EVANSVILLE PLANT — Accidents

Total: 255 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/18/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Entering raw mill #2 to repair center discharge screen, hit lower back on throat fins.
12/22/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE CAD WELDING A GROUND WIRE ONTO A GROUND ROD, THE CAD WELDING CHARGE BLEW UP & HOT CAD MATERIAL LODGED UNDER THE GLOVE AND BURNED THE HAND. HE HAD 2ND & 3RD DEG BURNS. PARTIAL 3RD DEG BURNS.
12/14/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted TRYING TO TURN A STUCK WATER VALVE AND STRAINED LOWER BACK DUE TO THE TIGHTNESS OF THE VALVE.
11/26/2005 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE WAS KNEELING FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS REPLACING PINS ON A CONVEYOR AND HIS LEFT KNEE STARTED SWELLING. WENT TO DR ON 11/30/05.
10/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee and a co-worker were aligning door for closure. Employee was aligning and the co-worker was closing and employee's hand got caught between door and conduct and locking bar. Went to dr. 10-19-...
08/26/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 66d restricted Employee was tightening up a bolt on a compressor, bolt broke, and he slipped back, fell, and broke his right ankle.
08/11/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Trying to remove airslide from inside of silo using two pinch bars. Applying pressure to bar, bar slipped airslide dropped and finger was caught between bar and airslide.
07/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EMPLOYEE LIFTING PLATES WHICH WEIGH AT LEAST 50 LBS. OFF FLOOR SCREWS AT RAW MILL #3 FOR INSPECTION. FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK AFTER LIFTING APPROX. 15 PLATE COVERS.
06/11/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Climbing upa ladder, got to the top when ee hit his head on an airline pipe and started to fall. EE caught himself and strained something in the right upper arm and right shoulder.
04/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted HE WAS WORKING ON LIMESTONE VIBRATING SCREEN TRYING TO GET TO WIRES GOING INTO MOTOR WHEN HE BUMPED HIS LEFT ELBOW ON VIBRATING SCREEN. WENT TO DOCTOR 4/29/05
04/16/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 59d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS COMING DOWN ""MAKE SHIFT"" STAIRS AT RAW MILL #3 SEP. FEED SCREWS AND OVERTREAD RIGHT ANKLE. SUNDAY, APRIL 17 ANKLE HURT AND WAS PURPLE. SEND EMPLOYEE TO READING HOSPITAL.
04/10/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee #1 was working in the clinker cooler, when employee #2's foot hung up in a beam. Employee #2 fell and knocked employee #1 down and landed on top of him.
03/09/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE was cleaning things out to be able to install liners. He moved a piece of plywood and there was a liner jammed above the plywood. Whe he pulled the plywood the liner came down striking his big toe...
02/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted EE was entering room to raw mill compressors. Door slammed shut on EE's middle finger resulting in laceration & fracture. Stitches in finger-removed 3/24/05.
02/24/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was walking towards locker room & slipped & fell on snow covered roadway. Put on restricted duty 3/2/05. Suffered blood clot in right upper leg and strain to lower back.
01/02/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted WORKING ON CEMENT SILO LIGHTING, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT HAND/WRIST IN AN EFFORT TO STOP HIS FALL.
10/12/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS UNCHOKING PIPE ON COLLER AND PIPE AND HOT POWDER LIKE SUBSTANCE FELL ON RIGHT FOREARM AND RIGHT EAR CAUSING BURNS.
09/27/2004 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Spontaneous combustion in coal storage pile. recent reduced usage. there was no damage other than a small amount of burned coal. most burning was under a smoldering condition. little open flame.
09/17/2004 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 388d lost, 77d restricted LYING ON SIDE TO REACH WORK AREA WHERE EE WAS WIRING, STOOD UP WITH SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 9/24/2004 AS PAIN WAS STILL THERE.
09/09/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Replacing seal plates on kiln #1 feed end seal with a coworker. Employee was working out of a man basket on a forklift. lowing the forklift, the forks stuck and then dropped 10 feet all at once causin...
07/16/2004 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 15d lost, 15d restricted Finish mill #3 feed pipe was choked. using pinch bar to get choke out bar got caught by mill and spun bar between bar and feed pipe which cut left hand finger tip off---called and amputated first join...
06/25/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted GETTING OUT OF VAC TRUCK, HIS LEFT FOOT ROLLED UNDER HIM. HE DID NOT FALL AS HE CAUGHT HIMSELF.
06/24/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted COMING DOWN THE LADDER AT #2 SPRAY TOWER WHEN HE SLIPPED WITH RIGHT FOOT CAUSING RIGHT ELBOW TO HIT BEAM.
06/17/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was hand sweeping with a push broom around central control and the burner floor when he started to get muscle spasms in his lower back. When he woke up next morning he had very bad back pain.
06/09/2004 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Unloading water jugs from raw mill patio to take into shift lunchroom when he was bitten on left hand. at 5:30 pm hand was swollen and he was unable to make a fist without pain.
06/01/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 46d restricted EE was sledge hammering on chute from silo 11 to the feed belt when his right foot slipped on loose clinker on the catwalk and he twisted his right knee.
03/08/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Tightening tee-bolts on the right side #2 clinker cooler when wrench slipped off causing his elbow to hit the steel cooler wall. Went to Dr 3-25-04.
02/12/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted HELPING TO INSTALL A LINER PLATE IN FM #2. WHILE PUSHING THE LINER IN PLACE, HE SET HIS FEET ON THE SHELL LINING TO GET LEVERAGE. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE USED HIS RIGHT FOOT AS LEVERAGE TO PUSH LINER IN PLAC...
01/22/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EMPLOYEE, GETTING OUT OF REPAIR TRUCK HE HAD PARKED BETWEEN STOREHOUSE AND WASH HOUSE, SLIPPED ON THE ICE. HE HIT HIS BACK ON THE GROUND AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE TRUCK DOOR FRAME.
01/19/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted WORKING INSIDE THE FLAG DRYER AND THROWING OUT THE STEEL LINERS AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS RIGHT RIB CAGE.
01/08/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WORKING ON FINISH MILL #3, CEMENT COOLER, DIRT FELL DOWN WHILE CLEANING AND ENTERED EMPLOYEE'S EYE. (RIGHT) IMBEDDED FOREIGN OBJECT IN RIGHT EYE WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED.
12/04/2003 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted MAKING AN ADJUSTMENT ON THE BAG FEEDER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. LEFT HAND APPARENTLY WAS RESTING ALONG SIDE THE LIFTING TABLE. THE FEEDER SENSOR WHICH IS OPERATED BY AIR SENSES THERE WAS NO BAG PR ESENT A...
11/03/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted WORKING INSIDE RAW MILL #1, TO GET INTO THE MILL HE HAD TO PULL UP WITH HIS ARMS TO CLIMB INTO THE CENTER OF FEED END OF MILL. WHEN CLIMBING INTO MILL, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK.
10/28/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted ATTEMPTING TO TAKE A GUARD OFF RAW MILL #3 TAILING SCREW WITH ANOTHER EE, THE GUARD FLEW UP AND TOOK THE NAIL OFF HIS RIGHT THUMB.
10/24/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CLEANING BY LOWER HOPPER DOOR AT DISCHARGE END OF TOWER #2 SCREW BY TIPPING VALVES. SCRAPPER GET TOO CLOSE TO SCREW WHICH WAS TURNING, CAUSING THE HANDLE TO SUDDENLY JERK STRIKING HIM IN THE MO...
10/08/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted CARRYING SPICE BARS AT LIMESTONE BELT #8. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP BARS, HE FELT A STRAIN IN LOWER RIGHT BACK.
09/10/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 24d restricted WALKING FROM CLINKER SILOS TO MAINTENANCE SHOP DOWN RAMP NEXT TO BALL SORTER, HE SLIPPED ON CLINKER/DUST THAT WAS IN WALKWAY. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 10/24/03.
08/22/2003 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 5d restricted COMING DOWN STEPS FROM HEAD PULLEY OF COAL BELT #4 TO TAIL PULLEY OF COAL BELT #5 AND STEPPED ONPIECES OF COAL ON STEPS AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
08/12/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted WORKING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HE HAD TO RETRIEVE A JAM. TURNED MACHINE OFF AND RETRIEVING JAM, SLICED THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINER ON A PIECE OF METAL HANGING FROM THE MACHINE.
08/06/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost HE WAS HOLDING DOWN ONE OF THE KILN PLATFORM BEAMS WHILE IT WAS BEING HAMMERED INTO PLACE BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. SLEDGE HAMMER MISSED THE BEAM AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT KNEE.
07/09/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL COMING OUT OF THE SHOWER. STITCHES ABOVE EYE.
06/30/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted UNLOADING STEEL OFF OF A TRUCK WITH ANOTHER EE. STEEL SHAFT SLID OFF THE FORKLIFT AND EE CAUGHT IT CAUSING SORENESS TO HIS LEFT WRIST.
06/18/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted INSTALLING BARREL BUSHING AND FELT A PULL ON HIS RIGHT WRIST. A CYST 1"" IN DIAMETER APPEARED ON HIS RIGHT WRIST. FINISH MILL #1 LOCATION EE WORKING AT.
06/01/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted CLINKER SLAG SILO #4 STOPPED FEEDING. EE REACHED IN TO THE FEEDER TO REMOVE A LUMP. THE LUMP WAS A SHARP PIECE OF METAL NOT NOTICABLE BY EE. RECEIVED A CUT ON MIDDLE, RIGHT HAND, FINGER.
05/21/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted SLIPPED IN/ON MUD ON TOP OF STORAGE SILO #2. FOOT CAUGHT CHANNEL (METAL SUPPORT THAT HOLDS AIR LINES) AND TWISTED/BENT BACKWARDS. EE FEELS PAIN ON TOP OF FOOT AND IN TOES.
04/23/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted PICKED UP A 3 1/2"" GRINDING BALL OFF THE GROUND TO PUT IN BARRELL. AS BALL WAS PUT IN THE BARRELL, ANOTHER BALL CAME OUT OF THE BALL SORTER HITTING FINGER BETWEEN GRINDING BALLS SMASHING FINGER.
03/28/2003 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 58d lost, 71d restricted PULLING STARTER FOR KF BLOWER #6 AND FELT A POP IN LEFT ELBOW. EMPLOYEE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO USE LEFT ARM EFFECTIVELY. TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN ARM, FELT TINGLING IN LEFT ARM.
03/26/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None CLEARING A CHOKE IN THE DISCHARGE CHUTE OF LIMESTONE BELT #1 STANDING ON A PILE OF BUILD UP OF LIMESTONE AND DUST FROM THE CHOCKED DISCHARGE. A LARGE PIECE OF MATERIAL CAME OUT THE DOOR, HIT E MPLOYEE...
03/24/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 157d lost, 36d restricted DURING REPAIR OF CLINKER ELEVATOR #4 TRACTION, STOOD ON A PLATFORM AND SLIPPED OFF APPROX 3-4 FEET TO THE GROUND WHILE TRYING TO REACH COTTER PIN IN BAR: RESULTING IN A FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT FO OT.
03/19/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 19d restricted EE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE OIL ON RAW MILL #3. LIFTING A DRUM OF OIL UP FROM FLOOR, FELT PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA.