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June 27, 2006
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kinder Sand Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee shut down Megatex then using a pry bar, pushed Megatex over and reached into pipe with right hand to remove obstruction. Pry bar slipped causing Megatex to slide back over employee's right hand. Right wrist and hand were lacerated and smashed.
May 19, 2006
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
master electrician
Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Kinder Sand Company LLC
· Contact with electrical current
A master electrician was fatally injured while trouble-shooting 460 volt electric motor. (question #26: experience at this mine TWO hours.)
August 25, 2003
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
OTHER
Southern Filter Media, LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
THE EE SAID THAT HE WAS COUNTING BULK BAGS. HE SAID THAT HE FELT AN INSECT ON HIS RIGHT HAND. HE SAID HE BRUSHED THE INSECT OFF HIS HAND. HE SAID THAT WITHIN 30 MIN HIS HAND BEGAN TO SWELL.THE EE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
Kinder Sand Company LLC · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER A PART OF THE PLANT TO GO TURN OFF A VALVE. HE DUCKED UNDER A PIPE. HE DID NOT DUCK DOWN FAR ENOUGH AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE HANDLE OF A VALVE. THE HANDLE WENT UND ER THE BRIM OF HIS HARD HAT AND STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD. HE RECEIVED A 2" LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.
July 11, 2000
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Southern Silica of LA Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
BAGGER SEAT WAS BEING ADJUSTED. THERE IS AN AIR SUPPLY UNIT AND AIR WAS NOT CUT OFF. WHEN EE RAISED THE SEAT, HIS ARM HIT A LEVER DROPPING IN ON HIS RIGHT THUMB. LACERATION EXTENSOR POLLICIS L ONGUS TENDON RIGHT THUMB.
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