Struck by falling object
The injured employee was observing / assisting another employee with removing a stuck piece of material from a chute. The employee dropped the pry bar onto the injured employee's left hand.
Amrize Utica Stone PlantMetal/Nonmetal
Amrize Mid-America Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Utica, La Salle County, IL · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1102725
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2002–2024
- Latest incident
- Apr 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2024 · 1 incident
2003 · 1 incident
2002 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE SETTING CONCRETE BLOCKS FOR THE RAMP TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE JAW, THE HOOK BEING USED TO LIFT THE BLOCKS SLIPPED. THE BLOCK LANDED ON THE BOTTOM ROW OF BLOCKS AND ROLLED OFF, PINNING EE TO THE GROUND AND BREAKING HIS RIGHT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.