All MSHA-reportable accidents at US Silica Company operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.
Employee was at the fuel station to fill the fuel tank on a D8 dozer. The employee was standing on the dozer blade push arm, when he jumped backwards to dismount. His ring caught on the latch for the batt box cover. The skin was pulled from the ring finger of his left hand. The finger was surgically removed later at the hospital.
Employee slipped on an icy surface and fell, causing a hip contusion.
Employee had been collecting trash into a 5 gal. bucket from the Mill floor and went to the outside trash dumpster to empty the bucket. As the employee lifted the bucket he developed a hernia in his lower abdomen. Employee had lifted the bucket to approximately waist high, when he felt a sharp pain and dropped the bucket.
IE was working on a pick up truck when he got a small metal sliver in his left index finger. He removed the sliver and continued to work. He developed granuloma at the spot where the sliver was removed. He went to the doctor a few days later and the doctor said that surgery was needed to fix the problem. He had surgery and began missing work on 09/27/2007.
Employee was opening a Rail Car discharge slide with a metal bar. The bar slipped from the slide roller knuckle causing him to lose his balance. He fractured his left ankle as he stumbled backwards.
Feedbox on #5 mill was jammed up with ground silica material. Employee shut down mill and cleaned feedbox out. Employee started mill back up after completing cleaning. Feedbox again jammed up, due to fines from seperator. Air blast occurred splashing product into employee's eyes.
As employee broke for lunch he started to feel pain slowly come on in his neck and left arm. The employee has a serious personal illness and has not been to work since 7/18/2007. The company received paperwork from the employee's doctor that said he is off of work for this injury not his personal illness on 8/2/2007.
On the first step of the ladder for the L330 Loader. Started the climb in a way that threw off center of gravity, using his left foot and left hand to ""swing"" his right foot and hand into a position. Employee's right hand was oily and slipped, he swung out, which put all of his weight on his left arm. He felt a pop in his arm.
Employee was repositioning a 50lb bag of sand when he stepped on a pallet lift. The lift had a bolt break. The lift fell on the employee's foot. He went to doctor on 5-7-07. Doctor said looks like swelling; come back if anymore problems. Emp. went back during Sept. Doctor said surgery would take care of cyst on 9-10-07.
Employee was dismounting the ladder on the 980G cat loader. When he stepped down, he stepped on a rock or clay ball causing his left knee to twist. He did not report this until the next day at 8:30 am 3/15/07. He was sent for Medical treatment and returned to work that same day.
EE was walking around a coiled water hose and tripped over it. He then fell to the floor landing on his left hip, resulting in a ruptured disc in his lower back. This injury required surgery on 3/9/07.
The mechanic was removing a lid from a 4' x10' rotex screen. The lid was lifted from the screen and placed on the floor directly beside the screen. During the lift the mechanic felt pain in his chest and shoulder. The employee was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with strain to the chest/shoulder and placed on restricted duty.
Victim was opening a Rail Road Car discharge slide and it was difficult to move. When the slide broke free, the victim mashed and cut the little finger on his left hand between the bar he was using and the side of the rail car.
Employee was preparing to wash down the scale aisle. He bent over to pick up water hose and got a sharp pain down the right side of his back.
Victim suffered a broken bone and laceration of the ring finger and a laceretion on the middle finger of the right hand. The injuries occured while the victim was dumping a scrap metal box in the maint shop and was struck by the metal roller frame that supported the scrap metal box.
Employee was opening a rail car discharge slide. The slide was hard to move. When the slide broke free, the momentum caused the bar to slip from the slide knuckle and employee's left middle finger was caught between the hex bar and unloading screw box.
While rebuilding a rotating assembly, employee's finger was pinched between the shaft and the bearing press, resulting in a cut that required five stitches.
Employee was dilling a hole in sheet metal when the drill bit caught, causing the drill to turn. The turning drill caused his finger to be smashed, resulting in a hairline fracture to his right ring finger.
Employee was checking railcar supply in the rail yard. He started to climb up onto the brake platform of the car. He received a laceration on the tip of his middle finger on his left hand from a sharp edge in the back side of the ladder rung. The laceration required stitches.
Employee using a saw to cut trees and brush. Did not feel anything hit his face or eyes, but later felt an irritation in his left eye. He washed his eye out at 9:30 pm on 6/18 and at 5:00 am on 6/19. He the reported to plant management and was taken for med attn. It is possible that when he wiped his brow with his glove that he may have wiped the piece of rust into his eye.
The employee was installing a new MCC panel. He and his work partners were lifting the panel into place when it slipped and struck him just above his hair line. He was taken to the ER where he received several stitches to close the cut.
Injured while attempting to move a large rock away from a power pole. Injured was pulling the rock away from the pole, when the rock rolled back toward the pole. The injured person jerked his hand from the rock and cut the second finger of his right hand on a sharp edge of the rock in the process. Injured was not wearing gloves.
Employee was removing a roller stand, cut his finger, requiring stitches.
The IE said on 3/6/2007 that he believed that he hurt his shoulder on 3/1/2007, but was not sure. He said he felt a pain in his shoulder when closing the outer doors of an elevator. Employee has started physical therapy which caused this injury to become a medical.
Employee was using a pipe to unplug the silo when he jammed the palm of his right hand on the pipe, causing a contusion which eventually became infected and swollen. Approximately seven days after the accident, the employee punctured the swelling to relieve the pressure and the puncture became infected. Therapy for wound care was done: debridement of the skin.
IE was cutting plastic seals on railcar lids when he cut the tip of his right middle finger. He received three stitches.
Employee popped his right knee out of place doing maint. work on a loader. He indicated that the damage was from a pre-existing condition caused by a skiing accident and that the ""popping"" of his knee happened often. Injury was ruled a first aid at the time-no lost work days. Employee went for surgery on April 26, 2007 causing the first aid to become a LWC on April 27, 2007.