REEDY CREEK DIV. PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was using a tool bar to close the bottom door on a hopper car. The bar slipped out of the cog causing EE to mash their finger between the bar and the concrete.

The IW had put degrit screens 2-4 on water and was doing routine checks of the valves and walked into a low clearance valve handle hitting EE's head. IW was wearing a hard hat and injured EE's neck.

The IW was climbing up a hopper car to release the brake and left foot slipped. IW tried to catch self, with right hand and IW's right foot slipped as well. The employee fell onto the track with lower back and fractured the L2 and L3. When the events occurred it was raining and cold.

The employee was washing the tracks and was called on the radio and notified that the railcars were being moved to stand clear. After the 1st & 2nd car passed the employee was snagged by the 3rd car and thrown to the ground breaking EE's L knee cap.

The employee complained of left shoulder pain and was taken to the hospital fearing it was a cardiac event. EE was diagnosed with shoulder strain. The employee doesn't remember doing anything specific to cause the pain, it just started hurting.

The employee was stacking 50# bags on a pallet when EE accidentally stepped on the edge of the pallet rather that square on the pallet and EE rolled right ankle also injuring the foot.

The employee was attempting to remove a reducer bushing from a 75HP motor junction box when the chain wrench slipped causing it to strike EE's left pinky finger.

The employee was trying to loosen a manway bolt on a tankcar when they felt a sharp pain in groin area. The employee did not report the incident until 10/19/20 but did not request to see a doctor until the 20th. EE missed the first shift on 10/23/20 but there are conflicting diagnoses varying from a mass to a hernia.

Operator was cleaning out the chemical make down shoot where the bags dump out into the make down system. A lump stopped the shoot so EE began washing down with the water hose when chemical ran down EE's arm under the chemical suit and caused chemical burns on EE's left and right arm.

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT RIGHT HAND MIDDLE, RING AND PINKY FINGERS IN AIR ACTUATED KNIFE GATE VALVE ALMOST SEVERING THEM REQUIRING SURGERY.

Injury occurred over a period of 9 months through repetitive motion of hanging ton bags and the employee feels that stacking small bags may have been a contributing factor. The first notification of the injury was reported to the safety department on 7/13/2020.

College Summer Work employee was cutting a 2x8 board with a skill saw when the board dropped - EE reached to catch board striking saw cutting EE's left hand index, ring and pinky fingers. EE was taken to McDuffie ER then transferred to the Doctor's Hospital in Augusta, GA where surgery was performed to repair nerve and tendon damage.

EMP LOWERING BAGGING CHAIR. WHILE PICKING UP ON THE CHAIR EE'S HARD HAT HIT THE START BUTTON CAUSING THE CHAIR TO FALL BACK ONTO EE'S THUMBS CUTTING EE'S RIGHT THUMB REQUIRING (3) STITCHES.

EMP WAS OPENING A VALVE WHEN THEY FELT THEIR LEFT WRIST POP. MEDICAL RESTRICTIONS

EMPLOYEE STEPPED FROM TITAN TRACKMOBILE ONTO A ROCK AND ROLLED RIGHT ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS POKING WET CLAY OUT OF THE ROLLER MILL FEED BIN WHEN EE STRUCK EE'S LEFT LITTLE FINGER RESULTING IN A FRACTURE

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM SPOTTER TRUCK AND STEPPED INTO A HOLE TWISTING EE'S RIGHT ANKLE RESULTING IN A SPRAIN.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BAGGING CHAIR FROM AIR FLOAT BAGGING WHEN EE EXPERIENCED PAIN THAT AGGRAVATED AN ALREADY EXISTING BACK PAIN ISSUE.

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING CLEAN A HEAT EXCHANGER IN PROCESS BUILDING WHEN A FOREIGN BODY GOT IN EE'S RIGHT EYE. UPON MEDICAL TREATMENT IT WAS FOUND TO BE A SMALL PIECE OF METAL. IT WAS REMOVED AND EE WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION OF NEOMYCIN.

APPLYING PRESSUE TO A 24" PIPEWRENCH WHEN HAND SLIPPED CAUSING WRENCH TO STRIKE EE IN CHIN REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE WAS BACKING DOWN RAIL CARS WITH TRACKMOBILE. EE HAD HEAD BENT CLOSE TO WINDOW FRAME WHEN COUPLING JERKED CAUSING EE TO CHIP TOOTH.

EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWNSTAIRS FROM TOP OF #1 SPRAY DRYER SILO WHEN EE FELT A CATCH IN MIDDLE LOWER BACK.

EMP DRIVING MANLIFT WHEN REAR WHEEL FELL INTO A HOLE CAUSING EMP TO BE THROWN DOWN INTO BASKET INJURING RIGHT KNEE. REPORTED BUT DID NOT GO TO DR AT THAT TIME. AS TIME PASSED, KNEE KEPT GETTING WORSE. HE DECIDED TO SEE DR AFTER A PERIOD OF TIME AND ULTIMATELY HAD SURGERY RESULTING IN TIME LOST.

EMPLOYEE CUTTING STRING ON BAG WITH KNIFE WITH LEFT HAND AND CUTTING WITH RIGHT. KNIFE SLIPPED AND STRUCK LEFT THUMB RESULTING IN LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMPLOYEE RESTACKING 50 LB BAGS OF CLAY AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK TO THE POINT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE.

EMP AT MAKE DOWN OPERATION PICKING UP 50LB BAG WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS BACK WENT OUT RESULTING IN PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING UP ONTO SCREW CONVEYOR OF #2 SPRAY DRYER WHEN HIS LEFT KNEE POPPED CAUSING EXTREME PAIN.

Co-worker was holding tension on the reject colander shaft with a pipe wrench so injured employee could add two links to chain on reducer. while injured emp was attempting to install master link lock, the pipe wrench slipped causing it to catch his left hand middle finger in a pinch point between chain and sprocket result in laceration requiring stitches.

EXPERIENCED PAIN IN LOWER BACK AFTER OPENING VALVES ON TANK AT FLOOR LEVEL.

Employee performing maintenance on Stamler. Injured employee along with another employer were carrying guard removed from Stamler when he stepped on uneven concrete causing him to twist and sprain his left ankle.

FITTING NEW HOSE ON OIL PUMP BUCKER USING KNIFE WHEN HE CUT HIS RIGHT THUMB.

PRESSURE CLEANING 3/4X14" PVC PIPE HOLDING PIPE IN PLACE WITH FOOT USING EXTREMELY HOT WATER WHEN SPRAT BAR ACCIDENTALLY HIT TIP OF BOOT CAUSING HOT WATER TO PENETRATE BOOT AND BURN FOOT.

OPENING CONTAINER DOOR WHEN THE LATCH SPRUNG BACK AND HIT HIM IN FACE UNDER EYE AND BREAKING HIS NOSE.

Employee was standing tying bulk bag when he felt his back "go out".

Employee was trying to get spur gear cover off #4 Filter. He was using chisel and sludge hammer. As sludge hammer struck chisel, the chisel shot out and hit employee in chin resulting in laceration requiring stitches.

EMPLOYEE LIFTED AN 8' LADDER OFF BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK AND EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.

EMP WAS GETTING A DRINK OF WATER AND TAPPED ON GLASS WINDOW TO ADVISE WORKER HE WAS GOING TO PUMP TRUCK. AS HE TAPPED WINDOW IT BROKE CAUSING HIM TO JERK AND CUT HIS RIGHT FOREARM REQUIRING STITCHES.

EMP WALKED INTO PATH OF MOVING FORKLIFT AND WAS KNOCKED DOWN RESULTING IN ARM BEING INJURED BY WHAT X-RAYS SHOWED AS A CRUSHING TYPE INJURY (SEVERE CONTUSTIONS/BRUISING).

Emp was stepping from screw cover to floor when knee buckled causing him to fall on right knee and elbow resulting in swelling and dislocation of right knee - possible tear of MCL.

Employee tripped over flex conduit that supplies power to touch panel of conveyor. To break his fall he caught himself with his arms, resulting in left elbow being jammed and fractured, requiring surgery.

EMP WAS INSTALLING A GUARD. HE FASTENED ONE SIDE OF GUARD WITH BOLT, WHEN HE BENT GUARD AROUND TO FASTENED OTHER SIDE, THE BOLT CAME OUT AND GUARD STRUCK HIM ON FOREHEAD. CAUSED LACERATION, WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

Employee and co-worker were removing motor from shelf with a hoist. Injured employee was holding motor guiding it down to level when co-worker pushed wrong switch causing motor to drop on injured employee's left little finger crushing it.

EMP WAS CHANGING DUST COLLECTOR BAGS. WHEN HE WENT TO OPEN POPPET VALVE, HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER WAS CUT BY HARD INSULATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

Employee was trouble shooting problem with low water pressure when high pressure hose knocked him down causing his hard hat to come off. He hit his head on concrete floor resulting in concussion.

EMPLOYEE WORKING TO PALLETIZE FILTER CLOTHS WHEN HE NOTICED HE HAD BEEN BITTEN BY A TICK.

Injured employee and a co-worker were lifting a 20 ft 4 inch schedule 10 pipe (weighing less than 50 pounds) above their head and sliding it onto a brace. When the injured employee turned to slide his end of the pipe onto the brace, he felt a sharp pain in his neck and numbness in his arms. The result of this injury was a ruptured disc.

EMPLOYEE WAS GOING DOWN STEPS TRIPPED AND FELL RESULTING IN 2 INCH CUT ABOVE LEFT EYE REQUIRING (8) STITCHES, A BUSTED LIP AND A FRACTURED TOOTH POSSIBLY NEEDING ROOT CANAL FOR REPAIR AND LACERATIONS TO LEFT HAND.

Employee was changing valves under dust makedown mixer when a small hole came in line shooting clay into his right eye causing irritation.

Employee had been washing up the screens at #2 Spray Dryer and was going downstairs to finish washing up the floor and missed a step on stairs causing him to fall turning his right ankle resulting in torn ligaments.

Employee was opening a recirculatin valve on Spray Dryer and sprained right wrist.

Driver was picking up a container of clay to take to port. After he hooked truck to container and was pulling away he noticed container had come loose and fell on landing gear. Other j. driver was assiting him by backing his truck under side of container to lift it up to enable driver to rehook container. The second driver noticed that EE had fell to ground. cpr but no avilable.

WHILE DRIVING A PIN IN BOLT HOLE TO LINE UP, THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY A PIECE OF FLAKE FROM HAMMER. THE PIN WAS STRUCK BY A COWORKER - THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ABOUT 7' AWAY.

EE WAS WORKING IN A DITCH PREPARING FOOTING FOR DOWN PIPE SPOUTS. HE LOOKED UP AND STEPPED BACK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON SOME EXISTING PIPES IN THE DITCH CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HE SAID HE FELT SLIGHT PULL IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER & RIGHT SIDE OF HIS LOWER BACK. AT THE TIME HE FELT HE WOULD BE OK. HE BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AGAIN ON 4/6/05. WE SENT HIM TO OUT PANEL PHYSICIAN.

EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING 50 LB BAGS OF CLAY WHEN HE SAID HIS RIGHT WRIST BEGAN TO HURT. PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED AS SPRAIN/STRAIN.

EMP ENTERED BLEACH TANK WEARING AN AIR APPLIED MASK TO FLUSH WITH WATER. EMP WENT ON VACATION FOR 5 DAYS. WHEN HE RETURNED HE COMPLAINED TO HIS SUPERVISOR OF WHEN HE BATHED AND USED BATHROOM HE SMELLED OF BLEACH. DR. DIAGNOSED AS AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO CHEMICAL.

OPERATOR HAD JUST CHANGED GRADES OF CLAY FROM S-TANKS CAUSING A DRY GAP IN THE SCREEN FEED LINES. WHEN CLAY DID GET TO SCREENS, THE SUDDEN RUSH CAUSED THE CLAY TO RUN OVER SCREENS THUS CAUSING A SLURRY SPILL. AS OPERATOR RUSHED UP STEPS TO STOP SPILLAGE SHE MADE AN AWKWARD STEP CAUSING HER LEFT FOOT TO SLIP OFF OF NEXT STEP CAUSING ALL HER WEIGHT TO SHIFT TO THE LEFT FOOT-FRACTURE.

EMP WAS SWAPPING VALVES AT FILTER FEED HEADER IN BOTTOM OF PROCESS BUILDING. THERE WAS A 7% SODA ASH SOLUTION DISTRIBUTION LINE OVERHEAD THAT WAS LEAKING. SOME OF THE 7% SOLUTION DRIPPED INTO HIS EYES CAUSING SWELLING AND IRRITATION.

DUMPING TRASH TOTE BIN AND HAND BECAME PINNED BETWEEN TRASH BIN AND FORK TRUCK CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY TO HAND. NO BROKEN BONES.

USING VICE SECURED BY ROPE TO PULL PUMP FROM WELL. ROPE BROKE AND RECOILED BACK HITTING EE IN FACE UNDER RIGHT EYE CAUSING INTERNAL BLEEDING TO EYE AND PAIN.

WHILE WASHING UP FLOOR WITH A 1 1/4" HOSE (WHICH HAD GOTTEN POLYMER ON IT) THE HOSE SLIPPED OUT OF EMPLOYEES HAND STRIKING HIM IN THE LEFT EYE CAUSING PAIN AND IRRITATION. AFTER SEEING DOCTOR IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A DETACHED RETINA.

BAG BUSTED ON BAGGER, EE RAN TO CUT OFF CLAY AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT LEG.

AFTER SETTING BRAKE ON RAIL CAR EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM RAIL CAR AND STEPPED DOWN ON TRACK CAUSING HIS LEFT ANKLE TO TURN.

USING A HEAVY BAR TO POKE CLAY AT SHREDDER AND FELT PAIN IN MIDDLE OF BACK.

EE WAS CLIMBING UP ON CRANE, FOOT SLIPPED OFF STEP AT TOP CAUSING HIM TO FALL DOWN AND BACK SCRAPPING HIS RIGHT LEG AND JAMMING HIS LEFT SHOULDER. HE THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WOULD BE OKAY BUT LATE R STILL HAD PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER. HE IS SCHEDULED TO SEE AN ORTHOPEDIC ON DECEMBER 16.

EE WAS REMOVING INSULATION FROM ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH A POCKET KNIFE AND CUT HIS LEFT HAND INDEX FINGER REQUIRING TWO STITCHES.

EE WAS WORKING ON A CALL BACK. HE WAS WORKING ON A SLURRY PUMP. HE BUMPED INTO A DROP CYLINDER WITH SM151 CHEMCIAL IN IT. IT BROKE OFF OF PIPE SPILLING ON HIS RIGHT LEG CAUSING A RASH TO DEVEL OP LATER.

WASHING & CLEANING UP IN BIRD BUILDING, MOVED SOME FIVE GALLON BUCKETS & FELT PAIN IN BACK. HE DID NOT GO TO DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY HOPING PAIN WOULD EASE. EE HAD BACK SURGERY IN 1993. HE IS NOW T AKING THERAPY. STILL PERFORMING REGULAR WORK ACTIVITIES.

EE WAS COMING DOWN STEPS AT #2 TRACKS AT #1 SPRAY DRYER AND SLIPPED ON ICY STEPS HURTING HIS LEFT LEG, KNEE AND ANKLE. LATER SCHEDULED THERAPY AFTER CONTINUED PAIN.

EE WAS INSPECTING SPRAY DRYER CHAMBER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE DRYER CHAMBER DOOR HIS THIRD FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN DOOR FRAME OF CHAMBER AND DOOR RESULTING IN FRACTUR ING TIP OF FINGER AND REQUIRING SIX (6) SUTURES.

EE WAS UNLOADING TOTE BINS FROM PICKUP TRUCK. TRYING TO LOOSEN ROPES WHILE USING A KNIFE, ROPE SLIPPED CAUSING KNIFE TO CUT THUMB REQUIRING STITCHES.

EE STEPPED OFF PALLET ONTO WET FLOOR WHICH HAD POLYMER PERCOL 730 ON IT AND SLIPPED AND INJURED HIS LEFT KNEE SECONDARY TO FALL. DID NOT GO TO DR AT FIRST-THOUGHT IT WOULD BE ALRIGHT. IT CONTI NUED TO BOTHER HIM.

EE SLIPPED ON BOTTOM STEPS OF A STATIONARY LADDER FALLING BACKWARDS ONT HE HANDLE OF AN INSPECTION COVER TO A BUCKET ELEVATOR, HITTING HIS SACRUM WITH HANDLE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING MANUAL LOCK UP ON LOADING RAMP AT SPRARY DRYER BAGGING. METAL BRACE FELL STRIKING HIM ON HEAD REQUIRING 6 STITCHES.

EE WAS CARRYING A HALF BOX OF WELDING RODS HORIZONTALLY WITH ONE END IN EACH HAND. THE OPENED END OF BOX WAS IN LEFT HAND. BOX SLIPPED OUT OF LEFT HAND CVUTTING END OF RING FINGER REQUIRING SE VEN (7) STITCHES. ROD BOX WAS METAL.

EE WAS CLOSING A 6" VALVE ON F-4 TANK AND STRAINED HIS BACK. HE WAS REACHING OVER IN AN ACKWARD POSITION TO PUSH VALVE CLOSED.

WHILE LOADING HOPPER CAR, STEPPED DOWN OFF THE RAMP ON #1 TRACK AND TWISTED LEFT ANKLE, WHILE WALKING BACK TO CONTROL ROOM.

EMPLOYEE WAS SPOTTING TANK CARS & HOPPER CARS AT THE AIR FLOAT PLANT; IT HAD BEEN RAINING MOST OF THE DAY. HE SLIPPED ON WET CLAY FALLING ON RIGHT KNEE. KNEE DID NOT START TO SWELL UNTIL A C OUPLE OF DAYS LATER.

EE WAS REMOVING CLAY SAMPLE BUCKET FROM BED OF PICKUP. WHEN HE LIFTED BUCKET AND TWISTED HE FELT A STING IN HIS LOWER BACK.