AMRIZE RAVENA PLANT — Accidents

Total: 189 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/01/2025 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Fire in coal mill dust collector was reported to MSHA phone hotline. No injuries.
08/06/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee tripped on a beam and reported sore pain in ankle and calf, at initial report thought to be a sprain. Later in the week, employee was diagnosed with leg fracture.
04/07/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was driving a loader when bucket hit ground. Employee lunged forward hitting chest on the steering wheel.
02/06/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While exiting vehicle in parking lot before shift start, employee slipped and fell. Employee hit their head and had minor abrasion on right pinky finger. On 2/10/25, employee was diagnosed with concus...
01/06/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While moving a ladder, employee knocked dust off of light. Dust got into employee's eyes.
11/26/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee dropped roller on gloved hand fracturing middle finger and causing bleeding.
08/19/2024 ELECTRICAL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was actively building scaffold in the mill when EE came into contact with an unidentified live wire. Employee received a shock which caused EE to lose balance and fall approximately 2'. Emplo...
07/31/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 19d lost, 60d restricted Employee was shoveling and felt pop/pressure in abdomen. Employee diagnosed with hernia. Doctor restricted employee to limited lifting until follow-up.
03/28/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Worker felt pain in right elbow while lifting a piece of scaffold from ground level.
03/13/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While accessing the loader, the employee lost their grip on the door handle and strained their back.
03/10/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing the lid of the level 6 tipping valve, as lid was tensioned using a come along the lid dislodged and swung into employee's left shin causing a laceration requiring 10 stitches. As...
08/13/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a jackhammer to clear out a choked vibrating feeder, after working and clearing the blockage, employee reported soreness in left shoulder. Employee went to the doctor on 8/14/2023...
06/29/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Driver was walking from driver's truck into a small building on site to sign for driver's load. Driver states driver thinks driver tripped over the door tread. The driver fell to the concrete floor su...
04/05/2023 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None 4 contractors were entrapped in the preheat elevator at 2:20pm MSHA called at 2:50pm. Miners rescued at 5:15pm entrapment of 4 contractors - investigation ongoing
03/20/2023 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None 4 contractors entrapped in side pre-heat tower elevator for 36 minutes. MSHA was notified at the 30 minute mark.
02/04/2023 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee trapped in elevator in the Mill room due to a blown fuse. Elevator company responded to get employee out
01/04/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Hearing - Employee completing EE's annual audiogram showed sign of noise induced hearing loss
01/04/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Hearing - Employee completing annual audiogram showed signs of noise induced hearing loss.
01/04/2023 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Hearing- Employee completing EE's annual audiogram showed signs of noise induced hearing loss.
12/04/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driller was tramming to drill site, when the drill tipped over. Operator was not severely injured. Minor cuts and staples applied to laceration on head
11/21/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Bending or reaching to install a pump. Muscle spasms in back.
10/21/2022 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 89d restricted Not serious - Repetitive strain injury to left shoulder. employee reported injury to shoulder from operation of loader controls
08/18/2022 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was walking in warehouse when EE stepped on the side of a pallet and rolled ankle.
06/10/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was climbing a ladder when operator heard a pop in left shoulder.
04/28/2022 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Miner coming down from preheater tower when elevator stuck between level 1 and ground floor. Contact control room and elevator company contacted. Entrapped for 1 hour 20 minutes.
03/22/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was cleaning plugged air slide. Dust in the air passed through seal of glasses and got in EE's eye.
01/06/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Installing a rock anchor into the tunnel roof. Piece of rock fell from the roof and hit worker in the face, EE fell into the tunnel wall. Co-worker was installing the rock anchor. The worker installin...
01/03/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee reported that left shoulder was sore and stiff after jack hammering under a conveyor belt during scheduled shift. The injury became reportable on 3/3/2022 when physical therapy was assign...
11/10/2021 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Smashed left pinky finger between wheelbarrow and wall.
10/14/2021 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Two contractors stuck in pre-heat elevator (entrapment)
08/02/2021 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None 3 employees trapped in freight elevator on preheater tower between floors for 3 hours. No injuries and the condition of the employees was monitored via radio communication at all times.
07/28/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing a chock block from the haul truck, the employee felt a pain in their right shoulder. Diagnosed with rotator cuff arthropathy. Employer learned of diagnosis on 10/5/2021.
03/28/2021 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator malfunction.
03/24/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While lifting limit amp contactor out of electrical cubicle, the contactor rolled back and pinched employees right index finger resulting in a laceration.
02/15/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted Employee assigned to housekeeping activities where employee was carrying wooden pallets. Part of the pallet fell from the employee's grip causing a trip and fall landing on both hands. Employee diag...
02/10/2021 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 21d restricted An employee reported that their shoulder was still sore the morning after operating a jackhammer in an awkward position the day before inside the 211BC-01 drag. Injury reportable on 2/22/2021 due to...
02/06/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost 2 production employees were working on unplugging the coal railcar unloading hopper of frozen material. While cleaning the material, a large piece of frozen coal, approximately 0.5m diameter, exited...
12/13/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was latching the railcar swing door, while pulling downward on the swing door pry bar, the pry bar came out of the latching knuckle. The employee felt a pull on the left shoulder and left ar...
12/04/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on overhead sensor system smoke detector attempting to install a temporary junction box cover to conceal the detector leads until a replacement was received. ?During the fabricati...
11/17/2020 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was coming down a ladder and bumped left knee on a rung. The employee was on the third 20 foot ladder set from the top of the silo.
11/08/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was traveling north in bobcat, hit a bump in road, and states their leg tripped the lockout bar which put the machine into lockout mode. The vehicle came to a sudden stop which caused employe...
08/10/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 141d restricted Employee was in the Preheat Tower on the second level removing a thermocouple. While pulling on the thermocouple to remove it employee believes they may have strained left arm. Incident became reporta...
07/17/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 109d restricted While walking with ladder on employees shoulder, EE tried to lift the ladder over the railing of a portable stair case causing EE's body to come out of position and straining EE's back. Injury became...
05/13/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 73d restricted Employee was replacing buckets on bucket elevator chain and was holding new bucket to bolt into place when EE felt 2 pops in EE's right arm. Employee diagnosed with a detached right biceps tendon.
04/01/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 170d restricted The employee was using a come-a-long to work on a coal mill roller roll. Employee was tightening down the nut on the top of the tapered journal assembly. At the end of the day employee felt soreness i...
03/09/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted While shoveling in the tunnel to clear material from under a transport belt the employee felt some discomfort in the ribcage on the left side in the area below EE's heart. The incident became reporta...
01/20/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While setting out Chains to be installed on the 993 loader, employee was pulling on some of the links to spread them out. While doing this, elbow started to hurting.
01/11/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While being loaded with blasted stone into the haul truck, a stone from the kalkberg bench caused the truck to jolt which then caused the employee to experience a ""pop"" in the neck. The employee sta...
12/23/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted While walking along the boom catwalk at the wharf employee tripped and attempted to catch themselves with left hand on the handrail.
10/28/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 69d restricted EE was assigned to clean and wash out the inside of the coal mill and slipped while in the mill and fell to EE's left. When falling EE reached EE's left arm out to EE's side to catch self and upon imp...