Amrize Utelite Site Metal/Non-Metal

The mine employee was using a 4' sleever bar and a 4 lb. hammer to remove mud that was built up under the Stamler drag chain. EE felt a pain in right shoulder. EE still had some pain later, so EE was taken to the clinic on 5/17/2024 and returned to work with no restrictions. On 7/26/2024 EE was seen by another doctor who evaluated the MRI and put EE on light duty.

The mine employee was checking the buckets on a bucket elevator and got a particle of something in EE's right eye.

A haul truck driver with a history of asthma told the excavator operator that EE was having an asthma attack.

The employee was fabricating a base for a motor and gearbox using a steel plate 24"x24"x3/4"thick. It was on a steel work table in the shop. While repositioning the plate the employee smashed the end of left index finger between the steel plate and the table top. The finger was split open and required six stitches to close the wound.

The miner spent about 2 hours kneeling during the process of replacing skirting rubber. This aggravated a previous knee injury and miner was instructed to do no kneeling and avoid using ladders for at least a week.

The miner was walking on a catwalk, tripped and tried to catch self injuring a shoulder as they fell down. Miner initially thought they were ok and did not report the accident to their supervisor until 4/27/2021. After the initial medical examination and a follow up, physical therapy was recommended.

The miner was cutting a piece of conveyor belt with a utility knife, slipped and cut leg

The miner was unclogging a dust line and twisted EE's right knee

The maintenance team was installing a new screen when a 6 inch square steel tube supporting the screen tipped and struck the miner's hand catching the hand between the tube and the catwalk. It resulted in a fractured left thumb and laceration on left hand.

The employee was unrolling a roll of conveyor belt. The roll was going crooked and they tried to slide the roll of belt to straighten it and strained their back.

Gust of wind blew dirt from screen into face and eyes

The mine employee was removing metal shingles from the No. 1 kiln and cut left hand on one of the shingles. It required 6 stitches.

The employee was helping an over the road truck driver dump some material from an end dump trailer. When they were done, EE tripped on the pile and grabbed the back of the trailer to steady self at the same time the driver latched the tailgate. EE's hand was caught under the tailgate latch crushing a bone in the center of EE's hand.

One miner was preparing to move a welding trailer to another location when another miner dropped a piece of metal from the location where EE was working on top of a kiln. The metal struck the first miner in the left hand causing a cut and swelling. It was determined at the clinic that a bone was also chipped and EE will be on light duty for about three weeks.

The employee was repairing a water line. It was a very hot day and employee was working in a hot part of the plant. Employee developed heat stress. Employee was driven to the clinic for treatment.

The employee was working with others to dismantle a roll crusher. After using a wedge to separate some parts, he was removing the wedge and somehow struck the tip of his right pinky finger between the wedge and the frame of the crusher.

The employee was helping to pull a large electrical cable into a cable tray. During the process, he thought he pulled a muscle. He reported it to the safety manager on 10/02/2015 and on 10/13/2015 it was determined that he had a hernia.

It had rained and the ground was wet. The employee slipped and strained his lower back.

The employee doesn't know what he did to injure himself. He said he was experiencing pain in his hip the next day after working his shift. He did not report any injury until he reported for his next shift on 3/18/2015.

Employee was cutting a piece of metal and got a piece of something in his right eye.

The injured employee, along with three other employees were positioning a large air compressor. He sustained a hernia.

The employee was using a large hammer to remove some rusted bolts while repairing a roll crusher. He missed the bolt he was aiming at when he swung the hammer and hit the handle of the hammer on the crusher. His right index finger was injured and required stitches to close the wound.

The employee was doing the walk around inspection of a haul truck when he slipped and turned his ankle causing an avulsion fracture on his left foot.

The employee was adding hydraulic oil to the dump truck when he slipped from where he was standing and fell. The fall resulted in him twisting his ankle. He thought it was a sprain, but when he went to the clinic to get checked they found his ankle was broken.

The employee was laying on the shop floor using a cutting torch to remove a bolt from a truck when a spark or small piece of slag went in his left ear. He gave himself first aid for a burn in his ear. He then went to the clinic as a precaution. He was examined, given a prescription for ear drops and he returned to work the with no restrictions.

The employee was using a cutting torch while changing screens. The hose snagged as he moved, causing the torch to pass over his arm resulting in a burn on his left forearm.

The employee was greasing the pins on his loader bucket and fell, striking his head.

Employee was using a utility knife to trim a belt. He set it down, and when he picked it up he grabbed the wrong end and cut his hand.

Employee was making his rounds and tripped. He reached out to keep from falling down and his hand came in contact with the Number 4 kiln hood. He sustained a small 2nd degree burn on the side of his left hand.

After loading a truck, the employee was walking back to the scale room and stepped on a clinker and injured his foot. He went to the doctor two days later and was informed he had a hairline fracture, but no treatment was necessary. At a follow up 6 weeks later, it had not healed and it was determined that surgery would be necessary.

The employee was working in the stamler area at the raw end of the plant and while putting the cleaners in the stamler got his finger caught in a pinch point.

It was very windy. The employee was cleaning up around the top of the fines tank when a gust of wind blew some dust into his eye.

Worker was loading a truck under the tanks and when he closed the door, he caught his finger between the lever that operates the door and a piece of the framework under the tanks.

Workers were dismantling the intake pipe on the number 4 coal pulverizer when the pipe shifted and caught the worker's hand between the pipe and the structure, resulting in a small bruise and cut on his right hand.

1/2" washer being used on a 3/8" bolt securing a 18" elevator conveyor belt (140' long) with a c-clamp. Laceration on head & brusing on leg.

1/2" washer being used on a 3/8" bolt securing a 18" elevator conveyor belt (140' long) with a c-clamp. Chipped bone in finger

Two workers were replaceing a guard on return conveyor. One worker jerked guard towards himself, pinching other worker's left hand between guard and motor pulley. This caused a laceration to the middle finger.

EE WAS DOING REPAIRS ON DRAG CHAIN. DRAG CHAIN HAS A GUIDE IDLER & IDLER WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT IDLER IS MOUNTED ON A BRACKET MADE OUT OF ANGLE IRON. USING A CABLE HOIST/PULLER TO SECURE IDLER DLER, EE CUT BRACKET WITH TORCH. IDLER & BRACKETWAS HANGING ABOVE EE'S HEAD & WHEN BRACKET WAS CUT THE CABLE HOIST FAILED TO HOLD IDLER & IDLER & BRACKET ROTATED DOWN, STRIKING EE IN THE MOUTH

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO PLACE DRAG CHAIN BACK ON PULLEY, BAR GOT JAMMED. EE WAS TRYING TO PULL BAR OUT, HANDS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN BAR AND STEEL FRAMEWORK. THE LITTLE FINGER AND THE HAND 234 3 LACERATED. THIS INJURY TOOK SEVERAL STITCHES.

JUMPED OFF BOTTOM RUNG OF LADDER- FRACTURING HISRIGHT FOOT.

ICE (BLACK), DARK AREA, UNEVEN GROUND. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN A SLIGHT INCLINE, STEPPED ON SOME BLACK ICE, HIS FEET CAME OUT FROM HIM. HE FELL AND FRACTURED LEFT ANKLE. HE HAS SPLINT ON AND TUESDAY (12TH) WILL SEE AN ORTHOPEDIST TO DETERMINE IF SURGERY IS NEEDED.

EE WAS USING A PIECE OF STEEL PIPE TO DISLODGE PLUGGED CHUTE. WHEN HEATED THE MATERIAL CAN GLOB UP & MAKE WHAT WE CALL A "LOG CLINKER". ONE OF THESE LOGS FELL ON TO PIPE, RAMMING THE PIPE INTO EE'S FACE. HE HAS LACERATED CHIN & LOWER LIP, PLUS TWO SHATTERED TEETH.

EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN PICKING RINGS OUT OF KILN ON SATURDAY'S SHIFT. SUNDAY HE WAS CLEANING PLUGGED KILN CHUTE DURING THIS TIME HE EXPERIENCED SHARP PAIN AND HAD A BULGE ON HIS RIGHT SIDE, IN THE GROIN AREA. EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO CLINIC THURSDAY MORNING & DIAGNOSED WITH A HERNIA. HE IS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 01/09/02.

EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRY BAR TO DISLODGE ROCK CAUGHT BETWEEN ROLLER & CONVEYOR BELT. BELT CAUGHT AHOLD OF BAR & THREW IT BACK TOWARDS EMPLOYEE. EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON RIGHT SIDE OF FACE AND HIS HEAD HIT A LADDER. EMPLOYEE HAS A BRUSIED JAW & A LUMP ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD. TAKEN TO CLINIC WHERE HE WAS EXAMINED, HAD X-RAY OF JAW. NO BROKEN BONES. HE IS OFF WORK 12/11 DUE TO SHIFT CHANGE.

CLEANING OFFICE CARPET, MOVING FURNITURE AND CARPET RUNNERS. TWEAKED BACK WHILE LIFTING AND HAD SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER PART OF RIGHT SIDE OF BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP EXCESS COAL BUILD UP FROM AROUND COAL PULVERIZERS. SHOVELING COAL INTO A WHEELBARROW AND THEN PUSHING WHEELBARROW OUT AND EMPTYING COAL INTO A PILE. LIFTING WHEELBARRO W EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACKON LEFT SIDE AND HAD DIFFICULT TIME USING LEFT LEG.

EE WAS PAINTING HANDRAIL BY BAGHOUSES. EE BROUGHT HIS RIGHT ARM BACK AND HIS RIGHT ELBOW STRUCK AN UPRIGHT PIECE OF SUPPORT PIPE CAUSING SWELLING OF THE RIGHT ARM & HAND.

HE WAS CLEANING AROUND/UNDER STAMLER WITH A PICKAND PRY BAR. MATERIAL WAS FROZEN AND WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE ON PRY BAR, EE STRAINED A MUSCLE WHICH RESULTED IN A HERNIA.

MOVING FILING CABINET, CABINET SLIPPED SLAMMING HAND BETWEEN CABINET AND WALL.

EMPLOYEE WAS KNEELING ON METAL PLATE WHILE REPAIRING LOADER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER THE PLATE DRILLING UPWARD. THE DRILL CAME THROUGH THE PLATE STRIKING INJURED IN RIGHT KNEE. SUTURES R EQUIRED TO CLOSE WOUND.

EE WAS EXITING OUT OF BURNER SHACK TO RELAY MESSAGE TO ANOTHER EE WALKING ON STEEL GRATING DECK EE LEFT LEG WENT THRU AN OPENING IN DECK CAUSINGHIM TO GO DOWN, HIS RIGHT LEG BUCKLED UNDERNEATH HIM HE REAGGRAVATED THIS INJURY 2/3/01 WHILE USING A PICK WENT TO DR 2/15/01 FIRST VISIT

LUBRICATING EQUIPMENT FELL ON LEFT WRIST.

WALKING ON CATWALK AND TWISTED ANKLE.

REMOVING MATERIAL FROM KILNS. MATERIAL FELL DOWN STRIKING THE METAL BAR. CAUSE BAR TO HIT EE AT THE SIDE OF FACE. BREAKING CHEEK BONE AROUND THE LEFT EYE.

CLEANING DRAG CHAIN IN HOPPER. THE MACHINE WAS NOT TURNED OFF. THE CHAIN CAUGHT EE'S GLOVE PULLING HIS HADN UNDER CHAIN.

CLEANING SKID STEER LOADER. EMPLOYEE WAS BETWEENBUCKET AND LOADER FRAME. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REACHED INTO LOADER AND ACCIDENTLY MOVED LEVER CAUSING THE BUCKET TO PINCH EMPLOYEE'S LOWER LEG. X RAY TAKEN NEGATIVE FRACTURE. PRESCRIPTION GIVEN FOR PAIN. RESTRICTED DUTY FOR 3 DAYS.

REMOVING MATERIAL THAT HAD STUCK ON THE INSIDE OF THE BURNER SHELL. EE REMOVED A PIECE OF MATERIAL WHICH CAUSED ANOTHER PIECE OF MATERIAL TO FALL STRIKING THE EE AND KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND . PATIENT COMPLETED SHIFT. VISITED DR ON 2/14/99. CONTUSION TO LOWER BACK. MUSCLE RELAXANT MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED.

STRIPPING ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH A POCKET KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING EE'S RT THUMB.

LIGHTINGBURNER PIPE. EXCESS GAS IGNITED CAUSING FLASHBACK WHICH CAUSED FIRST DEGREE BURN TO FACE.

EXACT TIME OF INJUR UNKNOWN. PATIENT HAD DISCOMFORT IN RIGHT EYE AND WENT TO DR. EXAM REVEALED METAL SLIVER IN EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING RUBBER BELT ON CONVEYOR. AS EMPLLOYEE WAS PULLING BELT, IT CAUGHT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO EXTEND ARM INJURING SHOULDER.

REMOVING OVERSIZED MATERIAL FROM KILN WITH METAL BAR. BAR SLIPPED, CAUSING EE TO FALL ON BACK.

REMOVING MATERIAL FROM KILNS. MATERIAL FELL FROM KILN STRIKING METAL BAR CAUSING BAR TO HIT EE. LACERATION INSIDE LEFT CHEEK, CONTUSION AND MUSCLE TEAR OF LEFT SHOULDER.

WALKING DOWNSTAIRS. SLIPPED AND TRYED TO CATCH SELF FROM FALLING BY GRABBING HANDRAIL. INJURED MUSCLES IN ARM AND CHEST WHEN GRABBING HANDRAIL

CLEANING MATERIAL FROM EQUIPMENT WITH METAL BAR AND HOE. THE TWISTING AND TURNING APPARENTLY AGGREVATED A PRIOR BACK INJURY.

OPERATING CASE MINI-LOADER HIT BUMP CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO STRIKE HEAD ON TOP OF PROTECTIVE CAGE.

HE WAS LOADING STEEL INTO BUCKET OF FRONT END LOADER. HE TURNED AWAY FROM BUCKET AND WAS STRUCK IN THE BACK WITH A PIECE OF STEEL THAT ROLLED OUT OF BUCKET.

TIGHTENNG BOLTS ON EQUIPMENT. PULLED ON WRENCH AND STRAINED BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING MATERIAL FROM KILNS WITH METAL BAR. MATERIAL HIT END OF BAR CAUSING IT TO STRIKE HIM IN THE FOREHEAD.

PATIENT SLIPPED CAUGHT RIGHT ARM ON EQUIPMENT TO KEEP FROM FALLING CAUSING STRAIN ON SHOULDER.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED HE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH LEFT ARM

EMPLOYEE KNEELED DOWN ON HOT WELDING SPARK BURNING KNEE KNEE DEVELOPED INFECTION FROM BURN X-RAYS TAKEN KNEE DRAINED & MEDICATION GIVEN

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELTS WITH CUTTING TORCH HOT SLAG CAME FROM THE CUTTINGS & ENTERED LEFT EAR CAUSING BURNS EMPLO YEE INITIALLY RECEIVED FIRST AID SINCE THE EAR DID NOT HEAL HE HAD MEDICAL TREAT MENT WHICH WILL INCLUDE OUTPATIENT SURGERY07-11-91

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS WITH WRENCH.WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL FROM CATWALK ONTO THE GROUND.FALL WAS ABOUT 10 FEET.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE MATERIAL FROM KILNS A LARGE PIECE OF MTERIAL HIT THE BAR CAUSING IT TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE

INSPECTING HOLDING TANKS GUST OF WIND CAME UP BLEW METAL. SLIVER IN L. EYE.

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING "LOGS" INTO COOLER WITH A METAL BAR. ANOTHER "LOG" HIT THE BAR CAUSING IT TO STRIKE THE EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE. EMPLOYEE HAD 2 BROKEN TEETH AND LACERATIONS ON THE LIP.

FLAME HAD GONE OUT ON NATURAL GAS BURNER. EMPLOYEE WAS LIGHTING THE BURNER WHEN EXCESS GAS IGNITED CAUSING A FLASH FIRE.

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING OVERSIZED MATERIAL FROM KILN WITH METAL HOOK THE HOOK SLIPPED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL AND STRIKE HIS SHOULDER

EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING "LOGGED" MATERIAL FROM KILN WITH METAL HOOK. MATERIAL FELL ON THE HOOK CAUSING IT TO STRIKE EMPLOYEE IN THE JAW.

MAINTANCE ON RA3L-ROAD CAR.

EMPLOYEE WAS PU8HING MATERIAL FROM KILN INTO COOLERS THE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED OFF MATERIAL AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD.

LOADING TRUCK AND WIND BLEW AGGREGATE INTO EYES.

REMOVING MUD FROM A HAMMERMILL WHEN A PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF AND FLEW INTO LEFT EYE

THE EMPLOYEE HAD OPENED A TRAP DOOR ON THE BURNER FLOOR TO DISPOSE OF SOME ROLLED UP AGGREGATE. APPARENTLY AS HE WAS DRAGGING THE MATERIAL TOWARDS TO OPENED HOLE HE STEPPED THROUGHT THE HOLE A ND FELL 17 FEET. HE HAS A BROKEN BACK, 1 BROKEN RIB, DISLOCATED ARM AND SEVEREAL BRUISES.

2 MEN WERE LOADING A R/R CAR. THEY RELEASED THE BREAK & BEFORE THEY COULD GET THE CAR STOPPED IT RAN INTO ANOTHER CAR.

MOVING SAMPLE CUP ACROSS PLATFORM STEPPED IN HOLE IN CEMENT AND TWISTED ANKLE

REMOVING CLINKERS FROM KILN WITH METAL PRY BAR.CLINKER ROLLED ONTO BAR CAUSING IT TO HIT EMPL IN CHIN.