Employee opened a poke hole on the hot air slide. It immediately went positive. The force blew off EE's hood and burned EE's neck and ear.
Mitsubishi Cement CorpMining Incidents in 2023
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Mitsubishi Cement Corp operations in 2023. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2023
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Year
- 2023
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
- 02MACHINERY3 incidents
- 03NONPOWERED HAULAGE1 incident
- 04SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
All incidents in 2023
Contact with hot objects or substances
Over-exertion in lifting objects
Was lifting a hoist on a platform in the tower and EE reinjured a hernia.
Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Employee was staging grease drums, one pulled away and they stopped it with their right arm and their elbow popped an pain ensued.
Struck by rolling or sliding object
Employee was moving a cart down a ramp when the items on the cart slid and lacerated left hand.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Finger was pinched by a roller on the tire system.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Smashed finger when lance slipped inside poke hole over refractory.
Fall from ladders
Employee was using ladder, slipped and fell approximately 12 feet.
Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Operating the drill over a period of six months caused an injury on the right palm.