EVANSVILLE PLANT — Accidents

Total: 255 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was pushing large cable in an upward motion all day and strained shoulder.
02/17/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 171d restricted Mounting 20"" flexible duct hose on portable dust collector, felt pull in lower back. Due to large size of duct hose, weight, and trying to wrestle in position to mount.
02/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 197d restricted Employee was removing heat shield from kiln #2 pier 3 south east trunion. He was guiding the shield down when it got away from him. He tried to stop it when he felt something pull in his left shoulder...
01/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Installing new tail ring in #2 kiln. Hand was crushed between the kiln feed shelf and piece of kiln tail ring. (Stainless steel plate 48""x30""x1""). Surgery on hand June 12, 2009.
01/12/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 70d lost, 188d restricted Employee was working on a tire delivery system when shirt got caught causing roller to pull right arm between the rollers. Pain to whole right arm and right wrist the worst. He was found concious, yel...
01/10/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Doing inspection at Coal Belt # 4 discharge. Afterward went through the inclined catwalk then to the 3-step stairway. As he walked down the steps, he happened to split his legs. On 1/14/2009 at 3:30PM...
10/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS REBAGGING FM 2 DUST COLLECTOR ALL DAY. CAME IN NEXT MORNING TO CONTINUE WHERE HE LEFT OFF AND HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LEFT HAND.
10/09/2008 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted While working on iron ore screw, bent down to do some measurements, felt a ""pop"" in his left knee. No pain at first, later felt pain and knee filling with fluid. Went to doctor 10/10/08.
10/03/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted While walking down ramp from clinker silos to shop for parts, slipped on clinker and reacted not to fall, twisted right knee.
09/25/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE was walking up an incline when he felt discomfort behind his right knee. Also felt fatigued and a twitch in his back.
09/25/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Plunging mill cutter into shaft to machine key. Felt pinch on right side of neck. Few minutes later while turning head felt a pop at same area. Pain progressing - went to doctor.
09/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted Clearing kiln feed, fish scales located at the feed enf of kiln 2.Cable wire is wrapped around the kiln to an attached pulley system with a weight to keep the fish scales firmly tight against the kiln...
09/03/2008 HOISTING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted While riding down on the finish mill passenger elevator, the elevator stopped prematurely. The care free fell a few ft and stopped abruptly. This caused EE to fall down on his left ankle which had bee...
07/29/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Flying debris from istalling window pane got into his left eye. Went to doctor on 7/31/08 and was treated with Tobradex drops.
04/29/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was involved with emptying kiln vent dust collector hoppers. He was at the ""spare"" screw jogging it to attempt to control flow of material. All access doors/panels were open dumping to grou...
04/22/2008 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Working on #2 cooler when dirt fell from build up above and fell in right eye. Foreign body removal.
04/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted While removing the doors on the bottom of #3 finish mill material cooler, the door began to fall and when EE reacted, it struck the inside of his right forearm and wrist area. He kept working until he...
04/08/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted While working on the solenoid for the ejector arm, came up under the piston striking the top of his helmet.
04/08/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 67d restricted Performing normal job duties and developed carpal tunnel in both wrists and fingers. Numbness in fingers.
03/13/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE slipped on damp steps ond fell down them. EE's left wrist became swollen and bruised, medical diag. was a sprain.
02/19/2008 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee standing watch in dusty area at Main Screw Vents. Employee got foreign body in left eye.
02/18/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling a steel bar in the machine shop. He was brushing away a metal shaving from the drill bit when the shaving hung up on the glove. Metal sliced into his finger causing a cut. Two su...
02/14/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee cutting tack welds with cutting wheel and grinder. Grinder kicked back and caused laceration of employee's right index finger knuckle.
02/11/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hit by grinder sparks in left eye from worker next to him, causing foreign body abrasion of left eye.
02/02/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted While mounting 8 gauge gun to shoot in the cooler. He lifted gun up on his shoulder to line up belt to hold gun to the mount. He felt something pop in the middle of his back. After done shooting went...
01/04/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was trying to break the lumps at cooler #1 using the cooler shot gun (8 guage) and one of his shots back fired leaving him sore on the eyes.
12/19/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 33d restricted Employee complained that his left wrist and hand hurt. Asked him to go to his family doctor who diagnosed possible carpal tunnel syndrome of the left wrist and hand. Next sent employee to our company...
12/12/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Finish mill #2, silo #5 ramsey belt: employee was cutting belt away from body with utility knife. Braced hand on angle and blade slipped cutting left index finger.
10/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Cleaning out chute from collecting belt to feed belt. Material very hard and lump fell down and got stuck on discharge hood on feed belt. He went down to feed belt and tried to dislodge lump and the l...
09/30/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted He was working with a 6x6x20 ft., 100 lb. pc. of steel sliding it out, and when sliding it back in with a coworker (it was on a 3 ft. rack) it fell off the rack striking his shin and ankle.
08/02/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee grinding black steel angle iron and tearing down scaffold planks. Debris entered right eye during work day.
07/09/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was burning bolts off of paddles in conveyor and received burn under right arm.
05/10/2007 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 273d lost Employee was walking to discharge of #2 cooler to assit co-worker in removing metal from drag conv. Enviroment was very dusty & EE was using flashlight to see where he was stepping & struck head again...
05/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted He was to fast vac lime blimp out. He entered the blimp to assist in job set up. The lime was very deep and above his knee. Material eventaully worked its way into his boot and sock causing burn.
05/03/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Breaking hard cement on exit catwalk from bulk silos with a digging bar when pain occurred in lower back & down right leg into right foot.
05/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE was scraping gasket material off bearing housing. 2 other EE's were on north side of #3 finish mill motor jacking motor shaft. Inj Ee saw rotor turn & he was laying on his back before he knew what...
04/27/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 78d restricted EE and another EE were taking vent collector/dust collector bags offf cages in dust collector. Repetitive work was done on and off for over two to three months.
03/21/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted While removing a tire coupling from dust pump #1 in an attempt to keep coupling from falling, another EE and injured EE both had a hold of the coupling. While EE was slipping coupling off of shaft, ot...
03/06/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cement dust in eyes.
03/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While trying to clear a tire choke at kiln #1 tire chute, he felt a strain between his right shoulder and neck area. Went to doctor on 3/5/07.
02/27/2007 ELECTRICAL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted While employee was removing center bar after remiving kiln # 2 dust pump starter bucket, a ground wire that was not fully taped touched the buss bar behind the cabinet. The touching of the wire caused...
02/26/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee poking lump at cement rock quarry silo # 5. He was prying a lump which dropped causing bar to pinch finger against hand railing. finger tip is swollen and discolored. He went to a Doctor 2/27...
11/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Trying to open tailgate on company truck to haul a % gal. oil part to fix leak on backhoe. Tailgate stuck and when he pulled harder with his left hand he hurt his left shoulder.
08/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was poking up the ramsey feeder belt from the tail pulley to clear a lump. He caught the edge of the feeder cover with his right hand ripping the thumb nail loose.
07/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was pulling wires from a piece of pipe which was stuck and had a slight pain at the time. He went to the dr on 7/27/06.
06/05/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Poking lumps in rock silo #6, lump fell and struck the bar. Tried to hold bar back and felt shooting pain in forearm. Went to doctor 6/6/06.
05/31/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Pulling trunion and bearing unit from casing at finish mill #1 tailing elevator, dirt falling from everywhere entered over the top of his safety glasses. Eye Consultants of PA took object from eye.
05/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cleaning a flask in the lab and heating diluted acid in the flask to clean it, she picked up a boiling flask with a towel and it bubbled over and hot liquid burned her hand.
05/15/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Kneeling on catwalk & leaning inside drag thru at access door to tighten bolt for the wearback. While crawling out after tightening bolt he felt shooting pain from above his knee up his left leg.
05/10/2006 HOISTING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Pulling bar grating up to elevated level. Workers failed to have guideline on piece, and rope became frayed and broke. This caused grating to fall to ground. The piece bounced off ground and hit emplo...