BPM Lovell Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Employee was traveling down a grated walkway covering a 2-foot ditch. One of the grates was loose and the employee stepped through the gap and scraped the shin area of the left leg. On 9/11/2023 Employee went to NBHH clinic to have it looked at. The leg was numbed and fluid drained. The employee was told to return to work and monitor it.

Employee was using a forklift. The forks were too wide, parked the machine, chocked the wheels, and went to move the forks. The procedure - raise the boom, tip forward to release pressure on the forks, slide the forks into position. EE lifted the end with right hand and pushed with the left. EE lost control of the raised fork and it smacked down on the left pinky.

10-19-20 at 3am the socks inside the #2 dryer baghouse caught fire, the fire moved to the outside of the baghouse. The fire department was called, the fire was extinguished within 35 mins. MSHA was immediately notified and was on site for the investigation on 10-20-20; the investigation is ongoing. We believe the socks caught fire while cleaning hot fly ash from the #2 furnace.

An employee was barring out a chunk of frozen material caught between the conveyor belt and the tail end roller. The employees left hand got pinned between the bar and the bracing of the conveyor, lacerating the palm. The employee was taken to the hospital where EE received stitches and a tetanus shot. The employee was released to return to work under normal duties.

As of 3/8/2018 this was a first aid incident, upon further review from medical advisers this became a Recordable/Lost time as of 4/4/2018 at 7:00am.

Collecting rail road ties for a contractor the employee climbed on the pile to get some short ties. When coming off the pile, the footing was unstable and they stepped back off the pile directly onto a large nail with their left foot. The nail went through the boot and punctured the foot.

Employee bent over in front of hole plug packer when inadvertent material came out of machine hitting employee under the safety glasses, making contact with the eye.

The employees left index finger was pinched between a pallet of material and a live roller as the pallet was being moved from the hooder system. The tip of the left index finger and part of the fingernail was lacerated during incident.

Employee's left ankle gave out and his left leg went through a small hole (approximately 11" diameter) in the catwalk he had just uncovered. He was holding onto a handrail with his left hand. When he reacted to the sudden motion of the fall, he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder. Initial exam of the shoulder was a strained and possibly torn left rotator cuff.

EE was working on palletizer 2. Part of the frame came down crushing his left index finger between the two pieces of iron.

EE was banding a boxcar with another co-worker, using utility knife to cut fiber bands. Injured stepped back into path of knife arc swing of co-worker.

Employee was throwing 50# bags from belt to pallets when he felt popping in his shoulder. Note: Was considered first aid until he went to Dr. in Billings on Fri, 2-3-07. Was given Rx & placed on restricted duty - now reportable.

Picking up a broken 100# bag of aquagel from slide before palletizer, when another bag bumped it, causing bentonite dust to get in his left eye under his safety glasses.

Injured was attempting to grind bentonite sample for testing, motor would not start, turned switch off & on rapidly - still wouldn't start. Reached hand underside of guard. Touched belt & motor started, pulling thumb into pinch point of belt & pulley.

EE was changing shrink wrap roll, when he started to lift roll, felt a pop in his left forearm. He felt minor soreness at that time. Upon awaking at 10 am Thurs, felt sharp pain in arm.

EE was walking out of North Lab door down a slight slope which had some snow & ice which had been melting. Both feet slipped from under him, causing him fall, landing flat on his back.

Ee had put 1/2" pins in tablet machine. He started it without guards in place. He thought there was a loose part & reached his rt hand into operating machine to see if it was loose. The moving machine caught his hand. He was taken to local dr, & was sent to Billings MT. Drs removed his little finger, index finger at first knuckle, & broke his middle finger.

EE WAS REPALCING SHRINKWRAP ROLL ONTO RACK. THE CARDBOARD CENTER OF ROLL WAS OUT OF ROUND MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO GET ROLL ONTO RACK. RACK MOVED AWAY FROM INJURED, CAUSING PIPE TO FALL ONTO RAC K SUPPORT, PINCHING FINGER. BETWEEN RACK SUPPORT AND PIPE.

WHILE UNWRAPPING PALLET OF EMPTY BAGS, DUST BLEW PARTICLE IN EYE, UNDER HIS GLASSES.

MAINTENANCE CREW HAD CHANGED BAG DELIVERY EQUIPMENT FROM AN ADJUSTABLE BELT CONVEYOR SYSTEM TO A FIXED ROLLER SYSTEM 3 HOURS EARLIER, WITH NO WAY TO STOP BAGS ON CONVEYOR FOR 2ND EE TO GRAB & THROW BAG ONTO PALLET. EE TRIED TO CATCH 50# BAG FALLING TO THE GROUND, STRAINING HIS RT. SHOULDER.

RT. SHOULDER HURTING AFTER REPETATIVE THROWING 50 LB BAGS OVER PAST 3 OR 4 MONTHS. PAIN WAS GETTING WORSE WENT TO DR. HE TOLD HIM TO TAKE IT EASY IT MAIGHT BE CAUSE FROM BONE SPURS. HE CONTINU ED WORKING ON PACKING CREW, BEING CAREFUL./

WHILE WORKING 11-7 SHIFT THE 11-18-03 TOWARDS END OF SHIFT SHOULDER STARTED HURTING WAS. OFF WORK NEXT DAY FOR FAMILY FUNNERAL, SHOULDER STILL SORE, CALLED IN TO TAKE CO SICK DAY. FOREMAN TOLD HIM TO BRING SLIP FROM DR TO RETURN TO WORK. HEDID AND DR DID NOT FIND ANYTHING BUT GAVE HIM INFLAMTIORY MEDICAL AND TAKE ADVIL FOR PAIN AND MADE APPT FOR LATER DEC 4, TOLD HIM TO NOT WORK.

WHILE HELPING MOVE OXCAR BULKHEAD DOOR, THE HANDLE STUCK THEN BROKE LOOSE AND FLIPPED UP HITTING EMPLOYEE'S CHIN AND MOUTH. HE WAS EXAMINED AND SENT HOME, TOLD TO TAKE ADVIL FOR PAIN. GOT INFE CTION TWO DAYS LATER. GIVEN PRESCRIPTION.

INJURED WAS GETTING OFF FORKLIFT WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT FOOT ON FORKLIFT FLOORMAT. HE STUCK HIS LEFT FOOT OUT TO BREAK HIS FALL, TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

INJURED RETRIEVED 2 SHEETS OF 7/16" OSB (4 X 8 PLYWOOD) FOR BOXCAR LOAD, REALIZED NONE WAS NEEDED, SO WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THEM BACK ON STACK, HAD THEM STANDING ON THEIR EDGE, THEN SLIPP ED OFF STACK, LANDING ON TOP OF FOOT, BEHIND SAFETY STEEL TOE.

INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE LEAKING BOTTOM GATE ON BULK C-6 RAILCAR USING A SLEDGEHAMMER. HE PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT AGAINST GATE TO GIVE IT CONTANT PRESSURE. WHILE TRYING TO GET GATE CLOSED, HAMMER HEAD GLANCED OFF CAR STRIPKING TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT, JUST ABOVE HIS STEEL TOE CAP.

AFTER PLACING LOCKING SEAL ON BULK RAILCAR, INJURED WAS EXITING FROM UNDER RAILCAR, WHEN WIND BLEW DUST UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES INTO HIS RT. EYE, HE CLEANED HIS EYE OUT ON 7/11, THOUGHT IT WA S O-K, THEN BOTHERED HIM LATER, SO HAD EYE DR. CHECK IT.

WHILE MOVING BULK RAILCAR COVERS, TWISTED AND FELT PAIN IN UPPER BACK.

STUNG BY WASP WHILE WORKING IN HOLEPLUG BUILDINGPUT COLD PACK ON HAND. WORKED NEXT DAY. AT END OF SHIFT ON 9/19 HAND WAS SWOLLEN WITH INFECTION.HAND WAS OK AT MIDDLE OF SHIFT.

WHILE PACKING HOLE PLUG, FELT PAIN ON LEFT SIDE OF BACK.

WHILE DESENDING GRANULAR LOADOUT LADDER WITH SAMPLE BAG IN ONE HAND, LOST HAND HOLD ON LADDER, FELL APPROX. 4 LADDER RUNGS TO LANDING, TWISTING LEFT ANKLE.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG CHUTE ABOVE HOLE PLUG PACKER AIR VALVE EE PLACED HIS HAND THROUGH AIR VALVE TO REACH PLUG. WHILE HIS HAND WAS INSIDE VALVE, IT CLOSED, PINCHING 3 FINGERS ON LEFT HAN D CAUSING INJURY.

CLEANING OUT PLUGGED PIPE WITH PRYBAR, SMASHED RT. THUNB BETWEEN PRYBAR & PIPE WALL.

WHILE CLEANING TAIL PULLEY UNDER HOPPER, INJURED EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON ROCK, CAUSING HIM TO SLIP AND FALL FORWARD, STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF MOUTH ON CORNER OF METAL INSPECTION DOOR.

ON TUES, 2-8-00 APPROX 3 AM, INJURED'S WRIST STARTED GETTING SORE WHILE THROWING 50 # BAGS ONTO PALLETS. HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT, WORKED WED SHIFT OF 2/9/00 WITHOUT PROBLEMS. ON THURS. 2/10 AFTE RNOON AFTER SLEEP, HIS RT WRIST WAS SWOLLEN. HE THEN WENT TO DR'S OFFICE AND NOTIFIED EMPLOYER AFTER THIS.

INJURED WAS HELPING STACK 100 LB BAGS ONTO EXISTING PALLET FROM 54" HIGH TO 72". HYE STATED THERE WAS NO PAIN OR DISCOMFORT AT THAT TIME. HE ALSO WARNED THE NEXT SHIFT FRI NITE. STATED HIS BAC K MUSCLES FELT TIRED, BUT NOT HURTING. HIS FIRSTPAIN WAS MIDDAY.