Amrize Ste Genevieve Plant — Accidents

Total: 191 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/05/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Improper body positioning. Miner lost his balance striking his right forearm on adjoining sheet. Laceration to right forearm, 4 stitches.
04/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Worker was on scaffold platform and piece of duct was being spun. The duct fell, and worker's right knee was pinned between mill feed chute and scaffold. Rigging slipped and piece fell when miscommu...
04/28/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While leaving work area due to heavy downpour, the worker stepped off of earth ramp and onto a crane mat, and twisted right ankle.
04/14/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal Employee fell approximately 100 feet while dismantling a suspended Safway Systems scaffold. The accident is still under investigation.
04/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 84d restricted Employee stepped over a pipe approximately 4 ft in the air, employee thought the pipe was supported by the blocks under the pipe. When his Left foot went over the pipe, and he put in down on the block...
03/30/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was cutting grating in a very tight spot, when he lost control of the 4"" grinder and cut his right hand. Individual was supporting his weight with the right hand and grinding with left.
03/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted IW was moving/lifting a 3'x10' metal plate with a co-worker and sliding it back over an open concrete trench. The plate slid and fell 18"" down onto the IW's right foot. The IW sustained fractures t...
02/28/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was ducking under some scaffold and raised up too soon, hitting his head on a pipe resulting in a laceration to right eyebrow.
02/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 163d restricted While moving a well wheel used for hoisting siding panels, felt shoulder popand immediately experienced pain. Made hospital visit and returned to full duty. Upon follow-up visit, still complained abou...
02/21/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None It was snowing/sleeting outside and the temperature was around 28 degrees. The employee was descending extension ladder and slipped on rung, fell 10 feet. When employee fell the left leg was hung up o...
02/18/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was exiting her work area and slipped and fell on concrete floor. Worker reported pain in her right knee. Original x-rays on 2/19/09 showed no fracture. MRI on 3/31/09 revealed fracture to righ...
02/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was handeling bricks and dropped one on his foot
02/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was working with a partner cleaning up a work area. He and partner picked up a ""rail road tie"" to carry over to their buggy. Employee felt a strain in his back and was unable to get up wi...
02/06/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Employee was walking to restroom at the start of the shift and slipped on ice. He broke his wrist trying to catch himself when he fell.
02/03/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Slipped on a small patch of ice at the base of the scaffold, grabbing the scaffold to support fal; twisted his back. He reported onset of low back pain with radiation to lower extremities, spasm in lu...
01/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was drilling a hole in refractory when the drill bit got stuck and the drill twisted out of EE's hand. This resulted in a fracture to the fourth metacarpal.
01/23/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 73d restricted Employee was breaking loose bolts on steel structure with a wrench, when he felt a pain in his right shoulder and neck.
01/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was removing a trash hopper from a freight elevator. The elderly elevator operator was sitting in a chair inside the elevator and refused to move, so in an effort to avoid hitting the operator, EE...
01/14/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling the starter rope on a small generator. The engine compression was greater that the pulling power resulting in a backlash on the rope. The backlash pulled his fingers apart from th...
01/06/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EE was working hoisting a large valve from level 4 down to 3. They were using a 10 ton chain hoist to lower and were using their legs to push the valve out to clear the handrail. While pushing again...
01/03/2009 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was assisting in refractory installation when he bent down and felt a pain in his back.
01/02/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a conveyor catwalk. He got into a hurry while traveling the catwalk, tripped over a spool that was holding wire that was being installed. He fell to the catwalk, resulting in...
12/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in a scissor's lift pulling cable. He felt a pain in his stomach, lower mid section.
12/29/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual slipped off a 12 in. dia pipe he was standing on while operating a chain hoist striking his elbow on the corner flange of the duct work resulting in a deep contusion and bursitis in the rig...
12/20/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee was descending a permanent ladder from control room inside C/A building when he slipped off the ladder and fell backwards striking a pallet/box with his mid back. He fell a total of approxim...
12/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A pipe fitter working on the removal of some 1"" diameter piping was struck on the hand when a piece of pipe he was removing fell and struck his right hand.
12/14/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 80d restricted Employee was exiting a man lift when he stepped on a rock and turned his ankle. Conservative treatment was persued for 2.5 months and had outpatient surgery to repair tendon on 3/6/09. No lost time,...
12/11/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee became disoriented while performing firewatch duties. He stepped off a 34 inch high platform knocked over a barricade and fell to the ground. Employee claims a reaction to medication caused...
12/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Boilermaker was using a 10 ton port a power and a ""L"" shaped lug to align 2 sections of ductwork. Weld on the lug broke under pressure, causing the lug to bounce up and strike the boilermaker in th...
11/29/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was drilling a hole for an ice melt spreader mounting bracket, the 1/2"" drill bound up when the bit broke through the metal plate causing the drill to spin. Employees little finger was caug...
11/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted While extending his upper body out of the wall to clamp top of siding panel into place, the employee rolled over on his side quickly to move out of the way of panel being hoisted. The toe plate he was...
10/29/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding and grinding on hopper section. Employee finished grinding and went to put on welding hood. When employee put on welding hood, employee felt a foreign body in his left eye. Employ...
10/09/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee struck his knee on stacked handrail waiting to be installed. From the contusion on his knee it got infected and fluid had to be taken off his knee.
09/24/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was untangling an extension cord when another worker (employed by a different contractor) dropped an unsecured chain fall onto him. EE was struck on his hard hat and the chain fall also struck his...
09/22/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 110d restricted Employee was moving plywood off of equipment skid, when he stepped on a rock. This twisted his foot/ankle, casuing a chip fracture in his left foot. Employee reported on 9/22 and visited the Dr. on...
09/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was erecting scaffold inside of G-Ring approximately 5' off the ground. Placing boards onto brackets the board slipped and as he compensated for this, the end of the board pushed his hand ont...
09/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting in the dismantlement of a scaffold. While passing a wood plank to a co-worker below, he received a splinter under his upper arm.
09/02/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While cutting plastic band off of door hardware, the utility knife slipped off of the plastic band and cut his his left thumb.
08/18/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 90d restricted Employee was torquing bolts using a torque wrench. He used his shoulder to push the wrench upward causing a compression injury to his shoulder. Injury was not diagnosed as a tear to tnedon initially...
08/18/2008 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE was working with hand railing, when wasps came out of railing. EE was stung on both forearms. Later in evening, EE's arms started to swell and the next morning the EE was taken to the clinic & give...
08/08/2008 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working inside an aerial boom lift with a partner. They were in the process of moving away from the structure, when the lift came in contact with the structure. Employee had his hand on...
08/07/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted At approx. 9:45 am an employee of Atlas/PMI who was working at the kiln piers as an operator was exiting the restroom on the south side of kiln pier 2 and was returning to his crane. As a result of th...
08/06/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual complained of having something in his eye. He went to the nurse. The nurse removed 2 pieces of debris from his eye and could not remove the third. Sent him to clinic and his eye had to have...
07/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 65d lost, 30d restricted Employee was moving steel braces for structural steel erection by hand and strained his back. Injury has not improved and increased treatment went into effect on 8/26/08 causing injury to become repo...
07/25/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 44d restricted It had previously rained and there was standing water at the base of scaffold. When employee started climbing down the ladder, the welders gloves being wet, he lost grip with one hand and then the oth...
07/22/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Brace lowered into place with crane, choker at upper end, come-a-long at lower end. Bolt put in upper brace to beam connection. Crane took over brace's weight, come-a-long was removed, attached in the...
07/19/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a pry bar to adjust a steel frame, during steel erection sequence. Bar slipped out from frame and struck employee in the cheek, causing a small laceration. 4 sutures were required...
07/18/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding on a kiln. The steel had to be heated up and the welder had to weld from one side of his body 10 hrs a day. A buch of loose skin devloped on his left elbow, he complained of the p...
07/02/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was walking through an area that had been prepped for a concrete pour. He did not see the string line pulled to mark grade. Employee tripped on the string line and fell striking his knee on...
06/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reached in fan housing to manually move fan blade for fan alignment. Fan had accumulated water and movement caused water to shift and the fan to move further than expected. This resulted in...