LEWISBURG PLANT — Accidents

Total: 18 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/15/2025 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The employee was performing the routine task of welding new wear plates in the feeder bin of the jaw crusher. The employee stepped out of the bin and felt a pop in right knee. After being seen at clin...
02/26/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was working to remove a pulley from the shaft of an air compressor in the bone yard to retrieve the air line. Employee used a wedge and hammer to push the pulley away from the shaft. As the...
10/08/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 146d restricted Operator was lifting a 5 gallon container of rock oil about shoulder height to fill a tank which has led to a lower back problem.
06/27/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted During crusher maintenance. The employee first removed the center plate which allows the shoes to be knocked out. As the shoe was placed along the top edge of the crusher it began to slide forward....
09/21/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee had been transporting water to fill the pond used by the wash plant. On EE's second trip as EE attempted to spray the water from the front sprayers into the pond, the truck moved forward ove...
07/14/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost Employee was welding and lifted his shield to chip. A piece of slag went into his eye-lid. The slag was removed and he worked the remainder of the shift. The next day he came to work at 4pm and worked...
12/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Replacing compressed gas cylinder from service truck. He began moving it by rotating the cap when the cap came off the bottle and hit him in the tooth. The tooth has chipped and had to be capped.
03/03/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 334d lost Miner was cleaning the windshield of a 990 FEL when he slipped and fell to the ground roughly 10-12 feet breaking his femur into his pelvis bone. Was rushed to the hospital and put straight into surge...
07/06/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The person injured was operating the water truck and while driving down the road the truck shifted gears as the operator hit a pothole in the road. This is when the operator reported that he hurt his...
06/02/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Operator was prying on a large rock in the pit, he alleged his bucket slipped off and jarred the machine throwing him forward. Made a comment his back wasn't feeling great to the leadman but continue...
01/29/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 230d lost Injured employee was operating a front end loader on the load out yard. He hit a pot-hole and immediately felt pain in his upper back. He is out of work waiting for a MRI.
08/28/2008 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 18d restricted Employee was tightening wear plates on a front end loader. The employee performed the work kneeled down on one knee. As the employee stood back up, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. The employee...
02/25/2008 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted A mechanic was checking the tire pressure on a dump truck (on highway) when the tire blew off the wheel rim, causing the wheel rim to strike the mechanic in the right hand. The tire was in a wheel ca...
03/30/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was at the plant installing a shaft. Felt something in his back ""twitch"". Employee did not mention the injury until 04/06/2006 to report the injury. Employee said his back has been hurti...
07/06/2005 POWERED HAULAGE ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was stripping in the pit, against the supervisor orders. Instead of moving the stripping piles he was digging into the wall repeatedly, a rock fell hitting the loader bucket. Damages to the...
03/30/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee was using a bucket truck to access BC-2. The bucket cable broke, bucket fell to the bed of the truck. Employee continued to work, has since seen physician, monitored by physician and now ne...
09/18/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost RUNNING 988F LOADER MOVING A BIG ROCK WHEN BUCKET TEETH SLIPPED OFF. BUCKET HIT ANOTHER ROCK JARRING EMPLOYEE'S BACK.
06/23/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 54d lost ASSOCIATE HAD COMPLETED CHANGING TIRE ON EQUIPMENT AND WAS CHAINING BLOCKS BACK ONTO TRUCK WHEN CHAIN TENSIONER KICKED BACK AND HIT ASSOCIATE IN FACE.