Celatom Plant — Accidents

Total: 78 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/28/2025 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee struck the back of EE's left hand on metal supporting structure while ascending stairway. Resulting in a fracture to the third metacarpal of the left hand.
10/23/2023 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Transloading hose plugged. Disconnected hose, pressure blew powder into face. Safety glasses blown off, powder entered left eye. Eyes flushed. Irritation, blurry vison persisted. Visit to medical clin...
02/02/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted As employee exited a rubber tire yard forklift, foot missed or was partially on the step and they lost balance and fell backwards. Hard hat fell off and they struck the back of head on a vertical stru...
07/16/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted Employee tripped on the gravel path step between the truck shop and the office. Video shows that EE didn't lift foot high enough for the 3rd step. The tip of EE's boot hit the step causing EE to trip...
02/18/2019 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 122d lost Our mill 2 railcar vent line plugged which pressurized the car. The employee responded to the audible signal which indicates the compartment is full. EE heard hissing sound, walked to the vent line,...
01/28/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 68d restricted Employee opened the valve of our air lance. Force of air hyperextended left arm back resulting in left shoulder strain.
03/28/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted 03/28/2018 employee stands after sweeping in squatted position and feels pain in back, reports it following day, continues to work and complains it isn't improving on 4/30/2018 so I take them to docto...
11/13/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee bumped by a forklift load of 50lb bags of product while taping cardboard inside a trailer. Employee fell backwards and the following day was diagnosed with sprain of ligaments of thoracic an...
09/15/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee repetitively refed 50 pound bags for 5 days. After ee weekend off, ee reported severe back pain and saw a doctor who gave ee medication and restricted duty
07/14/2017 ELECTRICAL FATALITY Fatal Temporary contracted employee contacted the 12500 volt overhead power line with an irrigation pipe
01/22/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 25d restricted Record heavy snow and employee slipped on ice. Ice melt had been applied.
03/16/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee slipped in mud in a ditch embankment and fell, landing on EE's back. Doctor gave a 15 pound lift, pull, push restriction.
04/26/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was closing the hood of his 1999 Kenworth W900 series truck in dry, warm weather and pulled his groin muscle causing a hernia or muscle strain. This occurred while performing post trip vehic...
11/15/2014 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee standing in the packaging area got a piece of dirt in his eye. He was wearing safety glasses. It became reportable when the nurse put a drop of erythromycin in his eye. He returned to work wi...
07/24/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None worker pulled empty bag from full pallet, bag ripped free unexpectedly and we stumbled backwards and felt a pinch in his lower abdomen.
05/03/2014 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 3d lost employee walked behind 1-80A exhaust port, got curious about air coming out of exhaust port and stuck left hand in port far enough to contact powered fan wheel. employee suffered amputation of middle...
04/15/2014 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was replacing a PD blower and when reaching for his tool he felt a pain in his upper arm
10/22/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 172d lost when the employee was exiting the top of a bulk hopper car the retractable gangway fell. the employee fell and struck her arm on the gangway. the employee was wearing fall protection and was able to...
01/23/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted employee was walking under structure when his ran his hard hat into some conduit that was blocked from his view by his hard hat. This caused him to jamb his neck and fall to the ground. when he fell...
01/08/2013 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 33d restricted Employee was standing up after doing repairs on a piece of equipment. He felt and heard a pop in his left knee and there was sharp pain
01/08/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee's shoes were wet when descending stairs to cement. This caused him to slip and fall. He tried to catch himself with his right hand and strained the elbow and wrist
12/15/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee stepped from the seat of his forklift and stepped wrong on his leg and strained his lower back.
07/03/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None the employee was walking away from workstation when something landed in her right eye. the eye was flushed but the employee still felt like there was something in her eye so medical attention was sou...
12/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 48d lost, 32d restricted employee was not following our lock out tag out test out policy while working on a piece of equipment. he caught his gloved hand in a pinch point and broke his right thumb in two places with a lacera...
07/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing normal job activities when an unknown object caused a puncture wound on employees left hand. Investigation showed that there was a hose clamp that could have caused puncture/l...
06/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 34d restricted Employee was walking on gravity rollers (taking a short cut) when his right foot and leg rolled through and became stuck.
09/13/2010 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 20d lost The employee experienced issues with his heart while performing normal duties on top of 1-7 and 1-7a ore bins. The employee had pre-existing personal issues with his heart.
05/09/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 73d restricted While employee was coming down the stairs holding both handrails his right heel caught the stair and caused him to lurch forward. This caused him to hyper extend his right knee.
09/23/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee had stepped over a 2"" pipe and bent over to vacuum product in a bag house when he felt a pop in his lower back and a sharp pain down his left leg.
07/07/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee's shift started at 4pm on 7-6-09. He was performing normal job duties. After Locking, tagging, and testing out equipment emplyee proceeded to adjust misformed bags on the unit 2 paletiz...
10/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted employee was removing a stripped bolt from a former on the palletizer when he felt his back pop.
08/30/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee was outside moving small pieces of pipe from the ground to a pallet and used improper lifting techniques; twisting at the waist and not moving his feet in the direction of the movement c...
07/10/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting ready to clean tops of bulk bags off (had not started) when the wind picked up and blew a foreign object into his right eye.
02/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 24d restricted Employee was restacking a pallet with another employee when he twisted his knee.
10/23/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Stepped on a pipe and twisted ankle.
01/03/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 101d restricted Employee was stepping down from packers. She caught lug of safety boot in the grading and fell to the grating. Employee sprained left foot. She received restricted duty.
02/27/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was gringing a piece of metal to make room for another piece to fit when a piece of metal or gringing material entered under the face shield. (Bounced off chest).
07/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY None EE loced out a belt feeder, opened the guard to remove large chunks of ore that had collected there. The guard is hunged and lsipped from his grasp and struck him in the head. was wearing hard hat. th...
06/22/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS SWEEPING FLOORS AND BUMPED KNEE INTO A SHELF
04/26/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was moving an empty wood pallet to stack boxes on. She jerked the pallet with one arm injuring her shoulder.
02/26/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 44d lost, 287d restricted EE DESCENDING STAIRS IN THE STRUCTURE DURING A POWER OUTAGE. MISJUDGED THE STEP AND FELL INTO THE HAND RAIL BREAKING LEFT ARM.
12/13/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee experienced pain in left foot which he feels is caused by running from wet end of mill to the control room several times. Did not report until 12-20-04.
06/20/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE BOBCAT. TWISTED HIS KNEE WHILE CLIMBING OUT.
03/04/2004 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 10d lost ee was driving a forklift, felt dizzy, s topped and passed out. ee did not report this and went home. later called and reported that testing showed that he suffered a slight heart attack.
11/14/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted EE WAS ADJUSTING SIDE FORMERS ON PACKAGING EQUIPMENT. EE STEPPED OVER ROW PUSHER AND STEPPED ON THE GUARD THAT HE HAD REMOVED. EE SUFFERED SLIP AND FALL BREAKING HIS LEFT ANKLE. RESTRICTED DUT Y
05/22/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted EE WAS BENDING CONDUIT WITH A HYDRAULIC CONDUIT BENDER. EE LIFTED AND CARRIED BENDER TO RETURN IT TO ITS STORAGE AREA. DURING THIS PROCESS HE HURT HIS BACK.
04/14/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THE VENTILATION HOSE FROM THE HANGER TO THE HATCH ON THE BULK HOPPER CAR. AS HE TURNED HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, STRAINING HIS KN EE. RES...
01/23/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE WAS RESTACKING A PALLET OF 50 LBS BAGS, HE BENT OVER TO LIFT A BAG AND HURT HIS BACK. PRESCRIPTION ISSUED.
01/21/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 5d restricted EE AND A CO-WORKER WERE BRINGING A NEW PIECE OF EQUIPMENT INTO THE LAB. THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO SET IT ON THE COUNTER WHEN EE PULLED A BACK MUSCLE. PRESCRIPTION ISSUED - WORKER DID NOT REPORT ACCIDENT...
01/17/2003 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE WAS STACKING PALLETS USING A FORKLIFT. HE RAISED THE PALLET AND PUT HIS HEAD OUTSIDE THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT TO CHECK PLACEMENT WHEN A 50 LBS BAG FELL AND STRUCK EE ON THE HEAD. PRESCRIP TION IS...