work and he was taken to the Doctor and diagnosis was lower lumbar strain.
EE was working on quarry pickup truck replacing the brakes shoes and front end parts. He was stooping and bending when he felt a pain in his lower back and could not stand straight up.
EE was climbing onto 740 haul unit. As he was grabbing the handrail he felt something pop in his left shoulder. Arm went partially numb.
Employee was climbing down the ladder on a 988B wheel loader using three point contact. The employee felt his right shoulder pop and started having pain in it shortly after.
Employee was using a water hose to clean at the sand plant when he was stung by some sort of insect on the top of his right hand.
Was washing out Scrubber and slipped. Harness caught him and strained his left groin.
Employee was moving metal on to a pallet. His finger was caught between two pieces of metal and he suffered a laceration to the left middle finger.
Employee was changing troughing rollers on P-10 in the primary. When the troughing roller turned up, he got his left middle finger pinched. Employee was wearing leather gloves but received a laceration that required seven stiches.
Employee was trying to close the TA Damper when another employee tried to jog it the manual crank caught his right arm causing a laceration to the forearm.
Employee was working in material recovery tunnel, trying to unclog one of the recovery doors. The door was not secure properly and fell, cutting his right hand between the thumb and index finger, requiring 11 stitches.
Employee tried to lift outboard motor from boat without assistance and pulled his back.
Employee was traveling down a stacker belt. The walkway was slippery from dew/mist. He slipped and to catch himself from falling, he grabbed the handrail with his left hand, and his arm twisted.
The employee was pulling barrels out of pit #2. He felt a pain in his back.
The employee was cutting a gasket at 711-VA1 valve and the razor knife that he was using to cut the gasket slipped cutting the palm of his left hand.
The employee was shoveling out a railcar and said he felt pain in his upper back. He contacted his supervisor and the supervisor took him to the doctor.
The employee was walking in the 712 tunnel, down an incline. He slipped and fell and twisted his ankle.
Employee was installing a transmission. Laying on his back & pushing against the transmission with his feet, he felt a pain through his leg to his toes. He reported his injury on 6/23/06 but declined medical treatment. EE aggravated his back last week, 10/5/06, while working in a cramped & awkward position causing his pain to flare up & on 10/9/06 he asked to seek medical help.
The employee was going down the stairs at #1 Magaldi and twisted his ankle. He went to the doctor and was diagnosed with a sprained ankle. He returned to work on light duty. He returned to the doctor for a follow up evaluation on June 1, 2006 and release to return to work to full duties without restrictions.
Employee was carrying a piece of broken pump impeller up the boat landing. As he intended to release it into the scrap pile, a part of the piece was caught on his clothing (overalls), and fell on the top of his left foot. X-rays showed no obvious fracture or dislocation. The area is swollen and tender. Employee was placed on restrictive duty.
Employee received damage to his middle finger and ring finger on his right hand. He was attempting to open a roll back chute on the shaker in the primary. He received stitches and is on light duty.
On Tuesday, 5/2/06 at 8:30am, EE squatted down to pick up a ramp liner and felt a sharp pain in his back. EE had not lifted anything yet. EE was taken to DR. and the diagnosis was a lumbar stain to his lower back.
The ee was helping to change rollers on a 60 inch conveyor and after he finished with the seventh one, he complained of his lower back hurting. He was taken to the clinic for evaluation.
Employee was on the 2nd set of steps going to the alkali screw. He lost his footing causing his foot to slip on one of the steps, causing muscle strain to right leg calf. He was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with a strained muscle. He returned to work on light duty.
The ee was changing rollers on a 60 inch conveyor. While trying to maneuver the roller through the frame to drop it to the ground the roller pinched his finger between the rollers and the skirt board causing a laceration on his right index finger. The employee was taken to the ER for treatment.
Employee was pulling a canoe boat to shore when he tripped in the mud. As he went to stop his fall he dislocated his right index finger.
EE WAS CUTTING OLD CROWN BAR RUBBER OUT OF SHAKER WHEN KNIFE CAUGHT PEBBLE IN RUBBER. THIS CAUSED THE KNIFE TO JUMP TO EE'S HAND AND CUT THROUGH GLOVE AND FLESH. EE REQUIRED 4 STITCHES TO LEFT THUMB.
The employee pulled the press bed from under the hydraulic press and felt severe pain in his back.
Employee stated he that when he was lifting trashcan to toolbox of plant truck he reinjured his shoulder.
EE WAS WASHING AT THE SAND PLANT AND GOT SLURRY WATER SPLASHED IN BOTH EYES. EE DID HAVE ALL PPE ON AT THIS TIME. THE SLURRY WATER SCRATCHED HIS EYES. DR GAVE 4 DAYS RESTRICTED DUTY.
Employee was bent over cutting packing away from baring and felt sharp pain in his lower back.
EE was working inside the Kiln Feed Tank removng build-up. He was trying to reposition himself to begin removing build-up in another area & when trying to reposition himself the material slid downward allowing his left leg to slide with material while his right leg remained. This cause his right foot to fold sideways causing the sprain to his ankle.
Employee was stepping up the ladder to get into the loader and he twisted his right knee, which caused him severe pain.
Employee was stung by a bee on his right arm and had to go to the doctor to get a shot of benedryl.
EE told his supervisor on Friday morning that he got something in his eye on Wednesday. It had bothered him on Thursday and by Friday morning it seemed to be getting worse. He couldn't recollect any specific moment when he knew something got in his left eye, just that it began to bother him.
EE was attempting to cut insulation on wire, his knife cut through too fast and knicked his thumb by the first knuckle. He was splicing the wire back together to reconnect the dredge Bilge pump.
EE was operating fuel truck in pit. The front windshields were in the open position. As he was driving back to plant a foreign object flew into his right eye under safety glasses.
Employee was in the process of changing a drag cable on the dragline #160. He was working between the two drums installing a wedge. When he went to climb out from between the two drums he pressed down on the lagging to lift himself out and a sharp edge on the lagging cut through his gloved hand and made a one inch laceration on his right hand. He had to receive stitches.
Employee was climbing down off of catwalk on radial stacker. He had mud on his boots and was not wearing his work gloves. As he climbed down his foot slipped and his little finger on right hand snagged on cover for tail pulley of stacker. His little finger on right hand was cut.
EE was welding a guard into place and struck an arc with his hood up then placed his hood down
The employee was operating a jackhammer and the air hose got tangled in the 703 pan while it was moving. The employee tried to pull it out and the fitting on the hose cut his finger on his left hand.
Employee was cutting a piece of belting with a utility knife and the knife slipped cutting his left forearm. Employee recieved 3 stitches.
Employee was working on chute 106. He wiped perspiration off his forehead with shirt sleeve. A foreign object got into his left eye.
Employee was operating a small 463 bobcat near the fueling station by the quarry. He was dumping a bucket of gravel when his right front tire went up on the berm causing the bobcat to turn over. He received a laceration on the left elbow. He was taken to the Doctor and received six stitches in the left elbow. Their was no restrictions or lost time.
EE ON 5/23/06 WHILE WORKING ON THE DREDGE GOT SOME SAND IN HIS EYES. THIS WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WIND BLOWING. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO THE 1ST AID KIT, WASHED OUT HIS EYES WITH EYE WASH. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, WAS TAKEN TO DR AND DIAGNOSED WITH AN EYE IRRITATION. HE LOST NO TIME AND RET'D TO FULL CAPACITY. THE DR GAVE HIM EYE OINTMENT FOR IRRITATION.
EE was cleaning grizzly bars off a hopper. The hopper is fed by a feeded belt. When reaching for a rock the EE's hand was pinched between the rock and the headpulley of the feeder causing lacerations to EE's right hand.
Employee was servicing analyzer and dust blew back under safety glasses and into his left eye. He was taken to see the company doctor. The doctor washed his eye out and gave him an eye wash. He returned to work.
EE was standing to the south side of C-1 counterweight discussing maintenance repairs with Production Supv. when he turned around pointing out something and a 3 lb. shale chunk fell from C-1 conveyor hitting him on top of his hard hat, knocking him unconcious for several minutes. The impact knocked his hard hat off and knocked him down to the ground.
Employee stated after unloading some coal he was driving on the road again and a gust of wind blew material from the bobcat bucket and some coal blew in his right eye. He was taken to the doctor and his eye washed out. Nothing embedded in the eye. He returned to work on the same day.