All MSHA-reportable accidents at Carmeuse Lime and Stone, Inc. operations in 2019. Fatalities appear first.
MSHA was notified at app. 7:27 a.m. that the elevator was out of service. The cause was determined to be a key switch input wire. MSHA was again notified at app. 8:41 a.m. that the elevator had been repaired, tested and put back in service. No miner was on the elevator when this happened.
At 8:19 a.m. the hoist slope car derailed and MSHA was notified at 8:39 a.m. No miners were on the car when this event took place. The car was put back on track and the rails were inspected with no findings. After several complete runs of the hoist slope car it was put back in service at 11:40 a.m. MSHA was notified at this time.
At 6:10 a.m. it was reported the hoist was not working. MSHA was notified by phone at 6:15 a.m. After trouble shooing it was determined that the DHSS (Electronic Lilly switch) was not in the run mode, and a magnetic switch had moved causing the error. After corrections were made and hoist tested several times hoist was put back in service at app. 9:30 a.m.
Power was lost to the main hoist last night (5/22) at approximately 10:15PM. Employee called the hotline to report the hoist being down. Power was restored at approximately 1:20AM (5/23) and employee contacted the hotline again at that time. Power loss was due to a line fuse blown on KU's end.
Third party trucking company's service pickup truck caught fire while driving through the facility at approximately 12:10pm. MSHA hotline contacted at 12:22pm. Occupants exited the vehicle and cleared the area. Fire Department was contacted and responded. Fire extinguished at 12:50pm.
At approximately 4:20pm the main hoist would not reset, after a power failure and a blower fan motor failure. A call was made to MSHA at approximately 4:40pm. The hoist was back in service at 10:00 p.m. after repairs were made.
While testing the running program on the slope hoist, it was realized at app. 1:15 p.m. that the hoist would need to be taken out of service. After trouble shooting the software, problem was corrected. The hoist was tested several times and put back in service at app. 3:30 p.m.
In an attempt to dry out refractory in Kiln 1, 3 natural gas torches were inserted into the hood at a low gas flow rate. At 7:10am, a loud noise was heard by plant personnel. Following a more thorough investigation of the noise, some damage was found to the coal mill air return ductwork at approximately 8:30am, it was determined that a gas ignition had occurred.
Due to a failed door switch the Elevator was reported down to MSHA around 8:00 p.m. on the above date. The switch was replaced and the Elevator was released to run at 1:00 a.m. on 1/10/2019.
Due to rainy weather, gravel was washed into the safety brake system of the hoist causing a mechanical failure around 3:30 a.m. on 1-1-2019. MSHA was notified at this time. The safeties were cleaned thoroughly and tested multiple times to verify proper function. The hoist was released to run and MSHA was contacted.
When exiting fixed ladder employee stepped to avoid vac hose which in turn put EE's body in a awkward position. This caused EE to step wrong on landing hurting lower back.
Employee states on 9/18/2019 employee felt a little stomach pain while loading 50 lb. boxes of explosives on underground powder rig.
Injured was attempting to remove a smaller steel pipe from Kiln 4 analyzer pipe. Employee attempted to use water to loosen up lodged pipe when hot water/steam splashed back into their face.
Employee was repairing a hole in the screen room tin. When the drill bit came through the tin and into employee's ring finger. Initially this was not reportable, but issues arose with the finger causing employee to have surgery to repair a tendon.
Injured was drilling holes to fasten down skirt rubber on a conveyor. When exiting the conveyor hood cover, injured felt pain in left shoulder. Injury became reportable on 09/20/2019 when injured was given work restrictions and referred to an orthopedic specialist.
Injured was applying a temporary patch to a stone feed pipe using a ladder for access. Injured was working from the 5th rung while a second employee was holding the ladder. Ladder slid and fell causing injured to sprain EE's ankle.
Employee was walking from the underground restroom back to the crusher cab when knee gave out. When ee fell ee caught self with left hand causing some swelling on this hand. After seeing a Dr.it was determined employee had suffered a fractured wrist.
EE was inside a kiln pre-heater removing rock, using a chute. While throwing rock into the chute, the employee's hand hit the roof of the pre-heater. The EE's 2nd digit of the right hand (index finger) was lacerated. EE was wearing leather gloves. EE was taken to the local emergency room where EE received five (sutures) and returned to full duty.
Employee was walking at ground level around area at # 2 kiln, and tripped resulting in a fall. Employee fell into a rubber tire on a parked man lift. This fall resulted in a fractured nose.
During a pre-shift inspection on the portable Power Screen an employee raised an inspection door to check fluid levels. When the door latch was released the door raised quickly striking them in the area below the bottom lip. This contact resulted in a laceration and a fractured tooth.