The injured miner & the supervisor were attempting to light the #2 kiln's gas flame. While the miner was holding a flare attached to a metal pole at the end of the gas pipe, the supervisor turned on the gas. In the process of lighting, the gas ignited & blew back through the front of the kiln causing burns to the right side of the miner's body. On 5/28/18 the EE passed away.
Alabaster Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Alabaster Plant has $118K in proposed MSHA penalties and $560 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 59
- Years on record
- 1984–2019
- Latest incident
- Jun 2019
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Alabaster Plant has $118K in proposed MSHA penalties and $560 outstanding across 8 contested dockets.
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q1 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,038 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,857 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 4,715 | 1 | 0 | 212.1 |
| 2021 Q4 | 10,213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 10,061 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 9,834 | 2 | 1 | 203.4 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Q1 | 10,375 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 9,528 | 3 | 0 | 314.9 |
| 2020 Q3 | 10,147 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 8,767 | 5 | 0 | 570.3 |
| 2020 Q1 | 9,512 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 9,528 | 3 | 0 | 314.9 |
| 2019 Q3 | 10,601 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 9,901 | 1 | 0 | 101.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 10,049 | 2 | 0 | 199.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 9,352 | 13 | 2 | 1390.1 |
| 2018 Q3 | 10,237 | 1 | 1 | 97.7 |
| 2018 Q2 | 9,471 | 6 | 1 | 633.5 |
| 2018 Q1 | 9,640 | 1 | 0 | 103.7 |
| 2017 Q4 | 12,261 | 7 | 2 | 570.9 |
| 2017 Q3 | 6,532 | 5 | 1 | 765.5 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 4,029 | 2 | 2 | 496.4 |
| 2016 Q4 | 4,453 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 7,347 | 4 | 2 | 544.4 |
| 2016 Q2 | 7,743 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 6,232 | 7 | 1 | 1123.2 |
| 2015 Q4 | 4,537 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 7,761 | 4 | 1 | 515.4 |
| 2015 Q2 | 6,978 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 9,498 | 4 | 0 | 421.1 |
| 2014 Q4 | 8,619 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 5,570 | 7 | 4 | 1256.7 |
| 2009 Q1 | 4,983 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 15,890 | 7 | 0 | 440.5 |
| 2008 Q3 | 15,847 | 5 | 1 | 315.5 |
| 2008 Q2 | 15,054 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 14,433 | 5 | 0 | 346.4 |
| 2007 Q4 | 14,086 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 15,643 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 14,610 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 15,439 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 14,274 | 22 | 10 | 1541.3 |
| 2006 Q3 | 15,474 | 3 | 1 | 193.9 |
| 2006 Q2 | 15,577 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 14,286 | 15 | 3 | 1050.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 14,745 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 13,252 | 9 | 1 | 679.1 |
| 2005 Q2 | 15,353 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 13,919 | 2 | 0 | 143.7 |
| 2004 Q4 | 15,916 | 8 | 2 | 502.6 |
| 2004 Q3 | 14,303 | 8 | 1 | 559.3 |
| 2004 Q2 | 15,824 | 7 | 3 | 442.4 |
| 2004 Q1 | 13,204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 13,719 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 14,232 | 4 | 0 | 281.1 |
| 2003 Q2 | 13,505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 12,058 | 3 | 0 | 248.8 |
| 2002 Q4 | 12,131 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 12,482 | 2 | 0 | 160.2 |
| 2002 Q2 | 12,974 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 13,327 | 2 | 0 | 150.1 |
| 2001 Q4 | 14,481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 13,725 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 11,833 | 9 | 0 | 760.6 |
| 2001 Q1 | 12,263 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 13,254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 14,592 | 2 | 2 | 137.1 |
| 2000 Q2 | 14,419 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 14,353 | 1 | 0 | 69.7 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
58 on file (excluding fatalities above)2019 · 4 incidents
Employee was sweating due to humid environment and while using a grinder EE attempted to wipe sweat out of EE's eye and the grinder wheel cut EE's hand. Employee was taken to Shelby Baptist Medical center and received 8 stitches. EE returned to work the following day.
Employee was working in basement area, around the pan conveyor, at Lhoist Alabaster Plant. Employee rose from a crouched position & bumped the wall & wire that was hanging from the ceiling of basement with shoulder. This caused calcium hydroxide that was attached to the wire to fall & make contact with employee's left eye, going around the safety glasses employee was wearing.
On 5/11/2019 the employee was raking grates during the shift and then went to the top of K2 coal bin to clear a plugged chute. While bending over the chute with a rod that was used to clear the opening, the employee felt pain in EE's back. After prolonged pain in EE's back the employee sought medical attention on 6/19/19.
Employee was working inside an open hopper when rock was dumped into the hopper. This caused rock to contact employee's legs resulting in bruising and hyper extension of the right ankle.
2015 · 2 incidents
Employee was cleaning out from under the rail scales, he was shovelling lime into a 5 gallon bucket to be dumped. Lime fell down into the employee's pants and he suffered 2nd degree burns across his buttocks and one of his legs.
EE was going to plug the kiln, at first he put the plug in the feed pipe backwards so he had to reposition it. When he went to re position the plug the t-handle on the plug caught his hand between the conveyor belt and the bar. Causing burns and breaking 2 fingers.
2008 · 4 incidents
Employee was removing a damper blade from kiln 2 scrubber and pulled his lower back. He didn't go to the doctor until 12/31/08 and was placed on restricted work duty.
Employee was re-installing trunion roll housing cap, using bars to roll it over to align bolts and holes. The cap rolled and smashed employee's hand and middle finger.
Employee was removing build-up from a pulley with a bar when the bar caught in the belt and struck his left arm.
Employee was closing the door on the bottom of a railcar and twisted the lower part of his back. He did not go to the doctor until 4/2/08, at which time he was placed on restricted work duty.
2007 · 1 incident
Injured pulled slide on #2 drag, slipped and fell, dropped slide on leg. Did not go to doctor until 3/20/2007.
2006 · 1 incident
Cutting hose off of a pipe, injured's hand slipped on box cutter and blade cut finger.
2005 · 2 incidents
Injured was pulling on a rail switch that had been run over and broken when he strained his back. Accident became lost time on 9/16/05 when it was discovered that he has a bulged disc in his back.
While working on a water line in the ground, lifted a 3 inch piece of pipe, put it on shoulder, his boss had the other end, injured his neck.
2004 · 3 incidents
Injured was attempting to put a drawhead back on a railcar. While holding the drawhead to put into position it slipped causing a strain to injured's left groin. Became reportable on 11-2-04 when injured was placed under restriction of no lifting by physician.
DUMPED WHEELBARROW HALF FULL OF COAL REJECT. DID NOT FEEL CATCH IN HIS BACK UNTIL HE STARTED UP THE STEPS.
Injured was working off of a ladder removing bolts from a pipe flange. Pipe came loose from flange striking injured and knocking him off of the ladder.
2003 · 1 incident
INJ BENT OVER TO RELEASE THE ARM ON THE RAIL SWITCH. THE LATCH ON THE ARM DID NOT RELEASE. INJ SNATCHED UP THE RELEASE STRAINING BACK. BECAME REPORTABLE ON 3/9/04 WHEN DR ADVISED TO BE OF F WORK. UNDERWENT MRI, CONTINUATION OF BACK PROBLEMS.
2001 · 1 incident
INJURED HIT LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER WHILE HAMMERING SPIKE ON RAIL. REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF FRACTURE ONLY.
2000 · 2 incidents
INJURED WAS ON LADDER ABOUT 6' OFF THE GROUND. HE SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER AND JUMPED BACKWARD HITTING THE GROUND ON BOTH HEELS.
INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE REPLACING MID-KILN THERMALCOUPLE ON #1 KILN. WHEN PUTTING THE PROBE IN THE KILN, HE WAS ABOUT TO TURN THE PROBE TO LINE IT UP WHEN CO-WORKER PUSHED THE PROBE SMASHIN G FINGER BETWEEN FLANGES.
1996 · 3 incidents
INJURED WAS USING A PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN PIPE FITTING. THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIS FINGER TO SLAM AGAINST THE PIPE.
INJURED WAS WORKING INSIDE A KILN VENTURI USING A SLEDGE HAMMER. ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIS FINGER WITH THE HAMMER.
EE WAS PERFORMING CLEAN-UP DUTIES. EE PICKED UP A SMALL MACHINE GUARD TO LOAD INTO A BOBCAT BUCKET. THE GUARD CLOSED ON HIS FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION.
1995 · 1 incident
EE WAS OPERATING FRONT END LOADER, COUPLING TO RAILCARS TO MOVE CARS. HE COUPLED TOCARS, GOT OUT OF LOADER TO CHECK COUPLER. AFTER CHECKING CIOUPLER, HE PROCEEDED TO GET BACK TO LOADER AND TRI PPED OVER THE RAIL TRACK, CAUSING FALL. HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HAND WHEN HITTING THE GROUND.
1994 · 1 incident
INJURED WAS PASSING BRICK UP THE KILN TO JOB SITE WHEN HE LET A BRICK SLIP TO THE FLOOR OF THE KILN, HITTING HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER. INJURED DID NOT GO TO THE DR UNTIL 7-24-94. RETURNED TO REG ULAR WORK ON 7-25-94. NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTEDDUTY.
1992 · 1 incident
HE SMASHED HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN SOME ANGLE CAUSING CONTUSIONS.
1991 · 5 incidents
HE WAS WORKING ON A SCAFFOLD MOVED AROUND A FELLOW WORKER & FELL 8FT-10FT HIS FALL WAS BROKE BY ANOTHER WORKER
HE LIF TED HIS SHIELD TO LOOK AT THE WELDER DEBRIS FELL IN HIS EYES CAUSING A PIECE OF METAL 9CFO) TO IMBED IN HIS RT EYE
LIGHT WAS REFLECTED OFF OF A PIECE OF SHEET METAL THAT WAS PLACED OVER A TRUNIEN WHILE WELDING CAUSING BURNS ON BOTH EYES
HE WAS MOVING A LADDER HE HAS A THORACIC SPINE PAIN OVER VERTEBRAE & MUSCLULA TARE OF MID-BACK
INJURED WAS GETTING READY TO CLEAN 1 KILN SPRAY WATER PIPE HE WAS HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER WHEN THE END CAP CAME OFF WATER SPRAYED INTO FACE UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES PRIOR TO THE INJURY EE WAS ALREADY SCHEDULED OFF WORK FROM 3-23-91 DUE TO ROTATING SHIFT WORK.
1989 · 4 incidents
EMPLOYEE WAS PRIZING ON TIN THAT WAS HUNG UNDER THE KILN HOOD WITH A BAR. THE BAR TWISTED AND CASED HIM TO FALL WITH THE BAR RESULTING IN INJURY TO LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.
INJ LOOSENED DRAIN LINE WHICH WAS UNDER PRESSURE.HOT STEAMY WATER HIT HIM ON LEFT SIDE AND ARM.REPORTALE -RX .NO LOST TIME OR RESTRICTED DUTY.
INJURED WAS BEING TRAINED TO RUN SKID LOADER INJURED PANICKED ON LOADER AND WHILE MACHINE WAS MOVING FORWARD HE ATTEMPTED TO GET OFF LOADER WITH THE BUCKET UP INJUREDS R FOOT WENT OUT UNDER BU CKET ARM ADN ALSO HIT DOWN PEDAL CAUSING BUCKET ARM TO COME DOWN ON R FOOT
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO FREE BELT ROLLER BAR SLIPPED & HE HIT HIS HAND ON FRAME RESULTING IN FX OF RT INDEX FINGER
1988 · 7 incidents
INJURED WAS ROTATING AN ELEVATOR WITH A SIX FOOT BAR. WHEN HE PULLED DOWN, HE FELT A BURNING FEEELING IN HIS BACK.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO START SIDE LOADER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE PUSHED START BUTTON, MACHINE STARTED AND BUCKET STARTED UP. THEY BOTH WERE OFF THE LOADER AT THIS TIME. WHEN BUCKET REACHED TOP HE IGHT, INJURED REACHED IN UNDER BUCKET ARM AND HIT DOWN PEDDLE. BUCKET THEN CAME DOWN PINNING HIS HEAD BETWEEN LOADER FRAME AND BUCKET.
INJURED WAS DESCENDING OFF LAODER USING LOADDER STEPS WHEN FOOT SLIPPED ON MIDDLE STEP & HE FELL APPROX.3FT.& HIT GROUND
HIT FINGERS ON ANGLE IN FRONT OF STONE ELEVATOR CHUTE WHILE CLEANING OUT DISCHARGE CHUTE WITH STEEL BAR
INJURED WAS CLOSING THE DOOR ON THE DISCHARGE CHUTE WHEN A PIECE OF HOT COAL SLAG FELL INTO RUBBER BOOT
INJURED WAS DRIVING SHAFT OUT OF PULLEY WITH SLEDGE HAMMER AND HIT HIS ARM WITH HAMMER ARM WAS RESTING AN EDGE OF PULLEY.
INJURED STEPPED3ON ICY GROUND AND CAUSED LEFT FOOT TO SLIP RESULTING IN FALL HITTING FOREHEAD ABOVE LEFT EYE.
1987 · 10 incidents
INJURED WAS CLI4BING ONTO PLANT BACK-HOE WHEN FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUSED FALL INTO FENDER OF BACKHOE.
INJURED WAS LOOSENING BOLTS ON MOTOR GEAR BOX TO TIGHTEN CHAIN ON TRUCK LOADING BELT WHEN WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF BOLT CAUSING ELBOW TO HIT BRACE SUPPORTING MOTOR.
IT-28 CAT LOADER WAS RUNNING HOT. INJURED CLIMBED ONTO TOP OF LOADER WITH WATER HOSE. LOOSED RADIATOR CAP AND IT BLEW OFF CAUSING BURNS BY STEAN AND BOILING WATER.
DOES NOT REALLY KNOW HOW INJURY OCCURRED. OCCURRED WHILE CLEANING KILN ROLLERS.
INJURED WAS ATTEMPTING TO BLOW FINES SCREW OUT AFTER PLUGGING AND BLEW FINES IN EYES.
WAS IN PROCESS OF REMOVING OLD MULICONE COLLECTOR. I,NAME WAS ON A LADDER CUTTING SUPPORTS WHEN PART OF THE COLLECTOR GAVE WAY STRIKING HIM ON THE SHOULDER.
SLIPPED ON OIL 8PILL ON FLOOR HITTING KNEE.
WIND BLEW DUST IN EYE WHILE CATCHING WEIGHT OFF OF #2 KILN.
EE WORKING IN S7REEN HOUSE ON #1 DRAG CHAIN PUTTING #1 & #2 KILN INTO NORTH ROTARY TANK. HE BUMPED THE RAFTER & CAUSED LIME TO FALL INTO RIGHT EYE.
INJURED WAS GRINDING KILN SHELL PIECE OF STEEL IN EYE.
1986 · 1 incident
EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING LIME ELEVATOR & FOUND BROKEN LINK IN CHAIN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE BROKEN LINK PARTICLES OF LIME FELL AND EMBEDDED IN INJUREDS LEFT EYE
1985 · 2 incidents
EMPL LIFTING SOME BEARINGS WHEN HIS BACK WAS INJURED.
USING HAND GRINDER TO REMOVE RUST FROM SHINES TO BE USED AT DRIVE PIER METAL PARTICLE GLANCED OFF OF CEMENT UP UNDER SAFETY SHIELDS AND INTO HIS LEFT EYE
1984 · 2 incidents
INJ WAS PERFORMING CLEAN UP JOB IN LIME BASMENT WHILE LOOKING UP LIME PARTICLES FELL FROM ABOVE AND EMBEDED IN LEFT EYE EMP WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASES BUT LIME CAME IN THROUGH TOP POSTION OF G GLASSES
INJURED WAS CHECING KILN USING PROFECTING FACE SHIELD KILN BLEW BACK AND BLEW LIME UNDER SHIELD AND INTO LEFT EYE.
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