Amrize Midlothian Plant — Accidents

Total: 226 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/26/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was opening and removing an inspection door on a LOTOTO clinker cooler fan. The door fell forward onto the EE's hand breaking a finger
08/31/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Layer of mud in office entrance from overnight rain.
08/17/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Burn to foot that became infected.
08/13/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cleaning material up from a completed job a part that was unsecure moved striking the left middle finger tip causing a laceration requiring stitches.
04/23/2025 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE failed to follow known LOTO process for equipment in lab. EE opened doors to the unit reached inside to clean a press head when the machine activated and moved pinching their arm between a fix and...
03/28/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was exposed to caustic fluid during clearing of a plug and cleaning of the area to their feet when their boots and socks became saturated with the fluid causing chemical burns.
09/07/2024 OTHER INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None 3rd party driver was delivering copper slag to the plant. They had dumped a load of copper slag and was parked. Driver was standing near the rear of the truck and flagged down another driver for help...
05/16/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was poking through a poke hole clearing limestone plug, a hinged door was open above poke holes. another employee was hitting on side of chute at same time. The hinged door fell down pinching...
04/02/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was coming out of the scrubber when EE's lanyard hook struck EE in the front tooth.
01/01/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Falling debris in side of cyclone
11/04/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted The worker was removing V-belts from pulley in order to remove a cover to repair a seal on the quarry water pump. When moving a v-belt to a lower groove, it trapped the tip of the glove on the finger...
08/13/2023 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At 9:58pm the control room operator received an alarm from the thermal cameras on the shredded tire storage pile showing a potential hotspot/fire. The control room operator dispatched crew members to...
02/02/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 107d restricted Heavy Equipment Operator was walking around equipment performing pre-operation inspection while EE slipped on an ice patch, due to winter storm. The miner landed on EE's right side, flaring up an old...
11/09/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was working on the relocation of a steel hopper on a conveyor belt. The skids of the hopper got stuck on the conveyor belt frame, so the miner approached to inspect when the hopper had a sud...
08/08/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost particles in eyes not damage was just little metal splinter went to EE's eyes EE's in good conditions
01/27/2022 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 93d restricted Maint. employee struck shin on concrete ledge on 1/27/22. Employee had pain off/on for next few months until outage treated with OTC meds/ice. Outage employee walked/climbed stairs a lot, pain still t...
11/03/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was using prybar to open gate and smashed finger between prybar and gate causing laceration and fracture.
10/21/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE tripped over step in walkway causing laceration to left knee. Laceration required stitches to close.
01/29/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted Employee was walking and ducked under I-beam. As they did that, right knee dislocated.
12/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee hanging barricades for preheater plug when plug flushed through line, and out cracks in cooler doors. Dust got into EE eyes, causing cornea abrasions in right. Meds prescribed.
11/11/2020 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None L2 pre heater tower tertiary cyclone flushed with hot clinker material into the clinker pit. This caused the grease on the deep bucket elevator chain to catch fire. The fire traveled up the belt conve...
08/28/2020 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 133d restricted DOI 08/28/2020 ee spryd w/hydr oil did not penetrate skin. On 09/02 ee sought med trmt bc of hnd nbness, given 1st prescr. Sent to specialist given 2nd prescr.
06/30/2020 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Process engineer was looking up at process fan and dust got into left eye causing a corneal abrasion requiring prescription medication.
04/01/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 65d restricted Employee was pushing on a silicone patch on the bottom of a screw conveyor housing. Silicone was covering a hole. Employee's right index finger went through the hole and made contact with the screw, p...
03/16/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 7d restricted Employee got left ring finger caught in between a handrail and forklift fork, causing a fracture and laceration.
01/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The incident that led to the smashed finger occured while the subject was attempting to remove several bolts and leaned a hand against the fan blade and in doing so the fan blade moved because weight...
12/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted EE was leaving work for the day and as they pushed the building door closed, felt pain in their right shoulder. Tried otc and self-care until 12/18/2019 when was seen by dr and given prescription meds...
12/10/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted Employee was shoveling beside and under a ramp. EE pushed the shovel under the ramp and mashed EE's right thumb between the side of the ramp and the shovel. This ""strike"" broke the employees right t...
03/26/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees raising an aerial lift to clean & did not see a conduit bank. Lighting insufficient but were using hard hat lights. Employee struck hard hat on conduit bank causing employee to strike chin o...
02/21/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was lifting hinged bearing cap on the belt winder. The cap sprang back quickly, smashing the employee's right middle finger. The right middle finger sustained a small laceration and fractured...
12/13/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted EE was removing a feed belt. Belt became bound during the removal. EE reached up and grabbed the rigging with both hands to release the tension. The belt clamp ripped out of the belt at this time. The...
11/28/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was tapping a finish mill liner over with a ball pin hammer when a shard of metal broke off striking ee on right knee, causing a very small cut. EE thought ee was fine but swelling would not...
08/17/2018 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking on catwalk underneath the kiln when something blew into EE's eye. Diagnosed with scratched left cornea. Given meds/drops.
07/28/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 22d restricted Employee's finger was smashed while attempting to re-install a large guard. Right ring-finger tip was amputated from middle of fingernail upwards.
03/08/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 33d restricted Service line Truck driver lined truck up improperly underneath spout.EE accessed top of truck using safe access platform. When forcing open hatch against the spout, ee slipped. EE struck nose/face aga...
09/03/2017 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 3:25pm, a minor explosion was heard/detected in the Line 2 AFR hopper/belt/elevator system. Crew responded and tried to extinguish fire however, they could not safely extinguish the f...
06/20/2017 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing kiln trunnion bearing, while ee working on the bearing pedestal platform. As ee stepped down from the platform, right knee made contact with a piece of angle iron attached to t...
04/30/2017 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Center alternative fuel pile caught fire inside AFR shed for reasons unknown. Subsequent piles inside shed also caught fire. Fire depts called, MSHA hotline called. No injuries.
03/14/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted EE was inspecting dust transport screw. The system went positive as the employee was turning to close the screw inspection port cover back on, covering the employee in bypass dust. Employee suffered...
11/03/2016 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee performing start of shift checklist. Walked by pre-heater door and door blew open. When door opened dust blew out into employee's face and eyes. Employee was wearing safety glasses.
07/11/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pinch between two steel beams while rigging. Amputation of right middle finger tip.
05/24/2016 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 58d restricted On 6/17/16 we were told the employee worked their normal shift sometime in late May and the following morning their right wrist was sore. Their wrist was not struck by or against any object. Employee...
05/18/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted Employee was installing a 6"" water pipe. As the pipe was set into place, both index fingers became caught between the pipe and the stand, causing fractures to both fingers.
05/17/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Steel erection. Drilling/enlarging flange hole. Drill bit caught in/on the flanges hole material, binding/locking the drill. The rapid twisting motion rotated the drill handle left and shocked the ope...
03/17/2016 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing doors on an airslide in a finish mill building. A gust of wind blew through the building doors, causing dust to get into the employees left eye. Employee suffered a scratched c...
02/22/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Right index finger caught between steel members during rigging operations. Pinch point. Worker was wearing gloves. Improper hand placement. Sustained laceration requiring sutures to close. Returned to...
11/24/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was standing on outside of Line 1 Spray Tower & using jackhammer with 12' bit through 3'X3' access door to clean inside the tower. Inside the structure a chunk of material fell on the jac...
09/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Laceration under chin - Employee using jackhammer while standing on 24"" platform. Stepped back without looking and fell backwards. Let go of jackhammer and the jackhammer struck him on the chin.
08/13/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a jack hammer to clear a large chunk of material. The chunk broke free striking the jack hammer causing it to twist his wrist. Employee thought his wrist was sprained was given firs...
03/10/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing jackhammer from catwalk approx 6ft high. As the employee pulled the jackhammer down to the ground level, the jackhammer oiler struck the employee in the mouth, causing a chipped...