Amrize Ste Genevieve Plant — Accidents
Total: 191 accidents | Fatalities: 1
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/09/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 38d restricted | Employee was tasked to set the classifier. During the lift, EE's right thumb got pinched. EE was taken to the local ER and treated. |
| 07/24/2025 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 44d restricted | EE was using wire wheel to clean one of EE's welds. EE was wearing a long sleeved shirt and a welding jacket. One of the wires stuck into EE's clothing on EE's left forearm. EE accidentally leaned int... |
| 07/22/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 52d restricted | While replacing a return roller, the employee loosened the bolts and the roller shifted and smashed the ring finger resulting in a laceration that needed medical attention. |
| 03/29/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 86d restricted | While trying to install piping for heat exchanger, the pipe shifted and the individual had hand in the proximity of the pipe. The employee's left, ring finger suffered avulsion at the tip from the pip... |
| 03/08/2025 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was working with EE's crew to remove a motor from a piece of damaged equipment from the top of the barge/rail load out silos. When the motor came off the shaft, it swung away from EE, but then came... |
| 02/17/2025 | FIRE | ACCIDENT ONLY | None | Fire burned the tube belt and caused a galley to fall. Called in immediately to MSHA |
| 01/21/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee slipped in the ice and caught self before falling. Strained the right shoulder. Physician prescribed physical therapy on 2/12/25 making it reportable. |
| 10/31/2024 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was working outside during a windy, dry day and got dust in the eye. They didn't notice an issue until the next day when there was some irritation. They eye doctor prescribed antibiotic eyedr... |
| 10/22/2024 | ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 146d restricted | Employee had surgery for a degenerative shoulder issue. EE will be on temporary modified work duty until released. |
| 08/15/2024 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Using a hole saw, the spring popped the cut piece of metal out striking the finger and causing a laceration. |
| 08/06/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Pulling up on a bag house bag, when it broke loose the employee hit their face with their hand chipping a tooth. |
| 04/09/2024 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Technicians were assigned to cut plate and weld it to repair the drum wheel on the magnetic separator. The tech had used brake cleaner to remove the grease and dirt from the face of the drum. When the... |
| 03/19/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 27d lost, 20d restricted | Employees were tempting to install expansion joint and place the chains to rig it while employee was tidying it up it came lose and caught employee's hand. |
| 03/11/2024 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 29d restricted | Employee was bent down and kneeling for a long period of time. When they stood up, they felt a pop in their right knee. |
| 02/08/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was working to clear a fly ash blockage when dust came out of the hatch and getting in the eye. The eye was flushed and antibiotic drops were prescribed. |
| 11/03/2023 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) | None | Employee was walking across the rock floor in the dome and EE's knee twisted while walking. Prescription was issued 1/08/24 resulting in this becoming reportable. |
| 10/02/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was hitting a bearing race with a hammer trying to get it to break free. A small piece of the metal race broke off and lodged in the upper right leg. |
| 08/26/2023 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Not wearing gloves while working. |
| 08/17/2023 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 21d restricted | Technician was performing regular duties while drilling build up on the preheater tower and EE's knee gave way while holding the drill. |
| 08/17/2023 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 68d restricted | Employee was using a straight torch to cut a bearing. The torch went out from slag build up and the employee rubbed the torch tip EE's hand on which EE had a welding glove to knock slag off the tip. W... |
| 04/22/2023 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The coal feeder became overloaded.The Supervisor manually pulled the drive belt. The feeder struck the obstruction, reversing the direction of the drive belt and causing the Supervisor's right little... |
| 04/19/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was handing the stationary vanes into the separator cage to another employee on the inside of the cage, then helping EE install the vanes. Employee didn't feel any pain at the end of the day,... |
| 01/22/2022 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 33d restricted | Employee was tightening conveyor belt. As they were climbing down off of the work area the employee's hammer loop on employee's pants caught one of the bolts, knocking them off balance, and causing th... |
| 11/07/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was poking the feed shelf after completing climbing the ladder. While looking up, material that was on face shield fell down into EE's left eye. |
| 11/05/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 242d restricted | Employee was walking around in the scraper compartment of the mill and slipped in the reject chute. As EE slid down the chute EE's left arm (shoulder) overextended quickly. Reportable on 12/1/2021. |
| 11/02/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using a dead blow hammer hitting a sucker hose to free material. EE felt sharp pain in the palm near right thumb. Incident became reportable on 11/12/2021. |
| 10/22/2021 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was tasked to test a High voltage cable. While preparing the cable to be tested, employee stepped down on a slope to get a piece of wire, losing footing and spraining left ankle. Incident b... |
| 10/11/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee and coworker were rotating a magnetic separator belt. The coworker lost grip on the belt causing the injured employee to lose balance and grip resulting in a backwards same level fall into a... |
| 04/05/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was dislodging a rock from pneumatic gate. When the rock broke free the gate moved suddenly pinning employee's hand between the shovel EE was using and the wall of the building resulting in a... |
| 03/09/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Technician was shooting industrial gun on the tower which required technician to have the gun at a steep angle. Thumb was required to be on the back of the gun as that is where the safety is located.... |
| 03/06/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee removing all-thread when the assembly gave way causing EE's index finger knuckle to hit the bearing guide resulting in a dislocated right index finger. |
| 02/23/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee picked up a chunk of hard material and was carrying it to disposal when chunk slipped out of hand striking employee on the right foot above the steel toe. Diagnosis is fracture of right litt... |
| 02/17/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | After replacing segments on 491-PN1 head sprocket employee started feeling pain in left shoulder. Incident became reportable on 2/24/21 due to medical treatment. |
| 02/16/2021 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using jackhammer to break material up. Employee noticed the next day their hand was hurting. Became reportable on 3/9/21 due to physical therapy. |
| 01/13/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 260d restricted | Employee was climbing out of vac truck to turn the vacuum truck operation on when they stepped off the step of the truck they felt a popping in a knee and almost fell down. Diagnosed with a torn menis... |
| 01/12/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Technician was cutting duct tape from sucker truck piping with a razor knife when it punctured and cut through EE's left glove and hand resulting in a laceration. |
| 01/06/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While installing a lid on a 5 gallon bucket with a spud wrench, employee was hammering the lid down and the wrench slipped out of EE's hand and jammed into the hand in between EE's thumb and index fin... |
| 09/02/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 107d restricted | Technician reported that while shoveling spillage from around the CKD work bin technician felt a twinge in left abdomen. Technician has previous history of hernia surgery in same body location. Diag... |
| 08/30/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing a 3 inch water hose from the quarry's water truck after filling it. As employee was doing this employee lifted the hose to shoulder to then put it on the ground. This fitting is... |
| 07/30/2020 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Completing a work order to replace the bags on L91-BF3. The cages and bags were sized to the cookie sheet and while trying to remove them with channel locks with jerking motion, with two other people... |
| 05/25/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While walking up stairs and carrying 12 liters of oil, employees knee gave out and became unstable. Employee provided with physical therapy on 6/8/2020 making reportable. |
| 09/09/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | On 9/9/19 employee was assigned to perform annual lube of a pan conveyor. Technician reached down to pick up a 5 gallon bucket of grease and felt 3 pops in back. The incident became reportable on 10/... |
| 05/17/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Technician was changing bags in baghouse. After removing approximately 20 bags the technician reached down to pull out another bag when the technician felt pain in right shoulder. The bag became stu... |
| 03/23/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was assisting another employee with a tower plug. Employee was unaware that kiln dust had accumulated on face shield. The dust fell into employee's right eye. |
| 11/05/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was freeing material from a chute when a large amount of dust released making the area hard to see. As the employee tried to exit the area, EE fell on left shoulder resulting in a strain. T... |
| 08/20/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 24d restricted | Employee was dismounting dozer when foot slipped causing them to lose grip on the handrail and falling to ground on left hip and elbow. Employee diagnosed with fracture of elbow on 8/28/2018. |
| 06/15/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | EE was tasked with installing compressor replacement on A/C Unit. As EE positioned compressor into the unit, EE's left middle finger made contact between compressor and surface. |
| 12/09/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 83d lost | The employee injured knee as EE fell after being struck by the end of a belting roll. Employee was un-banding the roll preparing to un-wind the roll and didn't realize the roll end was on top. The fre... |
| 11/21/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employees were reassembling guards on a belt conveyor. The injured was sliding a guard back into place when left hand was pinched between the guard and a handrail resulting in a contusion. The incid... |
| 08/02/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 17d restricted | The site was lowering vanes from a coal mill via a pulley and rope system. A vane fell against the leg of the employee injuring EE's left knee. |