All MSHA-reportable accidents at US Silica Company operations in 2012. Fatalities appear first.
EE was working on a scaffold approx. 5 feet high, cutting a lentle over the door to the Dryer MCC bldg. the saw hit a piece of rebar causing it to bind and kick back. This action caused the scaffold to move near the edge of the concrete stoop it was on. EE lost his balance during this move, causing him to fall. A spotter was with him but unable to react quickly enough.
Employee was walking down the stairs, when she reported her ankle gave out on her. Her right ankle was swollen and was taken to the Berkeley Spring War Memorial Hospital. She ended up with a twisted right ankle, with a Fracture Lateral Malleolus-CL.
Employee went to turn around after picking up tools and felt sharp pain in knee. employee received MRI on May 16th indicating a tear in his meniscus.
Employee was walking along RR Tracks when he stumbled over a pile of rail spikes. The employee fell and twisted his left knee.
Employee was opening 2nd lid on rail car. He lifted the lid with his left hand and felt a sharp pain in his left bicep.
Employee was using a hand bender to straighten out a ground rod. His right, ring finger became stuck in the frame work of the bender. As he put pressure on the board, the momentum of his body caused the bender to twist. This forced his finger to twist in a sideways direction, ultimately, resulting in a finger fracture.
Employee was walking down stairway and his foot slipped off the edge of the last step onto a landing. This caused him to fall against the handrail, and hit his left shoulder on the handrail. Employee was put on restrictive duty.
The employee was working with a co-worker to set up a light plant, fading light conditions, poor communication with co-worker, and improper body positioning all contributed to the injury.
Employee was pulling cable off of a large spool of wire. While he was pulling, he felt a sharp pain in his groin/abdomen. He continued his work shift. Over the weekend the pain and a present bulge did not subside. Employee sought medical treatment on 9/25, where he was diagnosed with an inguinal hernia.
The employee was lifting into place an upper idler roll on the facility dozer the employee did not seek assistance from 2 other staff within the department to complete the task or did not wait for the forklift to complete the lift instead of conducting the lift manually.
Employee was attempting to close a railcar door latch. The latch wouldn't go down to the locking position. Employee then, using heel of his foot, kicked the latch to close completely.On 5/22 employee received x-ray for foot being swolle,diagnosed with inflammation in foot.
Employee was moving bucket teeth from truck to scrap dumpster. Felt sharp pain in upper back and right arm.
Operator was trying to close the discharge gate on a rail car using a spike puller. The spike puller slipped out of employees hand and fell on his right foot above steel toe.
The employee was originally injured on 2-11-12 while descending a ladder in a fluid bed dryer the employee tripped on the bottom rung and fell 12 to 18 inches backward. The original diagnosis was bruised ribs, 1 week later the employee, due to continued pain, went to the doctor again and was diagnosis with non-displaced fractured ribs 3,4,5 which then made this injury reportable.
Employees was opening a discharge slide on a rail car when wind blew sand into his left eye, causing an abrasion to the cornea.
While conducting a 2 person lift of an office desk, the employee experienced pain in his lower back.
Employee was washing glass beaker. It broke and cut his little finger on his right hand. Needed 4 stitches. He returned to work after seeing the doctor.
The employee was injured while operating the Volvo A40F Haul truck. He was diagnosed with a shoulder strain. The employee reported the pain was an accumulation over a period of 3 to 4 weeks.
Employee was closing a bottom discharge gate on a rail car. The gate was difficult to move. The gate suddenly broke free and the employee caught his finger between the bar he was using and a railroad tie. The incident was treated as a first aid. The employee sought medical attention on 10/31/12 and was diagnosed with a fracture on the tip of the finger.
EE was handing welding rods to welder and received flash burn to eyes.
The employee was turning a chuck key with a T-Bar on a lathe in the machine shop. As the chuck and the chuck key moved downward his left hand ring finger was caught between the chuck key and the lathe table. The employee instinctively pulled his hand back, the chuck key caused a laceration which required 5 sutures.
After grinding on a piece of metal the employee noticed something in his eye. The employee was wearing the appropriate PPE and apparently received the metal contamination after wiping his brow following the work being completed.
Employee was handling rebar and dropped one end and the other end came up and hit him in the neck area causing a laceration and chipped tooth.
Employee was walking to the next room to continue cleaning and hit her hand on the door jam as she went through. She received a small cut on her finger that she received stitches for at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs.
Employee was attempting to cut a rubber hose with a utility knife. Employee was cutting towards his body and broke through the hose and his motion caused him to cut his leg with the utility knife. Cut was small and clean, back to work in 2 hours from hospital