Recordable Injuries for August 2010 An AD RF Dept. employee had a particle enter his eye while he was walking along an aisle way in the MI60 RF Gallery. There are numerous relay racks with exhaust fans mounted on them in the RF Gallery and the fans are directed toward the aisle way where the employee was walking. The typical fan height is 70 inches above the floor. The particle that entered his eye most likely was blown by one of these fans. The employee went to the Medical Office were the particle was flushed from his eye and he was given prescription antibiotic eye drops. He returned to work without restrictions. Medical personnel could not identify the particle that was flushed from the eye, though they did state that the particle was blue in color. Portions of the relay rack surfaces are painted blue, so the particle could have been a very small chip of paint but investigators could not identify the source of the particle. The inside spaces of the racks in the area were inspected and found to be clean and no loose paint was found. A cable tray runs above the racks and it is possible that the particle fell from the tray and was entrained in the air flow from the fans and then entered the employee's eye. No one was working in or on the racks or the cable tray at the time the incident occurred. The laboratory has hundreds of racks with rear mounted cooling fans, such as the ones in the RF Gallery. No record could be found of any prior incidents where a rack fan blew a particle into an individual’s eye. Recordable Case: Medical Treatment (prescription medication) Thursday, September 09, 2010 Page 1
Recordable Injuries for August 2010 An AD Mechanical Support employee suffered a lip laceration when he fell in the driveway in front of MI-8. A co-worker was preparing to carry a shelving unit that had been stored outside into MI-8. The employee noticed that there was a wasp nest attached to a portion of the unit. The nest appeared to be abandoned, so the employee began to scrape the nest off using a 6" ruler. As the ruler contacted the nest, wasps began to exit the nest. The employee turned and began to run away from the emerging wasps, lost his balance as he was running on the asphalt driveway, and fell to the ground. There was nothing in his path to have tripped over. Most of the impact of the fall was absorbed by this hands, but his lower lip also contacted the ground, resulting in a laceration of the lip. The employee reported to the Medical Office where he was evaluated and sent to an off-site medical facility where he received 3 sutures. He was sent home for the remainder of the day to allow him to keep icing the wound, but with no restrictions for the following days. Recordable Case: Medical Treatment (sutures) Thursday, September 09, 2010 Page 2
Recordable Injuries for August 2010 A contract technician working for AD Mechanical Support suffered a lumbar strain. The contract technician was carrying a portable air compressor with the assistance of a co-worker from the north tunnel section of E4R to a portakamp near the tunnel section. The portable compressor weighed 70 lbs. As he was walking up the 3 steps to the portakamp, he was holding the frame of the compressor while the co-worker was behind him holding on to the compressor handle. At the landing at the top of the steps, he reached with his left hand hand and turned slightly to open the portakamp door and felt a sharp pain in his right knee and lower back. He initially did not consider the pain to be significant. The incident occurred at 3:20 pm and he finished the remainder of the day and went home. However, he experienced more pain while at home. He reported to the Medical Office the next morning. He was sent to an offsite medical facility for an evaluation, where he was diagnosed with lower lumbar strain. He returned to work with limitations which prevent him from performing some of his routine functions. The path used in this instance by the injured individual and his co-worker to move the compressor back to its storage location was not the path they had used in the past. Previously they had rolled the compressor on a dolly from the north tunnel section through the south E4R tunnel area and then used a lift dolly to raise it up at an interior stairway and then rolled the compressor on another dolly to the storage area. However, since it was very close to the end of the day, the workers decided to take a shorter path and just carry the compressor from the north tunnel section outdoors and then up the 3 steps to the portakamp where the storage room is located. They have stated that they won’t do that again. Recordable Case: N/A - Although limitations were given, this case does not meet the criteria for recordability since the individual's contracting company has less than 10 personnel working on site. Thursday, September 09, 2010 Page 3
Recordable Injury in September 2010 An AD Operator suffered a chip fracture of the left elbow. The employee was walking from the Cross Gallery through the horseshoe parking area behind the auditorium to Wilson Hall. Adjacent to where the employee was walking was a construction area that was partially barricaded with traffic cones and caution tape. Some of the caution tape was loose from one of the cones and had blown toward the auditorium. The wind blew the piece of caution tape out into the parking area and it wrapped around the ankles of the employee causing the employee to fall to the pavement. The employee broke the fall with his hands injuring his left wrist and elbow. An x-ray at an off site medical facility revealed a chip fracture of the left elbow. The employee was provided a rigid splint and limitations. The limitations do not prevent the employee from performing his routing job functions thus making the case recordable but not a DART. Incident is under further investigation. Recordable Case: Medical Treatment (rigid splint) DOE ORPS reportable due to the fracture. Thursday, September 09, 2010 Page 4
Recordable Injuries for August 2010 FY2010 Employee Case Rate Goals and Number of Cases as of September 9, 2010 FNAL AD APC Current Current Current Number of Number of Number of FY10 Goal FY10 Goal FY10 Goal FNAL AD Cases APC Cases Cases Total Recordable Cases <12 Cases <3 Cases <1 Case 17 10 1 DART Cases <5 Cases <2 Cases <1 Case 5 5 0 Recordable Case = An injury case resulting in Medical Treatment (as defined by OSHA regulations) and/or DART. DART Case = An injury case resulting in Days Away from work, Restricted days, or Transfer to another job. Thursday, September 09, 2010 Page 5
Division Wide Fall Cleanup Day Cleanup day scheduled for Friday, October 1 st 20 Yard dumpsters will be located at North Linac by overhead door Transfer Gallery Behind the Cross Gallery NWA to cover Meson, MW-9 and NML Department Heads are asked to survey areas and identify and resolve at least 3 safety/environmental concerns in your departmental work areas as part of the cleanup efforts Intent is to rid the division of unnecessary and surplus items thus providing a better work area for employees This is not intended to be a swap meet where we simply move items from one department to another Thursday, September 09, 2010 Page 6
DOE Safe Electrical Work Practices Assessment Corrective Action Plan Level 2 Finding Annual Division/Section inspection of required written LOTO procedures are not always occurring in accordance with FESHM 5120. Corrective Actions Due by October 29 th All ITNA’s need to be updated to reflect if the Annual LOTO Refresher training is required or not. All refresher training needs to be completed. Currently 42 people past due. Cryo – 6 EE – 8 Inst - 1 MS – 1 RF – 7 Ops – 4 Proton – 14 SFR - 1 Thursday, September 09, 2010 Page 7
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