Amrize Empire Plant — Accidents

Total: 13 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/02/2023 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee (EE) was using a box wrench and impact to adjust a slide gate on a rock hopper. EE was standing on toes and right foot shifted slightly causing EE to squeeze down on impact gun which rotated...
04/13/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee removing empty water jugs from flatbed service truck. EE lost their footing fell to ground from bumper of truck 18"" from ground landing on left side, left shoulder. EE lost their breath for...
08/18/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Loading customer trucks with front end loader. Employee noticed customer dump truck was leaking sand between truck dump body and tail gate. Employee exited loader and attempted to clean contact surfac...
02/18/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost A plant operator was performing clean up duties around the sand heater. The operator noticed grease around the trunnion roller and climbed up on a cement block at the base of the equipment to get a be...
02/10/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted 2.10.2020 an employee was attempting to remove a clam gate on the metering bin for our wash plant. EE had two c-clamp vice grips holding the gate in place. EE removed all but one bolt, removed one o...
07/13/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted When removing the cutting edges from a bucket, the employee was holding the bolts up with the hammer when the bolt slipped off and the sharp edge of the bolt head cut the tech's palm side middle finge...
12/09/2014 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At 7am 2 torches were lit to help heat belts. One torch was turned off at 9:00am, but the other was left burning. At 5pm the employee in the area shut down the plant and left. The torch was left on...
12/09/2014 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Fire on a pit belt after operations had already ended for the day.
08/19/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee getting out of service truck twisted right knee. Ground was soft sand & rock.
11/09/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee opened gate, wind caught gate, employee's finger was caught between gate & latch.
02/07/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 151d restricted Employee reported this injury on 6/20/07. He stated that he was grinding inside a hopper for the power screen. He was climbing out when he slipped and caught himself with his hand. He heard a loud...
11/03/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted OPERATOR SLIPPED (DIDN'T FALL) ON AN ICY SPOT AND PULLED HIS LEFT HAMSTRING.
05/05/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CLIMBING ON HIS LOADER AND WHILE STEPPING ON THE SECOND RUNG HE FELT SEVERE LOWER BACK PAIN. HE SAW A DR. THAT SAME DAY & RESTED OVER THE WEEKEND, AND WAS BACK TO WORK ON 5-8-2000.