EVANSVILLE PLANT — Accidents

Total: 255 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/10/2026 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Use of sledgehammer to remove wear plates inside a mill. Employee missed the wedge, hit wear plate that a small metal piece broke off and punctured employee in right upper leg area.
01/09/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Minor back strain from lifting old wear plates that were being removed from a miller lining.
11/01/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Loader operator drove to Central Control for a pre-shift safety meeting. While exiting the payloader, the operator missed stepped on the last rung and fell backward, landing on the left hip.
07/28/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted The employee was tightening bolts on a compressor using a wrench when EE felt pain in EE's right shoulder.
03/27/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was removing a wall filter down off of the all-thread and a section of the wire mesh that wraps the outside of the filter caught the left hand of the employee. This caused a laceration to...
02/11/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The employee was poking lumps out of a discharge chute with a bar. As employee was poling the material the bar broke through the material, the employee pinched right middle finger between the bar and...
01/30/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted The employee walked into the pressure washer to retrieve the pressure washer wand and hose and when EE walked back out of the doorway EE slipped on ice. Falling backwards and reaching out with right h...
10/29/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 163d lost The employee was walking in the packhouse to check bag inventory for a customer when EE walked around a pallet of bags and found what EE was looking for EE turned around and did not realize EE's proxi...
08/06/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was working on getting a feed pipe choke out when EE was attempting to remove an air lance from the feed pipe of finish mill 1. The employee was pulling on the air lance and was having di...
04/08/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted The employee was tightening the flip on the Finish Mill 3 transport line when the tool EE was using slipped out of the knuckle of the flip causing EE's left finger to get pinched between the tool and...
04/05/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted The employee picked up a strong back for a raw mill door (approx. 110 lbs.) off of the ground to place it onto a pallet and felt a pain in their left shoulder. The employee sustained a sprained should...
08/25/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 42d restricted A maintenance employee was replacing the drive chain of a discharge elevator with another employee. They were joining a section of chain when the other employee struck the pin of the link and a small...
06/23/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 52d restricted The employee was working on rebuilding a kiln feed pump bearing housing in the mechanical shop and was swinging a 12 pound dead blow sledgehammer to seat the bearing in the housing and felt a pull in...
01/06/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Taking down (rigging) material using chokers. One Kevlar choker gave way & material dropped to ground. Employee went feet first over top of piece and landed on other side of piece of material, landing...
06/17/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The mill operator was working on a feed pipe choke and was descending down the access ladder. Material then started to fill and overflow the hopper allowing the fines to spill out. This startled the m...
03/21/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was exiting the clinker crane cab area to an above catwalk when a hand hold gave way and caused EE to slip/fall 6 inches into the cab causing a contusion to the lower back and pelvis.
02/23/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 188d restricted The employee was walking across the parking lot after punching in to report to their area of location. Snow had melted from the night before and then froze over night. It was snowing which covered up...
01/06/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 15d restricted While climbing down the ladder of John Deere pay loader the employee slipped on the second to last step on the bottom and slipped and fell. The employee hit EE's back on a wheel chock that was on the...
07/01/2020 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted The employee was working on the vent dust collector and was going from hopper to hopper and was standing on metal grating. When EE turned to move EE's foot stayed where it was as EE continued to twist...
12/19/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 49d lost, 78d restricted The employee went to remove an aluminum basket out of the back of a truck and felt pain in left arm.
12/09/2019 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 137d lost The employee was measuring silo's and was stepping around a pipe and felt pain in the left knee.
11/18/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted This incident took place on 11/18/2019 but the individual did not seek medical treatment until 12/2/19. The employee was moving a portable extension ladder and while carrying it EE went to turn catchi...
07/31/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted The employee was stepping up from a walkway onto the top of a working surface (the top of a separator). When EE went to push off with left leg EE's knee gave out.
06/07/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 227d lost, 96d restricted The individual re-aggravated a lower back strain from last year when EE and another employee were moving a valve during a maintenance operation.
05/20/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Removing hatch from mill. Hatch sprung free, pinching employee's right finger.
05/06/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted The employee was trying to adjust the ""T"" handle on a dial indicator when EE felt a pop and pain on top of EE's right middle finger knuckle.
02/07/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None A customer driver sustained an injury while on our property.
11/20/2018 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted The employee was walking down a set of stairs when employee felt a pop and pain in right knee. The employee went for medical treatment on 11/26/2018 where employee was placed on restricted duties.
09/18/2018 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee struck hand on an unknown object when EE was walking down the catwalk of the finish mill feed end work area.
09/14/2018 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted The repairman was assisting a welder and was holding a piece of steel. The repairman was in a crouched position and when they stood up they felt a pop in the left knee.
03/02/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 32d lost, 164d restricted The employee was in a awkward body position lying down to place a wrench on a bolt of a piston shaft and when EE got up EE felt a twinge in EE's back.
10/12/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 133d restricted The employee was walking towards the elevator and was winding a tape while walking. EE did not have eyes on path when EE stepped from one step level to another thinking it was the same level and sprai...
10/02/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was using a scraper to clean a chute when EE struck something hard suddenly stopping EE's movement and causing pain to EE's shoulder.
09/26/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using a rivot buster to clean up around a tail pulley when the employees left finger came into contact with the shaft as it was recoiling causing it to get pinched between the shaft a...
09/21/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The employee was working off of a 6' tall stepladder when the employee reached to the side with both feet planted and the employee heard a pop in knee.
09/06/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee bruised their knee after slipping on the ground, landing on their knees.
07/19/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted A driver activated the wrong truck access system and activated the one that the injured employee was working on allowing to lower down striking the side of employee's hard hat in a downward motion. Th...
07/12/2017 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 4d restricted The affected employee was jackhammering when they started to heavily sweat and became sick and dry-heaving two hours into their shift. Employee was treated and released after receiving IV fluids.
06/29/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 78d restricted After ascending and descending a ladder that was to a platform approx. 6 1/2 - 7 feet in height the injured employee felt pain in employee's left shoulder.
01/31/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 354d lost Left eye was hit by a piece of material, EE was wearing safety glasses.
11/15/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got hydrated lime into right eye while changing a rotary feeder.
08/02/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding steel and foreign body entered behind face shield and entered into right eye, causing corneal abrasion.
06/07/2016 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking by a rail car and caught arm on a piece of metal that was sticking out.
05/04/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 61d restricted Employee was replacing Coal Stock Feeder belt. Employees were pulling the side plate off of the head pulley. Instead of the plate just coming off the head pulley also slide out. When this occurred...
01/21/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 111d restricted Two maintenance employees were sent to check for high emissions on the finish mill 2 sweep dust collector. One employee pried open the compartment lid with a pinch bar. The other employee reached fo...
11/20/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hitting the side of a chute with a ten lb hammer.
02/10/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 350d lost Employee was lowering a piece of scrap material with a 5-ton chain fall. Pull chain got tight, so employee ran other direction for a little while, then pulled again. Chain got tight, he gave tug on...
01/27/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was trying to remove a drain plug from the dust collector speed reducer and strained a muscle by his ribs.
01/07/2015 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 373d lost Employee was welding, working off of step ladder. Foam insulation underneath work area started on fire & employee tried to put it out. Employee became short of breath.
10/24/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee did not properly lock out and tag out the rotary feeder from feed dust collector number 8. The employee reached inside and cut off the tip of his left middle finger. Employee was trying to...