Amrize Portland Plant — Accidents
Total: 194 accidents | Fatalities: 1
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/14/2015 | POWERED HAULAGE | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was trouble shooting a pan conveyor. Employee rested his hand on the rail for balance when a roller came by it pinched the end of his finger |
| 07/21/2015 | FIRE | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Coal mill bag house smolder no illness or injury bag house was completely re-bagged |
| 06/04/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was pulling on a cable when the cable broke causing a laceration to his left hand. employee received 3 stitches |
| 04/20/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | employee was taking a cement sample from a cement tanker truck. The employee went to dump the sample into a five gallon bucket when the material splashed up and hit the employee in the left eye |
| 03/02/2015 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 25d restricted | Employee stepped off of a ladder stepped on a rock and sprained his ankle. |
| 01/25/2015 | OTHER | INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES | None | EE was found in the smoking area in front of the main office building. When he was found he was cool to the touch and no pulse. CPR was started by the plant first responders. The Florence EMS group wa... |
| 01/06/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was installing an electrical motor on 1/6/2016 when the employee was taken to workers comp Dr. Dr stated strained muscle no restrictions injury did not improve MRI Completed and surgery for... |
| 12/02/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | 2 EE were opening the bottom of a bin in order to vacuum it out. 1 EE hit the side of the bin to knock down the loose material. The dust came down and shot out the opening hitting EE in the chest. The... |
| 04/30/2014 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 392d lost | Individual was climbing the ladder on a 785 haul truck missed the top grab bar and fell to the ground. |
| 01/14/2014 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 40d restricted | Employee states he was removing an arch for canopies and it sprung back, striking him on the left hand. This office was notified 1/16/14, when employee sought medical treatment. There is no lost tim... |
| 09/26/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 24d lost, 110d restricted | Employee was removing a tool pouch weighing 20 lbs. from the back of a service truck. Employee felt shoulder move out of socket then back in. Had pain in right shoulder |
| 12/06/2012 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 139d restricted | Individual was traveling to get a clinker sample stepping over a chain tripped on the chain and fell striking his shoulder on the ground |
| 09/26/2012 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was changing tire and was straightening the rim lock holder with a tire bar. Tire bar slipped and hit his upper front teeth. Minor chipping of front teeth. No other injuries or impairment. |
| 09/01/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 13d restricted | Individual was preparing to clean the roof of a substation was pulling vacuum hose to the roof and experienced pain in her back. |
| 07/16/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 11d restricted | EE and three others were removing an aluminum ramp from the cooler area of the plant. Each individual was lifting and sliding the ramp. The IE attempted to slide ramp and felt his back pop. |
| 05/15/2012 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 66d restricted | Employee was jackhammering a vertical refractory wall in the calciner, working from his knees when he felt a shooting pain in his back. |
| 07/22/2011 | FIRE | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Equip/property damage - 8:30 shut mill down suspected. Short time after shutdown temp began to rise in baghouse & co became appetent. To inert with CO2 was started. One hour later no change in temp or... |
| 06/29/2011 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 32d restricted | Employee was trying to roll the ring cover over when the pry bar slipped out of the bolt hole. When the pry bar came loose it allowed the plate to roll back over landing on top of the employee's right... |
| 06/01/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 70d restricted | 4 ee lifting devise and began to hook up rolling pin & when attempting to hook up. They slid the pin through the hook & were attempting to center it, the pin went too far through the hook & fell out t... |
| 04/06/2011 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee reported on 4/8/11 at 2:30pm that his eye was burning & thought it to be pink eye. He went to his optometrist for review. When the doctor looked in his eye there was a piece of metal embedded... |
| 11/02/2010 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 164d lost | Employee was working on fan trying to remove a coupling. The center bolt would not come loose. Tried using a large break over bar, then used a large pipe to get more leverage. When applying pressure t... |
| 07/31/2010 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was cutting a zip tie off of a new tape measure using a knife. When the tie cut, the knife slipped stabbing his left hand between the thumb and forefinger. Employee received medical care. Rec... |
| 05/20/2010 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While in the process of welding, hot weld slag fell onto the boot if ICM employee. The weld slag burned through the boot, causing a burn to his foot. |
| 10/13/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | Employee was cleaning up at the end of shift & picked up a hard chunk of cement & dropped it in the georgia buggy. There was dry cement in the bottom & when the chunk was dropped in the loose material... |
| 10/01/2009 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | Employee was hammering on a wrench to break a bolt loose. When the EE swung the hammer it struck an I-beam that put the hammer in a different direction & struck his right hand between the thumb & firs... |
| 09/02/2009 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 25d lost | EE was in reclaimer hall greasing rollers. EE bent down to grease roller when he stood back up he felt a pain in his L knee. An EE was working w/ee called for help. First responders arrived gave assis... |
| 05/12/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was removing bags from main cooler bag house. The cage that the bag goes around is difficult to move so the EE was using an up/down motion to loosen the bag so it could be removed. Bags were being... |
| 04/16/2009 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was air arcing and a piece of hot slag entered his left ear. EE received burn. |
| 03/06/2009 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was woarking on removing clinker cooler roller crusher from housing. After working w/ fellow employee in setting porta-power jack, he stood up and caught the area aboce his right eye on a pie... |
| 02/24/2009 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | EE stated that while tightening down a bolt, the wrench slipped off the bolt head causing him to strike his elbow against the side of the hopper. He stated there was no pain, no loss of motion. He was... |
| 10/07/2008 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was loading a rail car top (which was wet from rain) on track 2. While descending the ladder with now wet boots his foot slipped on the ladder and his right leg came in contact with a metal s... |
| 07/09/2008 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE felt irritation in his right eye. The irritation increased while at lunch. EE irrigated his eye & felt better. Driving home the irritation increased & became painful.Safety Mgr took ee to clinic fo... |
| 06/23/2008 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Wind blew concrete dust into the employee's eye. |
| 06/05/2008 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was pulling chocks another area to the grease bay to use on a vehicle he was going to service when he slipped on wet pavement & felt a pop in his left knee. Employee has been able to perform... |
| 05/20/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was working in the finish mill 2. Material fell from above & some dust got into his left eye. He removed a small piece of gypsum & then contacted a first aid responder for assistance with flushing... |
| 02/20/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | A sheave block previously used to hold cable in place was suspended appox. 30 ft above from where employee was working. As the cable was placed against tray the sheave slid down the cable striking emp... |
| 02/01/2008 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE had a foreign object in his eye. He is unsure when and how it happened. He was taken to the clinic and had it removed |
| 01/06/2008 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 52d restricted | Employee finished preventive maintenance on the it loader and was walking ot the port-a-john when he stepped on a rock and twisted his right knee. |
| 10/28/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 51d lost | Employee was helping lower a gunite hose when it became hung up on a beam. In attempting to free it, the hose was pulled upward when the coupling came loose. The hose fell striking the employee on th... |
| 08/06/2007 | FIRE | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Normal inspection was being done. Performed air test and observed high CO. Decided to vent & wait for another test. CO kept climbing and one employee observed smoke around 12:15 pm. Closed all gates t... |
| 06/22/2007 | FIRE | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | A fire was reported at approx 1:30 pm. I immediately went to investigate & found a fire located approx 1 mile east of the plant facility. Apparently a train passed through the area & a spark ignited t... |
| 05/30/2007 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 257d restricted | EE was asked to power down a gas welder, but could not find the off switch. He decided to use the throttle cable to shut down the welder. There was a cooling fan in close proximity of the throttle cab... |
| 05/08/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 22d restricted | Employee was on the tower shoveling and felt a snap and pop in his back Physicians review has bound a l-s strain l5 radicular pain. He is on light duty until further review. |
| 03/23/2007 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 70d restricted | EE was trying to drill the end of the grounding clamp for a welding lead. The clamp was held in the drill's vice. He was holding the end of the welding lead with his left hand. The drill bit hung up i... |
| 01/24/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 13d restricted | The employees were pulling buckets of debris from a lower scaffolding & felt a sharp pain in the middle of his back. |
| 01/22/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Miner was cleaning the snow and ice off of his boots, slipped, striking steel plates that were stacked up against a column causing them to fall on his right ankle. The plates that landed on him were a... |
| 01/21/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Putting seperator shelf into position, leaned up against wall of Mill to prep for next section. Pushed it towards wall and lowered chainfalls, it hung up on shelf and slipped off, then it came down an... |
| 01/17/2007 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | Late at night, employee was not aware of surroundings. |
| 10/06/2006 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 64d restricted | EE complained that over a period of time he has experienced an increase in pain and numbness in both of his hands and arms. Surgery has been performed on the left arm and once healed, surgery will be... |
| 08/31/2006 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | Employee was driving a mini skid steer into the mill building & down a hallway. There was low conduit across pathway & he struck his head when going under. He felt his neck jam & his spine pop at the... |