Amrize Alpena Plant — Accidents

Total: 197 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/22/2025 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was offloading EC2 into the storage silo when a band clamp broke off, causing the hose to come loose from the connection and blow dust on the employee's face. As a result, the employee di...
09/30/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was moving bricks and when one fell at a time, while trying to accommodate the other bricks, the little finger on EE's right hand got caught in the middle of the bricks.
07/12/2025 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None On July 12, 2025, at approximately 7:00 a.m., the powerhouse operator noticed that a fire in the powerhouse had started in a switch gear, causing damage in the electrical panels. The incident is under...
06/25/2025 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was adding hydraulic fluid to a haul truck up on the quarry dust cell. Upon completion of the job, the employee rose up from a crouching position and immediately felt a sharp pain in thei...
06/03/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee suffered chemical burns after work poking on 5 reject dust containing CKD. EE had initial skin irritation and didn't report the event. After the injury worsened on June 9th, they reported to...
01/27/2025 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None PA was called to push stone into the feeders at the primary pile, after 30 minutes of pushing, the dozer went over the edge and nose first into the feeder. The employee called on the radio for help/th...
01/09/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 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...
07/23/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted 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 wi...
05/29/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The storekeeper was moving idlers in the storage area. One piece of equipment moved suddenly and pinched the storekeeper's fingers.
05/28/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The worker was transporting buckets with wet clinker and suffered superficial chemical burns due to the contact with the caustic material.
05/07/2024 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted A Production Support was cleaning the rail scales and stepped on the railroad track rolling an ankle causing a sprain of the Left ankle unspecified ligament.
04/14/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 299d lost While vertically hoisting a mill brow liner, employee did not follow direction and unclipped cable hoist to maneuver liner. Liner moved and pinched finger between another liner.
04/06/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 26d restricted The employee was moving oil drums and noticed a bulge starting (At this time EE didn't inform the mine operator) After 13 days EE went to a doctor where EE was diagnosed with a hernia that needed surg...
02/23/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee disconnected the air hose from the lance to inspect the ball valve. While attempting to inspect the ball of the ball valve the air compressed air in the lance gave way then air and debris...
01/06/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 76d restricted The employee was walking in the plant to perform tank level reading when employee slipped on the uneven muddy ground (caused by weather conditions) lost footing and twisted an ankle. Medical advice wa...
10/23/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Some dusty material came down from above out of a leaking feed chute that fed the press and hit the employee's eyes causing corneal abrasion. The employee needs to stay in a clean environment for one...
09/26/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The Mechanic was welding up a side box and segment together for the secondary crusher, in the shop on the workbench. EE had to reposition the box to get a proper angle of weld and when rolling down th...
08/21/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The Millwright was uninstalling a section of the collection line, and the section the EE was pulling off slid around. EE tried to stop it with hand, and due to the size of the piece the steel cut thro...
03/02/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 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...
12/06/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While working in the pug factory, the system became clogged The employee tried to disconnect using the pressure washer when the accumulated dust returned to EE. EE lost balance and fell, causing an an...
11/19/2022 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Root cause under investigation. This machine is owned and maintained by CAT who took it to their shop to investigate. Their initial review of operating codes showed nothing related to the operation or...
11/16/2022 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Under investigation
08/26/2022 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE reported was walking in the plant and noted that EE's left knee gave out while walking, causing the sole of EE's shoe to slip approximately half an inch.
07/28/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted An employee reported that left knee was starting to hurt. The employee stated that earlier employee was kneeling on the concrete at the primary crusher chiller room cutting some material for 10 min. U...
07/22/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Screw conveyor was not working and needed to be repaired. There were two employees working on the job. They went to lift up the lid on top of the screw when one of the employees lost their grip caus...
02/11/2022 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee diagnosed with hearing threshold shift.
11/01/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 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.
10/22/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was exiting a skid loader and used the top edge of the bucket for foot placement while climbing down. Right foot slipped and caused fall forward resulting in the area just above the knee to c...
10/08/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Employee states that while adding dry ice left foot slipped into a hole causing employee to do the splits. Employee complains of pain in the groin area and right lower abdomen.
08/17/2021 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Small gas (fuel) explosion in kiln during startup caused by control system logic issues that resulted in excess gas in the kiln.
04/29/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was walking in the parking lot to a vehicle and stepped in a pothole. EE then stumbled and tried to catch self with EE's left arm. EE hit EE's head and neck on the concrete.
04/19/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a section of chain from its box to repair a syngyp feeder. The employee proceeded to unroll the section of chain and had their right index finger pinched between two of the tabs...
01/15/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a wrench to loosen a take up feeder bolt when employee slipped and fell forward. Employee's tooth was chipped when employee's mouth made contact with the wrench.
01/04/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was loading a large chain in bed of pick up truck and had thumb pinched in between chain links causing a laceration.
10/19/2020 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Incident caused by an excess volume of natural gas that entered the kiln during the relighting process and then ignited in a delayed manner. This higher-than-normal volume of natural gas then ignited...
06/12/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was power washing. EE was about 3/4 of the way done when EE hit a steam pocket in the hot dust that caused some material to blow back at EE. EE turned head and some dust got behind EE's face...
03/31/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 127d lost, 162d restricted Employee was descending stairs from an elevated platform when the employee's right foot slipped off the ladder rung and employee reached out with left arm and grabbed a bar hurting shoulder.
03/19/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Using hoist to lift 1/4"" thick plate approx. 6' x 8' slightly to drag it across floor. Rigging and clamps used to lift one side. The side attached to the hoist by the rigging and clamps was approx. 3...
02/16/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost While taking retaining rings off, another employee was air arcing on the other side of the kiln. A spark came up over the kiln and landed on the employee's back between harness and jacket. Causing a...
02/03/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was pressure washing a utility vehicle and felt a burning sensation in the upper back resulting in a strain and muscle spasm.
12/23/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 27d lost, 83d restricted Employee reports EE was driving 10 mph across railroad tracks and didn't realize it was dug out and as the truck went over the tracks, the truck suddenly stopped, seatbelt didn't lock up, causing EE's...
10/10/2019 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Technician was working on the vac truck crew and was picking up material in the raw grind. Employee was holding the handle on the suction nozzle and pinched pinky finger between the handle of the noz...
08/11/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While re-bricking the kiln our employee was getting a sledge hammer to help drive shims to complete the job. When EE was returning EE slipped and dropped the hammer on EE's finger causing a cut. EE re...
06/27/2019 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a gunning machine to complete work on the nose required for restart of the kiln. The hose plugged at the discharge end and caused back pressure which created a failure in the hose c...
06/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing an SNCR well into Kiln 22 from a 60' manlift under the roof of the kiln. The Employee had hands under both sides of the flange on the well and while lowering it they pinched th...
06/08/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pump Operator was standing on the deck cleaning the mixer while the engine was running. The grate that had been opened to gain access to the mixer was propped up beyond 90 degrees. Due to the vibrat...
03/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The vehicle employee was a passenger in got stuck on an icy patch on relatively flat ground. Employee got out to push the vehicle out and while pushing felt a ""pop"" in the right calf. Their calf was...
01/30/2019 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Death at mine site - natural causes- not mining related, suspected heart attack. Employee was eating lunch in the contractor parking lot. When another employee went to pick employee up it looked like...
08/19/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Brick rig shifted in kiln while rolling it to new position. Kiln stopped, rig was leveled and wheels chocked. Crew climbed up to adjust shifted pieces. While on rig, it rolled up kiln to the right (fa...
04/19/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was jackhammering debris when the chisel point dropped through the grate and caused the jackhammer to jerk back.