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Employee was air lancing air slide and twisted EE's knee.
While removing liners from the Coal Mill, a fragment broke off while hitting it with a rivet buster. A worker attending nearby was hit by the projectile, which was embedded approx. 2cm into their right thigh. Employee is scheduled to have it removed in surgery on 02/12/26. Employee is currently on restricted duty and another method for liner removal is being evaluated now.
Employee was lifting multiple 5 gal buckets of rocks up to a makeshift chute for clean up. They started to feel lower back pain but continued thinking it was only a muscle issue. They took the next day off day due to pain and returned the next day and reported it. They aggravated a previous injury and inflamed the area, the Dr placed them on light duty for 5 days until review
Employee was attempting to move an airslide in Silo 2 to clean it out when they felt pain in groin area. They reported it that day but continued work, the next day they felt worse and was taken in to get it checked out. The ER determined a partial muscle tear in the groin area. Employee has been placed on light duty and unable to lift more than 10lbs until cleared by a Dr.
Employee was engaged in moving steel beams in the pre-heater tower for the installation of headache decks to facilitate vessel entry. During this task, the employee experienced lower back pain after bending over to pick up a beam.
Contractors were using the personnel elevator in the PHT, Six people and scaffolding were cramped in the car leading to an accidental push of the E-Stop.
A quarry truck driver sustained a left index finger pinch injury while manually moving a ~288 lb motor that was left obstructing the Secondary Crusher Hoist way walkway. With the hoist out of service, a pony bar was inserted in the lifting eye so two employees could lift it onto a pallet. During the lift, the motor shifted and slid down the bar, pinching the employee's finger.
Contractors were entrapped in an elevator for 3hrs due to an over-speed sensor being tripped.
Improper operation of bandsaw causing finger laceration.
Notified that an incident occurred. Upon checking near the main shop area, Miner 1 (an electrician) was found lying on the main floor, surrounded by fellow miners. It was determined that the 440 main breaker had experienced a catastrophic failure. Subsequent observations revealed that Miner 1 had borne the brunt of the failure and sustained 2nd-degree burns to both hands.
Miner A was chipping debris in the discharge area of the finish mill, when Miner B noticed a fresh wound on Miner A's right forearm. It is believed that material from the mill caused this laceration. Miner A was conveyed to the hospital and released later that day. Miner A returned to work the next day.
Employee was using the elevator to go up to the 12 pack when the elevator stopped due to a limit switch failing.
An employee attempted to break a rake handle by stomping on it. During the attempt, the handle recoiled and struck the employee in the side of the stomach. The pain from the handle caused them to lose consciousness while walking back to the break area. The employee fell down approximately 10 stairs, sustaining two lacerations to the left knee requiring 19 staples.
The employee removed the calibration weight and it dropped onto the employee's hand, pinching it between the top of the guard and the weight. As a result, the employee sustained a cut that required 8 stitches and a hairline fracture to left hand ring finger.
Employee lifted 80-170 lb liners for mill #3 outage and developed right-hand pain after a popping sensation. On May 8 the tendon tightened again; diagnosed with trigger finger. Surgery occurred 1/8/26, with no use of the right hand until 3/11/26. Employee has returned to work with restrictions on 2/2/2026.
While pulling liners, the liner broke free hitting the employee in the face. Requiring the employee to get stitches.
Tripped on lip of grating and fell forward onto left knee.
employee was cutting vac hose with a knife and it inadvertently slipped into their right index finger requiring 6 stitches.
Description of Incident: Employee was attempting to remove pallet from lowered hi-lo forks by hand and sustained a small laceration of left middle finger from an exposed packing nail. Employee was taken to ER and treatment was rendered in the form of two stiches. Employee was cleared and returned to work.
Contractor was going up in the finish and adjusted backpack resulting in the safety trip to engage in elevator.
Employee was working on driving wedges between liners when a chunk of liner broke and cut EE's left index finger. Employee was seen by the onsite first aiders and received cleaning and a bandage and was sent back to work. On 09/25/24 the employee received medical attention to clean the cut out due to an infection.
A fire occurred on the 5th floor of the pre-heat tower where Alternatives Fuels enters the process.
The fire originated from the kiln pushing material after the calciner was lost. This loss of the calciner enabled unprepared hot material to pass through the kiln and cooler without sufficient cooling time. Consequently, when these materials reached the belt without proper cooling, they ignited and caused the fire.
Contractors accidentally pressed the e-stop and contractors where stuck in the west Alamac for 2 hours before talking to the elevator mechanic. The mechanic told us to try the e-stop which fixed the situation.
The door lock on the alamac elevator was stuck due to a electrical part that failed. This was replaced and the elevator returned to service.
The employee, wearing glasses and a face shield, was in the process of removing the kiln shelf feed door for inspection when dust unexpectedly puffed into both eyes from the opening on the feed shelf. The employee was prescribed eye drops on march 4th, 2024.
Employee was holding a hose and working with another employee to remove a fitting which was taped to the hose. The other employee was cutting the tape and hose when the knife slipped and struck the back of the employee's right middle finger causing a laceration. The laceration required sutures to close.
On September 25th, 2023, at 1:00 PM, an incident occurred at Finish Mill #3 during a repair operation on the water lance. The employee sustained an injury to EE's right ring finger when EE accidentally pinched it between a pipe EE was carrying and a handrail. The injury was assessed as requiring medical attention and received two stitches.
The employee went to put an air lance down the pipe, when doing so the air came back faster than expected and the material went right over safety glasses and into the employees eyes. The employee was not wearing EE's face shield.
Employee was leaving their car in the parking lot and twisted their right ankle. After an x-ray it was found that the employees fibula was chipped due to this.
An employee was cutting vac hose and cut themselves. The employee received 2 stitches on right thigh.
The employee was installing new buckets on FM#3 discharge elevator. The bucket weighted roughly 25lbs and was lifting the bucket at chest level. Employee has been doing physical therapy from 5/25/2023 until 1/31/24. The doctors diagnosed EE with a torn rotator cuff and went into surgery 1/31/24.
Employee was lifting cribbing to set the mill motor in place on a flat bed trailer. When the employee was lifting the cribbing (approximately 100lbs) employee felt knee hyperextended backward resulting in pain. Employee was seen on January 6, 2023 by the orthopedics and was given a cortisone shot.
The safety switch on the elevator was activated. Two contractors were entrapped in the elevator at the finish silos until Otis arrived to bring the elevator back to the bottom floor.
The #3 boom boat loading sock counterweight was stuck in the up position and needed to be freed up. The employee decided to pull on the cable to free the counterweight. When the counterweight broke free it pulled employee's hand towards the pulley. This resulted in cutting the tip of the pinky off.
Employee aggravated lower back / Left buttock from operating the truck over time. Employee was looked at by our occupational doctor on 8/30/2022 and given time off, incurring an LTI.
Two contractors were using the elevator to head to the top of the finish silos when it stopped in-between floors. Otis elevator was called to free the miners. The contractors made it out of the elevator at 11:50am.
Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to close a swing gate in the finish silos. The employee missed the target resulting in hitting their pinky and causing a fracture.
The employee was walking out of the doorway in the finish silos. The door that was propped open closed due to a gust of wind and pinched employee's finger between the door frame and the door. The employee was diagnosed with a fracture and a laceration to the left index fingertip.
An employee was swinging a sledgehammer to knock out pins on the clinker cooler conveying elements. The employee noticed a sharp pain in the left hand. The employee was then diagnosed with hook of the hamate fracture.
An employee was climbing rope ladder to get into the vessel when the screw clamp that was holding it in place came off. The employee fell 46 inches and hurt their knee and bumped shoulder. This resulted in a shoulder sprain.
Employee slipped on a patch of ice while getting out of personal vehicle in the employee parking lot and landed on left hand causing a broken wrist.
Employee was assisting in moving an intake pipe for the 1302 fan. The intake pipe tipped over and pinched the employee's finger between the fork of the telehandler and intake pipe. Employee received 6 stitches and fractured the upper part of middle finger.
Employee was cutting the head of a bolt to remove a machine guard with a portable grinder. The grinder kicked and struck the employee in the lower left thumb causing an injury that required six stiches.
The employee was instructed to go up to the 316 belt and clear debris. The employee proceeded to the platform to perform the function. The employee went to place the shovel on the platform. While putting the shovel up on the platform, the shovel made contact with the hand rail and bounced back with the flat part of the metal shovel pan hitting the employee in the nose.
Miner entered a confined space that shut down 8 hours before hand. The miners boots were not tied. 6" of hot material was at the bottom. The miner stepped into hot material. That material got into EE's boot and burned EE's foot. 2nd degree burn.
Using a crane and hopper to load balls into finish mill. An employee tried to connect the crane hook to the clevis. The operator lifted the load before employee was done attaching the hook.
EE was installing buckets on a bucket elevator. One of the buckets pinched EE's left ring finger causing a cut through EE's leather gloves. EE received stitches to the finger.
Employee smashed right middle finger with sledge hammer. Employee was hammering #1 slide gate on the 12 pack.
Employee was working on the M-1 belt and pinched the left third finger between the chain and the belt.