ALDEN PLANT — Accidents
Total: 19 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/26/2026 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | None | Was hauling out excess powder from storage tank. Was using rod tool to A-line loading spout to opening in top of the dust truck. Was pulling rod toward them when rod slipped off the spout, momentum... |
| 07/12/2024 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using a utility knife to cut a belt to make a skirt. Was holding the straight edge that EE was cutting against with EE's hand. Knife came out of the belting material and punctured EE's... |
| 02/01/2024 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 68d restricted | Employee cleaning belt conveyor take-up rollers on house belt #5 with a scraper. Employee was performing cleaning task while conveyor belt was running. |
| 11/22/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was housekeeping and while doing this hit head on an electrical box in the work area. Employee was not wearing hard hat. |
| 06/16/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | Miner attempted to step on a short ladder leading to a conveyor service platform. Left foot slipped on ladder rung and right shin and knee hit the service platform mezzanine causing trauma to the kne... |
| 10/23/2020 | EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While draining a leaking hydraulic hose, oil sprayed onto employees face, entering employees right eye causing irritation. |
| 03/06/2020 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While cleaning material with a walk behind skid steer, employee's left hand became pinched between the hand controls and a beam. Index finger was cut requiring 2 stitches. |
| 07/02/2019 | DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Condition was a hot humid day, no air movement in the area of cleaning. Drank water but not enough and didn't take multiple breaks during activities of housecleaning. At the 9am break didn't eat anyth... |
| 04/24/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | The miner was repositioning a 50lb bag to be re-inked and twisted back resulting in a muscle spasm. |
| 11/24/2017 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Line of Fire. Individual was in the shop cutting a conveyor belt with a utility knife. Was in a sitting position and knife slip and punctured left lower leg - calf. |
| 04/21/2015 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | None | EE had talked to another EE between 10:00 & 10:30 and told other EE that the plant was running ok. At approximately Midnight-12:05 other EE found EE on the shop floor with his eyes open and apparently... |
| 08/18/2014 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 8d lost, 4d restricted | Back pain. Operating Quarry haul truck over haul road. Operator indicated being jarred but could not identify actual area of occurrence. Haul road in fair shape other than small rutting due to rain... |
| 03/25/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 28d restricted | We had a light snow / ice event that occurred early that morning that made the black top in the area slippery. He was on his way to punch in slipped on the black top and hurt his right leg. At this... |
| 03/09/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 30d lost | Employee climbed on top of a motor guard to check cleanliness of a Hammer Mill feeder pan. After checking, employee proceeded to climb down off of the guard and in doing so slipped and fell onto his... |
| 02/07/2009 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 28d lost | Cleaning belt with scraper when scraper was caught and pinched hands into side guard & tightening screw breaking right index finger degloving left index finger and bruising left shoulder. |
| 07/16/2008 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | EE was walking on graveled area, slipped and reached for a oxy-acent torch cart to catch himself and struck his forearm on the hose holder, causing a cut to his right forearm. |
| 01/25/2006 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 7d lost | Was knocking dust from a fan and stuck his finger through the guard and cut his finger. The cut needed stitches. He will return to work when the stitches are removed. |
| 04/15/2004 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | HE WAS WORKING ON A DUST COLLECTOR WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF A LADDER AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE. HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND DR. SAID IT WAS A SLIGHT SPRAIN. REST IT FOR 24 TO 48 HOURS AND HE CAN COME BACK T... |
| 02/21/2001 | NONPOWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 15d lost, 53d restricted | HE WAS DUMPING A DUMP CART FULL OF MATERIAL AND PINCHED A NERVE IN HIS NECK. HE IS BEING TREATEDMEDICALLY WITH SHOTS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SURGERY AT A LATER DATE. |