Davenport Plant — Accidents

Total: 122 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/29/2025 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At 11:20pm, a non-conforming item went through high speed shredders at Green America facility which resulted in a fire. Contacted MSHA at approximately 1130pm to notify them of the incident. Fire de...
09/02/2025 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Operator saw flames on conveyor heading towards GAR bunker and radioed and contacted control room to shut down system, while operator pulled estop cord. Fire department was contacted immediately. Arri...
08/06/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was initially injured on 7/8 at 0830am as EE tweaked EE's shoulder. This was initially treated as a first aid for a strained left shoulder with no work restrictions. Based on radiation of s...
02/12/2025 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None dumping a wheelbarrow of clinker and felt a pull in lower back area
01/09/2025 FIRE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None There was a fire in the GAR facility. The employee was fighting the fire and suffered smoke inhalation. The employee went to the hospital and received Vitamin B IV. They were just getting over Pneumo...
03/18/2024 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was shoveling and wheel barrowing material when EE felt a pull in lower back.
03/01/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was cleaning out the inlet duct in the raw mill. Miner stepped on the incline side of the chute and lost footing on the loose material falling on their left elbow.
02/05/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner caught R thumb between bridle of rigging chain and storage point. Medical care was provided and prescriptions written.
08/16/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 216d lost Miner was lifting empty barrels which had been crushed to load into loader bucket.
06/14/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 259d lost Miner was walking 208 Belt line, felt a twinge in right knee.
03/09/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Miner was prying cable from under dock roller, bar slipped and struck miner in EE's mouth
01/07/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Supervisor was observing cleaning the CKG Bin. Supervisor stepped back to allow work to continue and was struck by an air blast from the exhaust of Jack Hammer. Air and dust particles went under Safet...
10/09/2021 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At ~ 6:35 an employee reporting to work saying there was coal coming out of the stack. Around 10:00 PM CO sensors were found offline, at about 10:45 a smoldering fire was discovered, and Buffalo VFD w...
09/23/2021 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 61d restricted Tertiary air duct was being cleaned. Miner placed a jackhammer bit against equipment and stepped away to cool off. Miner returned to close the door to tertiary and bumped the jackhammer bit knocking i...
06/09/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 258d lost Miner was using a handheld pipe threader to thread a 2"" pipe, the threader jammed and caused the miner to be pushed vertically. The miner had arm locked in place and resulted in trauma to the Right...
06/04/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Miner was working with crew to clean up clink using a Vac Truck, while sucking up material the hose plugged causing it to collapse. Miner was struck by hose collapsing and swept EE off of EE's feet,...
06/02/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee injured left thumb while changing belts on #46 Blower. Employee's Left Thumb was caught between the Chiv and Belt, system was de-energized.
07/04/2020 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The explosion vents on the coal mill cyclone triggered and hot coal was pulled into the coal mill dust collectors. The kiln was shut down and the fire department called to wash the coal out of the du...
09/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Field crew EE was in process of cutting pipe loose that was to be replaced in clinker processing area. Dust and debris fell from structure and got into right eye. Was wearing face shield and glasses.
09/15/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was bringing the CKD sample to the core building to drop it off. It was raining and EE didn't want it to get wet. As EE went to set it down in the door way it dropped from EE's hand and the dust...
09/04/2019 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None CO was rising in Baghouse B of the coal system, it dropped down and the alarm was acknowledged by CRO. A few minutes later a loud bang was heard and smoke and dust were seen coming from coal mill. I...
09/04/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 178d restricted The initial injury happened in 2019, employee was going into a chute at a belt transfer and as EE was climbing in EE's foot slipped off of the step and EE caught self with EE's arms. EE's shoulder hu...
08/16/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee using a pry bar to move a door on the tertiary damper out from its frame so they could inspect the tamper. It was almost out when the employee gave a final burst of force to free it, the bar...
08/15/2019 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The inlet duct of the coal mill had smoldering material that was ignited from a combination of a blaster firing air into the system and coal dust being present in the system. The blaster forced air i...
04/23/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 218d lost Employee was dismounting a skid steer and as EE placed foot on the bucket and went to stand up EE's ankle twisted and EE went to the ground. EE was dismounting correctly and the bucket was not slick....
08/16/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Slip on 6' ladder 2nd step up using small bar to align bolts. EE did not maintain 3-point contact on ladder.
04/11/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning material from a tongue door on the 4th floor riser. Employee was using a 3 foot long t-handled bar to push material from the door into the riser. Accident was indoors.
02/25/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted Employee states that as ee was tightening a bolt with a wrench, ee felt sharp pain in left shoulder
09/11/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was cutting generic gasket material because the seal material would not work. Employee was working in a dusty area with low light and had to cut material on the door
03/08/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 81d restricted Employee was standing on unsteady footing that rocked when employee was taking down a heavy porta power with shoulder
03/03/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was pulling a 100 lb. propane bottle onto the elevator, had the bottle tipped at an angle to clear the lip of the threshold when the safety guard employee was using to pull the bottle came of...
03/07/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employees left middle and ring fingers were pinched in between a suspended load and stationary structure as the load was being guided into place. Dislodged fingernails on both fingers and fracture ti...
02/28/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was jackhammering an area of buildup under a conveyor belt take up pulley that was elevated approximately 15-18"" above area employee was working. Upon startup of the conveyor a hard piece of...
12/24/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 6d restricted Employee was attempting to unplug 4th stage when material flushed; hitting his chest, which knocked his face shield and hard hat off.
12/15/2015 MACHINERY FATALITY Fatal Sub-contracted tow truck was dispatched to tow super sucker truck. Boom of tow truck was being operated by tow truck employee #1 when it struck tow truck employee #2 in the head. Employee #2 was taken...
09/04/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted After opening the drop box door on the roller mill, dust flowed onto the floor and over the top of her boots, causing the burns.
08/11/2015 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was cleaning the kiln riser using the Woma Lance. As he pulled trigger, a pin hole in the barrel allowed the high pressure water to shoot thru ee's glove.
05/13/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 87d restricted While moving the crank arm roll, the chain hoist came unhooked from roll and swung and hit employee in the leg. Safety hooks were in tack.
09/05/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 7d restricted Employee twisted his right knee while getting out of the Kubota. He did not report this to his supervisor. On Sept 11, he slipped and fell, where he felt his knee pop again with immediate pain. Case...
01/18/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted In the quarry, a loader and haul truck backed into each other. The haul truck operator complained of neck and back soreness and was taken to the doctor. He has been authorized to return to work with r...
10/05/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost While operating jackhammer felt a pull in groin area.
09/29/2012 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Lifted loaded wheel barrow to move and felt ""off"" Went home at 3:30 and felt feverish and noticed a lump on the left side of groin area.
06/27/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost Climbing down ladder and stepped on rock at bottom and twisted knee.
04/12/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The Ee was driving haul truck in the quarry. He felt pain in his lower back. He feels this was due to a pothole in the road. On 4/30/12 the Ee ask to visit the doctor and was placed on restricted du...
02/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Assisting in cleaning up pile of material and felt back pain while twisting.
02/05/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost Slipped on second step. Placed 6' step ladder on material and did not maintain 3 point contact on ladder. While climbing up to give his co-worker a shovel.
01/17/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Explosion somewhere in our coal mill system. Investigation is on going.
06/20/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted An employee was traveling across a railroad access bridge on a skid steer. About 3/4 way across, the bridge gave way and the employee fell below. The employee received a laceration to the rear of his...
01/05/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee had begun to clean the riser with a water lance, when a large piece of build-up dislodged. As the material fell, some of it struck the end of the lance causing it to hit the Ee's aluminized hood. T...
10/19/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 178d lost EE was descending down a fixed ladder on a loader. The EE lost his grip on the ladder and fell to the ground. The EE injured his left foot as a result of the fall. Medical attention was sought and the...