Carolina Stalite Company-Stalite Mill — Accidents

Total: 171 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/26/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee's were working inside the #2 Kiln cooler system. The employee that was injured had his arm over one of the cooler flight, he was tightening the bolts that holds the cooler flight in place. An...
09/24/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee was replacing the maintenance service door on the #1 coal mill, as he was tightening one of the treaded bolts, it broke causing the employee to suddenly lose his balance. He regained his...
03/10/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The EE had gathered a five gallon bucket of stalite material and emptied a five gallon bucket of coal. Minutes later he was walking to the EE's break room and felt a pain to his chest area and he deve...
02/23/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost EE was using a small jack hammer to remove the castable material from the #5 firing hood. A piece of castable material fell and hit the top of his left foot.
11/04/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE and a contractor EE where working from a bucket truck erecting an induced draft exhaust stack on the #7 kiln. On the decent the bucket truck boom moved suddenly giving EE a jolt.
07/22/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted EE was walking to inspect the clinker tunnel conveyor. The area which he was walking was wet from a leaking water pump. The wet area had grown some algae and no one had noticed the slippery spot. The...
07/21/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE's were working on the 6 and 8 ""middle deck"" of the three deck screening tower installing new screens. The EE that was injured was intending to use an electric impat wrench to tighten the 3/4 inch...
03/10/2009 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted On Monday 3/9/09 maintenance crew was doing repair work in one of our kilns. At this time no accident had occurred. On Tues morning the employee woke up with a crick to the right side of his neck. He...
10/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee closed the sliding glass door on the 20 ton crane. A small piece of foreign material got into his right eye. He rubbed his eye which most likely embedded the material.
08/26/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a ball pin hammer and the concrete floor to straighten out a bent retaining collar ring made of metal, that is a part of the assembly of a Dodge speed drive reducer. Employee believ...
08/02/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 43d restricted Our EE was inspecting the lower pier trunion rollers on the #4 Rotary Kiln. He alleged an approimately 60 lb metal heat shield that was propped against the handrail, fell against him, knocking him to...
07/30/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was dumping a load of coal from approx. 30 gallon drum into a front end rubber tired loader bucket. He pushed the drum into the loader bucket then reached and pulled it out. This is when he b...
04/16/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 24d restricted EE was helping maintenance pull cages out of the cloth bags that are a part of our dust collector system. He was pulling on this particular cage, when the cage became stuck. EE slid a screw driver ins...
02/19/2008 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 56d restricted The EE exited the #1 and #2 control room to wash down the #1 kiln firing deck, when the EE knelt down to wash between the kilns firing hood and the control room , he said he heard amd felt his knee po...
12/17/2007 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 32d lost EE was lubricating rotary kiln equipment. Around 6:30 he had dinner, then around 8:30 ee & co-worker met with their supervisor in the control room. He said he felt hot, so he took off one of the shirt...
11/16/2007 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Two employees were moving a 7' X 3x2 metal box to a new location inside the welding shop. They were using a two wheeled hand cart to do this task. As they were moving the box, all the weight shifted b...
07/23/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was helping another employee change cooler plates inside the #6 kiln cooler system. EE was located in the lower compartment cutting a T-Bolt out using an Acetylene cutting torch. During this proces...
07/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a Cub Cadet tractor. He traveled underneath a coal conveyor, a piece of foreign material got inside of his safety glasses and entered into his left eye. He rubbed his eye imbedd...
07/05/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 70d restricted EE was welding inside the welding shop on a piece of equipment. A hot piece of molten metal fell on top of his work boot. It laid on one corner of his boot, then burned through the fabric causing 2nd...
06/25/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 19d lost, 14d restricted Inj EE and 2 others, were attempting to remove a harden sleave from a shaft on kiln cooler system. Inj EE was heating sleave with torch, the other EE's were prying on the sleave with a crow bar. The...
03/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted EE was attempting to lift up an approximately 4x8 sheet of flat steel plate with a 2x4 board. As he began to left the steel, he twisted and felt a burning sensation in his lower back. **On June 22nd t...
02/27/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 100d lost Employee was using a hammer drill to place anchor holes in concrete. The drill bit became bound causing the hammer drill to twist in his right hand. He visited Hickory Orthopedic Center on 03-01-2007....
11/08/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was looking into the #3 rotary kiln, when a foreign body material blew back & stuck to the employee's left eye (cornea area).
08/20/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was shooting a ring out of the #6 Rotary kiln. A piece of metallic material ricochet back toward him penetrating into his left shoulder.
07/14/2006 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was struck in the forehead by a 24 inch conveyor belt hanger that was left in a vertical position.
07/10/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 35d restricted One of our employees was having trouble putting v-belts on the auxiliary unit. EE stepped down from a two foot concrete platform that the auxiliary unit is mounted to. When EE stepped down he stepped...
06/29/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost EE was dismounting the caterpillar 980-B frontend loader. EE claims he had mud on his boots that caused his foot to slip off of the top step of the loader he fell to the ground he hit his knee when h...
04/10/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was welding in the #1 kiln, there were some metal angle braces welded inside of the kiln where he was working. He leaned over to remove some slag, his welding shield started to fall off his head. H...
04/06/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 236d lost Process of rolling a tank to reposition. EE was told to move his chock since it was loose. There was a manway in center of the tank so had to put the forklift on the other end of the tank to releive...
02/03/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was in a squatting position washing down a concrete pad. As he was backing up with the hose, he slipped on some stalite material and the hose came out of his hands. The high pressure hose whi...
01/26/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted EE was pulling on a torque wrench, he was torquing the head bolts down on a crusher head. When he pulled on the wrench he felt a twinge to his left upper chest muscle.
01/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 75d restricted EE was washing off the #5 kiln concrete firing deck. A piece of flat bar metal was leaned up against the kilns doors. Vibratioin caused the metal to fall and strike EE on his upper right calf.
12/26/2005 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE WAS CLEANING OUT SOME DRY LIME CLOTS OUT OF THE #7 KILN DROP BOX. THE WIND WAS BLOWING TOWARD HIM AS HE WAS CLEANING OUT THE BOX. THE WIND BLEW SOME LIME INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
10/28/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING FLYASH WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIME INTO A FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. THE MATERIAL CAME OUT OF THE STORAGE TANK ALL AT ONE TIME CAUSING THE ASH TO SPLASH OUT OF THE LOADER BUCKET. SO...
10/23/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS HELPING SHOVEL ROCK OUT OF THE #2 KILN DRAG CHAIN COMPARTMENT. AS HE WAS EXITING THE DOOR, HE ALLEGEDLY SAID HIS KNEE WAS ON THE DOOR JAM. WHEN HE PULLED HIS LEFT LEG OUT OF THE DOOR HIS RIGHT...
10/12/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING AN 8""I-BEAM WITH AN OXYGEN & ACETYELENE TORCH. WHEN HE HIT THE OXYGEN IT BLEW HOT METAL SLAG BACK INTO HIS FACE. HE DID HAVE HIS CUTTING GOGGLES ON, THE HOT METAL BURNED HIM. HE...
06/21/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS GOING TO TURN THE HIGH PRESSURE WATER LINE OFF. HE LET GO OF THE NOZZLE TO TURN THE VALVE OFF, HOLDING THE WATER HOSE WITH THE OTHER HAND. WHEN HE LET GO OF THE NOZZLE IT WHIPPED BACK & S...
05/10/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Co-worker was on a ladder & injured walked up a ladder with a piece of sheet metal to hand to him. When injured stepped off ladder he stepped down on a 24"" long X 18"" wide piece of loose concrete &...
05/10/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 279d restricted EMPLOYEE SHOVELED LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE (STARLITE) APPROX. 30 - 35 POUNDS INTO A FIVE GALLON BUCKET. HE REACHED OVER & PICKED THE BUCKET UP TO PUT IT INTO THE BACK OF THE GOLF CART. WHEN HE LIFTED T...
03/05/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE CAME FROM THE KILN CONTROL ROOM TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT. WHEN HE WENT TO THE BREAKROOM, HE SAID THAT HIS HANDS STARTED SHAKING, THEN HE FAINTED & HIT HIS RT. SIDE OF HIS BACK. HE BRUISED HIS...
02/01/2005 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Klinker came across the handrail and hit employee on top of his right foot.
09/16/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 186d lost EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF THE 928 CATERPILLAR LOADER. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE STEP, CAUSING HIM TO FALL ONTO THE SHOP'S CONCRETE FLOOR. FROM HIS FALL EE RECEIVED A FRACTURED FOREARM AND...
09/16/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee was shooting a klinker out of the #2 rotary kiln, he was using an 8 gauge Winchester ring blaster. when he fired a shell into the rotary kiln, something ricocheted back at him, a piece of metallic...
09/01/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 9d restricted THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING V-BELTS ON A CRUSHER. HE STEPPED OFF OF THE PLATFORM & FELL BACKWARDS, HE WAS PREVENTED FROM FALLING TO THE GROUND BY HIS SAFETY HARNESS. HE STRUCK HIS RT. LEG ON THE PLATFOR...
08/09/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted EE WAS WASHING DOWN (TUNNEL). HE KNELT DOWN TO AVOID A PIECE OF METAL. HE HIT HIS KNEE ON A PIECE OF METAL PROTRUDING FROM THE WALL, THEN LOST HIS BALANCE, FALLING BACKWARDS ONTO AN I BEAM, HURTING...
06/09/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted EE WAS SHOVELING CASTABLE FROM A MORTAR PAN. AS HE WAS SHOVELING HE WAS TWISTING WITH THE CASTABLE MATERIAL PUTTING IT INTO BUCKETS SO IT COULD BE CARRIED INTO THE KILN. AS HE WAS DOING THIS TASK HE F...
03/27/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE WAS GREASING THE SCREEN BEARINGS ON THE 2 DECK SCREEN. HE USED THE HANDRAIL FOR A LADDER. AS HE WAS STEPPING DOWN ONTO THE SCREEN WALKWAY HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
03/08/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING ACROSS A SLAB TO CHECK ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. AS HE STOPPED, HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE SLAB AT WHICH TIME HE SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.
03/06/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE WAS TURNED AROUND DISMOUNTING THE 980-B CATERPILLAR LOADER. HIS RIGHT FOOR SLIPPED OFF THE SECOND STEP, FORCING ALL HIS WEIGHT TO HIS LEFT KNEE THAT WAS BENT. WHEN HE SLIPPED HE WAS ABLE TO H...
02/09/2004 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost ELECTRICAL EVALUATION OF 480V CIRCUIT TO DETERMINE PHASE AND ROTATION OF MOTOR #4 KILN ID FAN. EMPLOYEE SELECTED METER INCORRECTLY FOR JOB TASK. METER SHORTED OUT LIVE VOLTAGE 480V 600A RESULT ING IN...