GCC Dacotah Inc — Accidents

Total: 198 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/22/2011 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving a haul truck hauling rock and hit a pot hole and bounced and hit his hard hat on the roof of the cab.
04/16/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 173d restricted Employee was working under the clinker crane. He was crawling under the trolley wires to check the west trolley wires. When he stood up he felt a pop in his knee. On 4/20/2011 he requested a doctor...
03/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 257d restricted The employee was loading powder on the pickup from a semi trailer. The powder comes in bags 5"" in diameter and weighs 30 lbs. Employee says he was picking up a powder stick and when he stood up he f...
03/24/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to remove a chunk of cement from silo. There wasn't a large amount of cement above chunk. I removed a large chunk and caused cement on top of it to flow out and the same time I p...
01/12/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was doing a safety inspection and stepped off a step and missed the next step. Caught himself but put pressure on his knee and heard a pop.
11/18/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reported accident but did not seek medical attention. Requested medical attention on 11/23/2010. No treatment. 12/1/2010 physical therapy was prescribed by doctor for strained shoulder muscle.
11/18/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 69d restricted Employee was opening the elevator door at the top floor of the blend silo. The door was difficult to open because it was cold out. Employee stated he strained his shoulder and back and it was sore f...
10/18/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Employee was kneeling down using a 12 lb sledge hammer over his head to break up a clog in the system.
01/18/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None I was changing the bit in a 3/8 angle drill and forgot to unplug it. When I went to tighten the chuck I squeezed the switch on the drill and the chuck key went into my thumb. I had changed the bit s...
01/12/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was wearing overshoes over his work boots because of weather conditions. Stated that he wasn't used to the extra weight and tripped and fell on his left side to the ground.
12/28/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 123d lost Employee was returning to work area after dropping off tools. He said his feet slipped out from under him and he fell. He tried to catch himself with his right arm and shoulder and fell his shoulder...
10/23/2009 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Employees loosened the inspection door and material tricled out. The employees closed the door and beat on bottom of dust collector to get remaining coal to move through and out of system. When dust...
08/31/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cleaning bags in the alkali Baghouse and something blew in his eye. He had the eye washed out and cleaned and the Pysician Assistant gave him a prescription for ointment.
05/26/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling on a wrench, while bolting down a motor on the clinker crane.
01/15/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was going to salt the area outside the lab door. He took a 30 gal bucket of ice salt and could not get the lid off. He picked up the bucket and attempted to pour the salt from the partially...
11/12/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted EE was using metal rod to unplug bypass bin. At the end of the day EE told supervisor his arm was sore. On 11/21/08, he went to doctor and physical therapy was prescribed and limited restrictions plac...
10/14/2008 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None High volatlity caol and high winds allowed fire to spread quickly, resulting in damage to belt carrying rolls.
07/25/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was replacing the drive roller in Receiver 1. During testing he turned on the wrong valve & receiver came down on his hand - contusion, pain, swelling.
03/26/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was loading and installing brick retainers in end of kiln shell on the ground. When he climbed into the shell his foot slipped on the ice. He fell and hit his shin on the nose casting.
03/03/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was backing up in a skidsteer loader. He struck a concrete wall causing his head to snap back.
11/21/2007 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee was shoveling coal dust into drop chute to the cooler & the coal ignited & shot flames out of the chute. The employee had light burns on face & neck. Emergency room check-up and he was re...
10/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was manually rotating Kiln #4. After rotating the kiln with the auxillary drive, he disengaged the auxillary drive clutch. During the counter rotation on the auxillary drive, the clutch blew...
10/05/2007 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 16d restricted Lifting overfull wheelbarrow of material over a pile of material on System 2 elevator floor under belt. **Employee reported injury on 10/6/2007, but there was no medical treatment at that time. First...
08/01/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee states he started feeling pain around 1st of August. He was kneeling on the concrete underneath #5 cement cooler, fixing a leak in the bottom of cooler. Intense pain was coming from his left...
07/30/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 48d restricted Employee was stepping up a 12"" step (doorway threshold). The toe of his boot caught the top of the step; he lost his balance and fell forward. The fall caused the muscles in the calf of his right leg...
06/15/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Dust from dust collector became airborne and ignited, burning the face and arms of the employee.
06/13/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 51d lost, 15d restricted Employees were installing a new conveyor belt. The belt was being pulled with a loader and cable. Traffic was being stopped as the loader approached a road. The cable started to rub on a road sign. Em...
06/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was walking from one catwalk to another when he felt his knee pop.
04/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee was working on the 6th floor anylizer. He had to pull the probe end out a number of times as well as go up and down 120 stairs at least 7 times. The next morning, he felt moderate pain and ti...
04/10/2007 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking between the Control Room and #6 Kiln. The wind came up and blew some fine dust into his left eye. He was wearing safety glasses. Prescription eye drops were prescribed.
03/27/2007 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bringing motor from the wet kiln precipitator to the electric shop. It was windy and some alkali dust blew into his eye. He was wearing safety glasses. Reported due to medication prescrib...
03/27/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 44d restricted EE replacing bolts on Ferris wheel, wrench slipped and he struck left elbow on frame. No medical treatment sought. On 4/9/07, EE went to Clinic. EE was diagnosed w/a fractured left elbow, placed in a...
05/16/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was lifting and turning the panel cover for the dispatch station for the 5 & 6 Finish Mills and smashed his finger between the panel and a piece of C-channel used to support the electrical conduit.
03/13/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted He was walking on the North side of the office by the handicap entrance immediately after the snow had been removed from the parking lot. There was still a thin film of slippery ice/snow and he slippe...
03/01/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Injured employee was stacking brick onto a pallet one at a time by hand inside kiln #6. The forklift operator moved to pick up the pallet, not seeing the employee, and the fork pushed the injured emp...
02/17/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Due to temperature of 19 degrees below 0, this caused sand to stick more than normal & hang up. The crane operator got the lance pipe stuck in the sand due to the frozen sand in bin. He tried to manua...
02/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting ready to change a valve on ep0630 around the base of the valve. when the valve fired, the control arm caught my glove pinching my left index finger between the valve and the contr...
01/20/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Wind blew foreign object into right eye.
12/15/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 21d restricted Employee slipped which caused his left knee to lock up and give him pain. He was taken to the dr to have his knee examined. The dr prescribed celebrex and tylenol, a splint and crutches, and returned...
12/13/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was moving lines inside the raw mill by lifting them, twisting his back, and setting them back down. While he was lifting the pieces, he felt twinge in his back. He reported the incident to h...
11/12/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost EE stepped off of loader ladder and when his leg touched the ground he strained/sprained his knee. Given knee brace on Nov 15, 2005. Note: Surgery on 1-31-06.
06/12/2005 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DID NOT RECEIVE MEDICAL INFORMATION UNTIL 7/11/05. Given pain medication and released. Employee was working on the top of the baghouse silos monitor floor. He was measuring bin levels. While walking t...
04/29/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 287d lost TRAINING EXERCISE - MOVING CABLE ON BOOM. EE CLIMBED 6' LADDER TO CHANGE CABLE ON BOOM SHEAVE. FELL OFF LADDER WHILE DESCENDING; HIT FRONT OF HEAD ON LADDER (OR ?), LANDED ON BACK ON GROUND. UNRESP...
01/27/2005 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost 3 hourly EEs & a supervisor were working on Kiln 6 preheat plug up at Stage 3. They'd been lancing upper section about 45 min. They decided to try the blaster cannons on the 5th floor. One EE left flo...
01/27/2005 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost 3 hourly EEs & supervisor were working on Kiln 6 preheat plug up at Stage 3. They'd been lancing upper section for about 45 min. They decided to try blaster cannons on floor 5. 1 EE left floor 6 & wen...
01/07/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost While working on coal belt EBC-274 removing down-comer roll for conter-weight. We were waiting for crane so we started getting everything ready to come out. Took guard off and took bolts out of bearin...
12/08/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While lowering the main gear underneath #6 coal mill the wrench he was using slipped off the nut and the wrench struck him in the mouth. This gear is suspended on 3 pieces of all thread and lowered do...
11/30/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS BY THE KILN 6 COOLER. THE SECOND STAIR UP FROM THE BOTTOM WAS COVERED IN ICE. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON THE ICE, AND HIS RIGHT LEG GOT CAUGHT IN THE STAIRS WHEN HE FELL....
10/06/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted EE WAS POSITIONING 24"" CONVEYOR BELT FOR SPLICING WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN STOMACH. WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 10/8/04. WAS REFERRED FOR A SURGERY CONSULT. SAME-DAY SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR 10/22/04.
06/15/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE TRYING TO REMOVE A TRACK PIN FROM THE EXCAVATOR THE TRACK PRESS BOLT BROKE AND THE CLAMP HIT EE IN THE FACE. STITCHES IN LIP AND HE WILL HAVE TO SEE DENTIST FOR CHIPPED TOOTH.