Alabaster Plant — Accidents

Total: 22 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/23/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sweating due to humid environment and while using a grinder EE attempted to wipe sweat out of EE's eye and the grinder wheel cut EE's hand. Employee was taken to Shelby Baptist Medical c...
06/02/2019 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was working in basement area, around the pan conveyor, at Lhoist Alabaster Plant. Employee rose from a crouched position & bumped the wall & wire that was hanging from the ceiling of basement...
05/11/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 5/11/2019 the employee was raking grates during the shift and then went to the top of K2 coal bin to clear a plugged chute. While bending over the chute with a rod that was used to clear the openin...
01/10/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 109d lost, 2d restricted Employee was working inside an open hopper when rock was dumped into the hopper. This caused rock to contact employee's legs resulting in bruising and hyper extension of the right ankle.
05/09/2018 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST FATALITY Fatal The injured miner & the supervisor were attempting to light the #2 kiln's gas flame. While the miner was holding a flare attached to a metal pole at the end of the gas pipe, the supervisor turned on t...
06/03/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was cleaning out from under the rail scales, he was shovelling lime into a 5 gallon bucket to be dumped. Lime fell down into the employee's pants and he suffered 2nd degree burns across his b...
03/24/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 158d lost, 50d restricted EE was going to plug the kiln, at first he put the plug in the feed pipe backwards so he had to reposition it. When he went to re position the plug the t-handle on the plug caught his hand between the...
12/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was removing a damper blade from kiln 2 scrubber and pulled his lower back. He didn't go to the doctor until 12/31/08 and was placed on restricted work duty.
12/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was re-installing trunion roll housing cap, using bars to roll it over to align bolts and holes. The cap rolled and smashed employee's hand and middle finger.
07/16/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was removing build-up from a pulley with a bar when the bar caught in the belt and struck his left arm.
03/26/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee was closing the door on the bottom of a railcar and twisted the lower part of his back. He did not go to the doctor until 4/2/08, at which time he was placed on restricted work duty.
03/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured pulled slide on #2 drag, slipped and fell, dropped slide on leg. Did not go to doctor until 3/20/2007.
09/26/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting hose off of a pipe, injured's hand slipped on box cutter and blade cut finger.
08/20/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Injured was pulling on a rail switch that had been run over and broken when he strained his back. Accident became lost time on 9/16/05 when it was discovered that he has a bulged disc in his back.
05/02/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 284d lost While working on a water line in the ground, lifted a 3 inch piece of pipe, put it on shoulder, his boss had the other end, injured his neck.
10/21/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 3d restricted Injured was attempting to put a drawhead back on a railcar. While holding the drawhead to put into position it slipped causing a strain to injured's left groin. Became reportable on 11-2-04 when injur...
08/19/2004 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted DUMPED WHEELBARROW HALF FULL OF COAL REJECT. DID NOT FEEL CATCH IN HIS BACK UNTIL HE STARTED UP THE STEPS.
03/28/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost Injured was working off of a ladder removing bolts from a pipe flange. Pipe came loose from flange striking injured and knocking him off of the ladder.
03/10/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost INJ BENT OVER TO RELEASE THE ARM ON THE RAIL SWITCH. THE LATCH ON THE ARM DID NOT RELEASE. INJ SNATCHED UP THE RELEASE STRAINING BACK. BECAME REPORTABLE ON 3/9/04 WHEN DR ADVISED TO BE OF F WORK. UNDE...
10/05/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED HIT LEFT HAND WITH HAMMER WHILE HAMMERING SPIKE ON RAIL. REPORTABLE BECAUSE OF FRACTURE ONLY.
10/20/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost INJURED WAS ON LADDER ABOUT 6' OFF THE GROUND. HE SLIPPED OFF THE LADDER AND JUMPED BACKWARD HITTING THE GROUND ON BOTH HEELS.
04/03/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE REPLACING MID-KILN THERMALCOUPLE ON #1 KILN. WHEN PUTTING THE PROBE IN THE KILN, HE WAS ABOUT TO TURN THE PROBE TO LINE IT UP WHEN CO-WORKER PUSHED THE PROBE SMASHIN G FINGE...