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Employee opening Kiln 2 firing hood door to rake ash. Upon releasing handle, dust entered behind safety glasses and into right eye. Employee rinsed at eyewash station, later sought clinic care and was prescribed eye ointment. Required additional PPE for task was not worn. Employee returned same day, no restrictions; retraining conducted 2/10/26.

Employee got some dust in their eye while standing outside. Was not performing any work at the time. Had all proper PPE on.

Miner was putting guard back on conveyor and pinched their finger. They were seen at medical facility and received four stitches to the top of their left index finger.

Employee was troubleshooting the MODCO Pod in product handling area when an air pulse blew lime dust into left eye. EE rinsed EE's eyes multiple times during the day and after shift change sought medical attention where EE was prescribed eye drops.

Driver fell from the top of their trailer.

While IE was holding a bracket to be tack welded a piece of slag fell into boot causing a partial thickness burn to the right foot

Miner conducting a work area inspection. Miner looked up at approaching pickup headlights and slipped on a patch of ice. X-ray taken 12/12/2024 no fractures and released to full duty. MRI referral was made on January 1/24/2025. 1/27/2025 rotator cuff tear was diagnosed. On 2/3/2025 referred to Orthopedic specialist for surgery.

Product loader was on back of trailer when trucker started moving forward. Steps hooked on truck hatch pulling steps under catwalk and employees legs became entangled. Broken right ankle, broken big toe, and lost index toe on right foot.

The oil for the Girth Gear caught fire. Employees slowed the Kiln down and got the fire out. The Girth Gear is encased in steel. Once the fire was out employees removed the guarding and cleaned it out.

Employee was closing the lids on top of a railcar when they tripped and fell forward. The employee was wearing their fall arrest and using a retractable lanyard. When they fell their arm was caught by the lanyard, resulting in a shoulder separation. Employee had surgery on 11/14/2023. Worked until then.

Employee opened the kiln firing door to check the grates. This caused some dust to stir up and it got in employees eye. Employee flushed eye at work but later went to the clinic. Employee was given prescription eye cream.

Employee was adjusting roller when pallet exited conveyor and rolled over their hand. Contusion on right hand. Nothing broken.

Employee was performing maintenance on a conveyor belt when a foreign body entered eye.

Employee felt a sharp pain in their right shoulder while pulling ash. Employee continued to work in full capacity until which time surgery was required on shoulder. Surgery was performed on 3/15/2023 to their shoulder.

Employee was stepping off of forklift, felt slight twinge in right knee. Worked for several hours while knee was sore. After taking a break for lunch employee was unable to bear weight on leg. Waiting for doctor diagnosis.

Employee was changing air pads and laid a impact tool down. The tool got dust in the back of it so when the employee went to use the tool, the air blew the dust out of the back of the tool and into the employees eyes. Employee was wearing safety glasses.

The employee was using a scraper to clean ash from the sidewalls of a damper when EE slipped and crushed EE's finger along the side of the firing hood. The employee suffered a laceration along with a fractured left ring finger tip.

Employee fell down a flight of 10 metal stairs in the Hydrating building. Employee failed to firmly plant foot on first step and failed to maintain 3 points of contact. Employee suffered minor bruising, lacerations and friction burns to their knees, shins, left cheek, left elbow, left shoulder, neck and right hand.

When stepping out of vehicle in the morning prior to shift, employee slipped in the parking lot. It had snowed the previous night and was snowing still that morning. Strain to right knee.

Employee went to use hand sanitizer and while pushing down on the nozzle the hand sanitizer was forced upward and into the employee's right eye. Employee noted a stinging in their eye. On 12/28/2020 the employee went to an optometrist and was prescribed an antibiotic eye drop.

As Graymont was not a party to this accident, Graymont does not have detailed information for this accident. Per the attached, Graymont maintains that this accident is not MSHA jurisdiction, is not chargeable to Graymont or mining industry, continues to be investigated by OSHA, was not a Graymont employee, & occurred outside of Graymont's privately held mine site.

EE was lifting rubber belting out of basket. The basket swung and bumped EE in the back of right calf. At the time the EE stated that it didn't hurt and EE hardly felt the bump. The next morning the EE has a large lump in muscle so EE visited doctor and doctor put EE on restrictions. Contusion to muscle. Blood thinner medicine could have caused bruising.

Removing a piece of brick that was wedged in the end gate of the dump truck. End gate shut catching employee finger between latch and bar of end gate. 19 stitches required.

Employee slipped on ice while exiting vehicle in parking lot. The employee landed on their elbow. Initially, employee did not report an injury. On 3/22/2019, employee reported to work with note stating they could not return to work for 2 weeks. On 4/15/2019 the injury was determined to be work related.

In the process of building a set of steel saw horses and an approximate 4' piece of 4X4 tube steel was standing vertical on the bench when it tipped and struck employee's left thumb between the steel tabletop and the piece the employee was handling.

Employee was using a grinder with a 6" cut-off wheel. Employee had finished the cut, released the trigger on the grinder and was moving to set the grinder down on the ground. The wheel was still spinning as the grinder was shutting down, employee inadvertently touched it against the back of left hand and it cut though the glove and caused a small laceration. 2 stitches required.

While operating a crane a wind storm suddenly popped up. This storm kicked up a bunch of dust in the path of employee. EE was wearing safety glasses and other personal protective equipment. During the wind storm some dust got in the left eye.

Employee was replacing bolts to secure a handrail when he got a piece of lime scale or dust in his eye. Right eye scratched.

Employee was poking hydrated lime out of the ball mill and stuck his finger on a bolt. Chip in bone and finger splinted.

Employee was on a back side of a cooler repairing steel, grinding, cutting and welding in dusty conditions. He was fine when he left work but the next morning his eye was irritated and felt like something was in it.

Employee was moving railcars and the trackmobile jumped the tracks causing the employee to be thrown around in the cab of the trackmobile. Employee experienced pain that did not get better. Had MRI on 10-30-14 that revealed a Lumbar compression fracture.

Employee opened lid of hydrate plant pugmill to inspect discharge end. When he closed the lid hydrated lime dust blew into his right eye. He was wearing safety glasses at the time. He immediately flushed the affected eye at the plant and was brought to the emergency room for additional flushing. He did not miss any work over the incident and returned to his normal work duties.

Employee was walking to parking lot when a wind gust blew lime into eye. Employee flushed eye. Additional medical treatment included prescription for the eye.

Employee was welding in close quarters with 3 other coworkers. Weld flash to eyes.

Employee was performing maintenance on the drive system of the cooler discharge scalping screen. The equipment was shutdown and locked out. The employee was removing lime buildup from within a guard with his hand. Lime became airborne and entered his right eye. Physician flushed eye and gave prescription eye drop dosage requirements.

Employee was removing wet dust from a dribble chute. When employee went to push the flap gate shut the employees his left thumb was caught in between the pipe and the flap gate. X-ray revealed a fracture.

Employee was diagnosed with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Employee is having surgery to repair. Date and time of accident is the date and time employee turned in paperwork showing the diagnosis.

Employee was helping co-worker remove a metal seal from a 55 gallon drum. When employee pried the metal seal apart the seal popped up and cut his finger. Employee received a laceration to his left pinky finger that required 3 stitches.

Employees were cleaning out a plugged conveyor and when the employees lifted the cover for the conveyor up off of the floor the employee felt a strain in his back. Notified of restrictions on April 19th, 2012.

Employee was using a two long pry bars to clean out a plugged transfer chute. Employee's left finger was pinched between the 2 pry bars causing a laceration that required 8 stitches.

The employee was preparing to drill holes in the Kiln 1 cooler pipes. Employee went to get additional PPE and when he was getting back into the cooler, employee realized he had something in his right eye. Employee doesn't know exactly how particle got in his eye. Right eye abrasion.

Employee was using a 4 inch grinder to cut a piece of plastic. The grinder wheel grabbed the plastic and came into contact with employees left middle finger. The employee sustained a broken finger and a laceration.

Employee was raking ash, the ash rake slipped off the large piece of ash and the employee lost his footing. Employee fell to the floor and landed on his left wrist. Left wrist fractured.

The lime transferring system shutdown, plant personnel tried to reroute the lime. The hot lime sitting on the conveyor caused the belt to start on fire. Plant personnel tried to extinquish fire and call the fire department at 18:06. Plant management was contacted at 18:53, came to the plant to assess the situation and contact MSHA at approximately 19:00. Fire was out around 21:00.

Employee was removing chunks from G289 airlock with a rod. While employee was unplugging the G289 airlock; dust blew out of the pipe and into employees eyes.

Employee was loading a bulk truck. The employee started winding up the loading boot when dust particles entered his eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses.

Employee was pulling ash with the chunk puller and his left hand was pinched between an i-beam and the chunk puller causing a hand contusion with hematoma.

Employee was walking across the plant, when he slipped on the muddy and wet pavment. Employee fractured right wrist.

Employee was cutting off old blow pipes in the baghouse with a 9 inch grinder. The grinder jumped, hitting the employee in his left knee. Employee had a cut on knee requiring stitches.

While employee was placing a bulk bag on the hydrate bagger, he overextended his reach which caused a muscle stain in his lower back.