Carmeuse, Port Inland Operation — Accidents

Total: 87 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/13/2026 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted While descending a step ladder in, EE felt the ladder wiggle and fell approximately 4 feet to the ground.
08/14/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was turning to dismount the locomotive when lost footing resulting in slip/fall off of platform/steps.
04/19/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Haul road conditions deteriorated over the course of the shift resulting in strenuous operating for the haul truck drivers; EE experienced back strain as a result of conditions.
12/02/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 142d lost Employee fell through opening in walkway.
09/22/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE was attempting to loosen a bolt with a wrench. When putting force/pressure on the wrench, it slipped off the bolt causing the EE to lose balance and fall backwards onto a railing. EE had strain/bru...
08/19/2022 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 116d lost EE became ill from suspected (but unconfirmed) heat exhaustion; lost consciousness and was transported via ambulance for further treatment. EE still under evaluation, and incident still under investig...
03/18/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Millwright cut knee while cutting a conveyor belt. The belt knife slipped and cut through millwright's overalls and into knee. Received 5 stitches at ER.
08/31/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 90d restricted Employee was lifting a piece of scrap steel into the metal disposal dumpster, and felt a sharp pain in right shoulder. Employee has continued to work, however, the strain had caused damage to tendons...
05/28/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted After finishing loading a boat, injured walked up the stairs to shut power off in 2 north tunnel. While walking up the stairs injured felt a pop in their knee.
05/15/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was walking from the caboose back to the 7523 engine to restart it after stalling. EE was in the process of dumping cars and was walking along the dump shack parking area. While walking alo...
10/19/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted While operating the locomotive pushing a cut of empty cars into the WQ loading station the EE felt pain in right shoulder.
07/07/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Great Lakes Trader employee was standing near mooring wire preparing to move wire off of mooring bit. When a second Trader employee started the winch, the mooring wire struck injured in the stomach, k...
07/02/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was manually moving rail road ties to forks on loader when ties shifted pinching finger between two ties. Resulted in fracture and laceration.
04/21/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 122d restricted While closing slide Gate in # 8 tunnel, Ratchet slipped off the shaft causing EE to fall backwards striking lower back.
09/20/2017 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee showed a Standard threshold shift during annual audio metric testing. At this time we are investigating if this is work related.
09/20/2017 OTHER ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee showed a standard threshold shift during our annual audio metric testing. It is still under investigation if this case is work related.
07/22/2017 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None While backing a dozer down a stockpile, EE went over a lip in the pile which shook the dozer. This in turn caused some pain in EE's neck. After continued discomfort, EE went for MRI on 9/28/2017. EE...
01/18/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was bending over to put on work boots and felt a pop in lower back. Employee was unable to move.
09/06/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 27d restricted Surgery 12/19/16 - Carrying a pale of stemming, slipped down a hill, pulled groin
06/20/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Boat was docking and throwing heaving lines and when the EE attempted to catch it the EE stepped into a hole/washout on the dock. The EE fell and twisted right ankle.
04/15/2016 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Embers from the exhaust of the locomotive used to transport material from the quarry to the mill ignited a grassy area and spread to cover ~5 acres of wetlands at the mine site.
04/07/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted While changing bags in the bag house EE was kneeling down to change a bag and turned to grab a tool EE left knee popped.
01/25/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 124d restricted When EE's left foot stepped from the ladder onto the surface it slipped from the ladder to a cleat in the walkway. The EE was able to catch self with EE's right arm by hanging onto a ladder rung. Th...
01/25/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing maintenance on car 123 and discovered a damaged brake cylinder, which was removed and placed in back of service truck. The employee +1 were removing the cylinder from the truck...
04/22/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was lifting the pump associated with a hydraulic wrench and strained their lower back
02/13/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee slipped and twisted his knee when he was coming down from the hill. He caught himself but twisted knee. Site conditions were snow covered and slippery in some areas.
11/28/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was walking across loading dock area between shuttle and lunch room when he slipped and fell. Area had received 1"" of snow, underlying ice was not obvious.
06/25/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee was cleaning up stone that had spilled off a conveyor from previous loading. He slipped on loose particles that were on concrete surface and landed on shoulder and elbow. Minor scrapes occu...
03/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was repositioning (on a pallet) a railroad car brake beam that had been previously loaded with chain onto the pallet. Employee felt an abdominal strain the next day.
12/19/2013 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating Cat 990 Loader to clean around a railbed. As he was backing up and looking backward, he ran over uneven ground which jostled him. He claims to have heard a pop in his lower back...
05/10/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was climbing down haul truck steps. When he stepped from the bottom step to the ground he felt pain in his left knee. The ground onto which he stepped was level and bottom step is 28"" above...
05/07/2013 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A grass fire was noticed next to train rail. An area of about 150ft by 400 ft was burned by the time the fire was extinguished. No injury to persons or to property except to the area of grass. It is t...
04/20/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reports that when walking up the screen tower he slipped on ice and his knee struck the midrail of the handrails along the walkway. Medical treatment was sought about 3 months later.
02/27/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was walking with sledge hammer over shoulder going back to tool room after using it to knock down ice that was hanging off a building. As he was walking his feet went out from under him and h...
11/14/2012 POWERED HAULAGE INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None Person was trespassing on mine property on the evening of November 14, 2012. He crashed his off road vehicle (ORV) and suffered serious head injuries. Michigan State Police investigated & indicated th...
08/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 172d restricted Employee was shovelling. Reported a back strain. Restricted work activities on 10/19/2012.
08/18/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing copper shielding from 5kv 4-0 wire with retractable blade utility knife. The knife slipped and cut his Left thumb requiring 6 sutures.
06/09/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee walked around train to shovel spillage, stepped in oil, slipped and fell. He reported it that day. However he did not go to the doctor until July 26, 2011. He was then prescribed physical...
02/11/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 346d lost Stripping in east quarry, a cedar tree came off the bank onto the loader across the bucket & windshield. In an effort to remove the tree from the loader without damaging the windshield, employee climb...
04/12/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Three grass fires each covering 1/2 acre or less were discovered burning along the railroad tracks. They had started from burning material exhausted from the locomotive stacks that had built up from...
03/31/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee removing lagging off of snub pulley on boat end shuttle when rust or dirt got into eye. Safety glasses and face shield was being used. Wind was swirling and material made it into his eye.
02/17/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Replacement and cutting of structural steel on #3 Stacker caused hot slag to fall between belt and rubber lagging on drive pulleys, igniting belt. The stacker acting as a chimney caused flames to cli...
01/05/2010 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating Cat 777 haul truck hauling overburden stripping from the quarry south face to the stripping dump. As employee was being loaded by LeTourneau loader, a large chunk of frozen mate...
09/14/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 33d restricted Employee was using an 8 foot pole with a hook on the end, poking and prodding at material stuck in chute. Material broke free causing employee to jerk - causing pain in both shoulders and back.
09/07/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 79d restricted Left arm rest in loader was too low and unable to adjust to higher position. Controlling ""joy stick"" withour support to arm caused soreness in shoulder/arm/hand. EE took next day off as ""sick day...
04/18/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost After dumping loaded haul truck at jaw crusher, worker drove down ramp when a tie rod broke sending haul truck into a mud bank causing front end impact.
03/27/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While cutting heads off of bolts with plasma cutter, EE was using left hand to secure bolt, then plasma cutter came across left hand.
01/15/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 104d lost Employee was helping carry a calrod heater, walking backwards between screen deck and bonnett and his foot slipped off end of plywood and went into lime burning chute.
04/25/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While walking out of building (lunchroom), sprained left ankle on a cement ledge.
03/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was welding on a railcar I-beam. Stood up and welding helmet fell off. EE went to jump down to pick up welding helmet on the ground, striking head against corner of railcar.