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Employee was using a pry bar to clear a plugged chute. When the rock broke free, the employee hit their hand on the side of the chute, sustaining a fractured finger.
Employee was using a poker bar during a gypsum starvation when material shifted pinching left hand between poker bar and bin chute. Employee went to the doctor on 9/15 was released to full work duty but was later prescribed an anti inflammatory on 9/22.
Employee got finger pinched by lever arm of shotgun. On 7/24 it was confirmed that the employee fractured the tip of their lt ring finger resulting in modified work.
Maintenance employee was using a pipe wrench to loosen a drain plug when they felt a strain in their shoulder.
Wrench slipped, struck employee lip causing laceration.
The employee swung a pickaxe to break the built-up clinker Build up. Then, they felt a sharp pain in their right shoulder, stopped using the pickaxe immediately, and reported it.
At 11 AM on 2/18/2025, an employee was working on a concrete pump, attempting to drive off the bearing housing. The employee put a wedge in place and hit it with a hammer, but the wedge flew off it hit the employee in the mouth. This resulted in a lower lip laceration which needed 3 sutures.
Two employees used a sledgehammer and a pry bar to remove a headliner from the ball mill. When the sledgehammer struck the liner, a sliver of the liner's edge came off and struck the employee holding the pry bar in the left arm.
Raw Mill extension chute broke and fell, landing near to and injuring an employee. Employee was taken to hospital for evaluation.
Raw Mill extension chute broke and fell, landing near to and injuring the employee. Employee was taken to hospital for evaluation.
The crew was installing an axial blower using two manual chain hoists. While lifting the filter housing, a gasket came loose underneath the suspended part. As an employee tried to adjust the gasket with their hands, one of the chains moved and the blower fell and crushed the employee's left index finger, causing an injury.
EE states they were using a poke bar in a silo to break up chunks of material. EE had shoulder pain and was treated as first aid until 07/01/2024 until they were diagnosed with a collar bone fracture.
Employee was poking through a poke hole clearing limestone plug, a hinged door was open above poke holes. another employee was hitting on side of chute at same time. The hinged door fell down pinching the employees right pinky between door and bar. this cause a laceration and the nail to be partially removed requiring stitches to be repaired.
Employee was removing the lid of the level 6 tipping valve, as lid was tensioned using a come along the lid dislodged and swung into employee's left shin causing a laceration requiring 10 stitches. Assessment of risk was not fully completed for line of fire hazards. The employee returned to work for next scheduled shift.
On 2/27/24 EE was taking 2" valve loose from water line pipe wrenches. In process of loosening the valve, the employee felt their left shoulder pop. This was a First aid until 3/12/23 when seen by Dr, given meds/physical therapy.
EE was using a bar to clear blockage, a large chunk of material fell from within the silo striking the bar. Bar struck EE in the face, causing laceration in mouth. Prescription antibiotic given at ER, no sutures.
Employee struck left hand with mallet while bricking the kiln.
The employee was hitting a bearing race with a hammer trying to get it to break free. A small piece of the metal race broke off and lodged in the upper right leg.
Was using a hammer and accidently struck team members own left hand. Originally report was just a first aid, however due to increased swelling, team member went to Dr. on yesterday.
The employee was holding a spacer against a wedge while another employee was hammering the wedge into place. During the activity, the spacer being held by the employee slipped causing the employee's finger to be smashed between the spacer and another piece of hardware.
While flipping blow bars in 2nd crusher, employee was using a hammer to drive in a blow bar when a piece chipped of and struck mechanic in left leg above knee cap. The incident became reportable on 7/7/2023 due to restricted duty.
The employee was closing a feed gate on a cement silo, When EE hit the gate with a hammer to close the rest of the way a spurt of cement hit EE in the face and got behind EE's safety glasses and into EE's left eye.
On Dec 6 2022, an employee was injured while clearing a material jam in diverted gate chute 311-MW1. The employee had removed a side access door and used a bar to dislodge the material. When the material cleared, the air pressurized gate activated hitting the bar and pinching the employees right hand wrist. The incident is under investigation.
Using a hammer to release some frozen coal when unloading on the Grizzly, EE misjudged EE's aim smashing EE's pinky finger with the hammer. The impact resulted in an open tuft fracture of the right hand 5th digit.
Employee using come alongs and chains to move curtain in Hazemag crusher. Chain broke and hit the employee in the hard hat. Causing the hard hat to give the employee a laceration on forehead and and safety glass causing a small cut on nose.
Production tech was completing preheater tower cleaning, tech was using a 6 foot poke bar with a T handle to remove buildup from the riser, as the tech pushed poke bar through the poke door, left middle finger was smashed between the T handle and the riser poke door frame.
Employee was tightening a rope seal using a pair of channel lock pliers. EE was pulling on the rope towards self. The pliers slipped off the rope and EE hit self in the mouth with the pliers chipping a couple of teeth.
Employee was using prybar to open gate and smashed finger between prybar and gate causing laceration and fracture.
Employee was using a dead blow hammer hitting a sucker hose to free material. EE felt sharp pain in the palm near right thumb. Incident became reportable on 11/12/2021.
The employee put a socket on a nut to remove bolt, turned to get impact wrench. Socket vibrated of nut falling and striking employee on the hand.
Employee was conducting a cement silo change on top of the bulk silos. The employee was tightening the valve by pulling down on a steel bar that was inserted into the bottom knuckle when the bar slipped out causing the employee to lose balance and fracture the right thumb.
Employee was dislodging a rock from pneumatic gate. When the rock broke free the gate moved suddenly pinning employee's hand between the shovel EE was using and the wall of the building resulting in a finger laceration.
Technician was shooting industrial gun on the tower which required technician to have the gun at a steep angle. Thumb was required to be on the back of the gun as that is where the safety is located. When the technician fired, the recoil of the gun smashed right thumb between the gun handle and the refractory for the door resulting in a fractured thumb.
2 production employees were working on unplugging the coal railcar unloading hopper of frozen material. While cleaning the material, a large piece of frozen coal, approximately 0.5m diameter, exited the open door on the hopper and struck one of the two employees in the right forearm resulting in a fracture.
Technician was cutting duct tape from sucker truck piping with a razor knife when it punctured and cut through EE's left glove and hand resulting in a laceration.
While installing a lid on a 5 gallon bucket with a spud wrench, employee was hammering the lid down and the wrench slipped out of EE's hand and jammed into the hand in between EE's thumb and index finger resulting in a laceration of the right hand.
Employee was latching the railcar swing door, while pulling downward on the swing door pry bar, the pry bar came out of the latching knuckle. The employee felt a pull on the left shoulder and left arm briefly went numb. Strain to Left shoulder.
Employee was working on overhead sensor system smoke detector attempting to install a temporary junction box cover to conceal the detector leads until a replacement was received. During the fabrication, employee used a blade retractable utility knife. Employee inadvertently cut through EE's left mechanic gloves and resulting in single laceration to EE's left forefinger.
Employee was removing a drain plug with a pipe wrench. When the plug broke loose, EE's hand struck an adjacent bolt cutting through EE's impact glove. EE received a laceration and 4 stitches to close.
Completing a work order to replace the bags on L91-BF3. The cages and bags were sized to the cookie sheet and while trying to remove them with channel locks with jerking motion, with two other people helping, employee strained right shoulder.
The employee was using a come-a-long to work on a coal mill roller roll. Employee was tightening down the nut on the top of the tapered journal assembly. At the end of the day employee felt soreness in right shoulder. Employee did not report the incident immediately. The incident became reportable on 5/18/2020 after employee was given restricted duty.
Employee was changing a 2" ball valve and reported that they felt a slight pain on the right part of their back. Self care measures were not effective and on 3/24/2020 employee was seen by physician and prescribed light duty and anti inflammatory/muscle relaxers.
EE was cutting a hole in a piece of belt. Knife slipped and cut palm of right hand, requiring sutures.
Employee was shoveling beside and under a ramp. EE pushed the shovel under the ramp and mashed EE's right thumb between the side of the ramp and the shovel. This "strike" broke the employees right thumb. As a result of the break EE cannot use EE's right thumb for a short period.
The employee was attempting to loosen a valve when the pipe wrench employee was using slipped, causing employee to fall and hit shoulder. Employee was working from the ground and not an elevated platform.
While removing buckets from the stacker reclaimer with torches and hand tools a bucket fell off and landed on EE's foot. Bucket landed just above the steel toe of EE's right boot.
A Maintenance employee was driving a bearing off of a shaft, a piece of metal hit the employee in the left wrist and broke skin. Employee had gloves and long sleeves on but the piece hit in a small gap between glove and shirt.
Employee was removing a drain plug from a hydraulic reservoir using a 1/2 Snap On breaker bar. The plug was in tight and EE gave it a little extra truck and felt a pop in EE's upper shoulder. EE was taken to a Work Med clinic where they prescribed Celebrex (allergic to ibuprofen) and then put EE on light duty.
While clearing a choke above the impactor, the material flushed pulling the bar that the employee was using downward rapidly causing a strain in the employees, elbow, shoulder and neck.
Maintenance employee was injured while working in the raw mill. EE was working to install a beam protector on the west beam in the raw mill. While the employee was tightening the last bolt in the beam protector, the wrench that EE was using slipped and struck EE in the right upper lip.