Louisville Plant Quarry & Mill — Accidents

Total: 223 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/25/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 418d restricted The injured employee was operating a forklift on a gravel drive / parking area to empty a material tube. When returning to EE's area the forklift was struck by a semi-truck traveling at approximately...
07/13/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was attempting to seal a leaking port hole on a cement silo. Cement dust got under or around EE's safety glasses and into EE's eyes. EE rinsed EE's eyes thoroughly, but an hour late...
05/27/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a kiln ring blaster eight-gauge shotgun to remove a ring in the back of the kiln. After approximately thirty shots, three small pieces of material or shotgun slug projectile ricoch...
05/11/2017 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drilling a 2.5' hole for an additional air sweep in a bag house. It was outdoor work in windy conditions. EE didn't note debris getting in eye during the task; however, the next day EE'...
03/15/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted On 3/15/17, employee tripped, fell on right knee, and experienced minor knee swelling. EE was recovering as expected until EE started performing a lot of maintenance work on EE's knees. On 3/31/17 E...
03/09/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Three contract miners were reported stuck in the Process passenger elevator between the first and second floor. The on duty supervisor called our contract elevator service company and the miners were...
03/03/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None An employee entered the elevator at the second floor to go to the seventh floor of the pre heat tower; however, the elevator stopped just before the third floor and wouldn't move up or down. Contract...
03/01/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Two employees were going up to the burner floor in the freight elevator. The elevator stopped and they were stuck in the elevator. Our contract elevator service company was called and responded quic...
12/26/2016 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The mill building elevator stopped between the first and second floor with one employee inside. Employee was going to be stuck for more than thirty minutes; therefore, MSHA was called. The elevator...
12/15/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Injured employee was outside and walking towards the mill building entrance. As employee approached, slipped on ice, that was on a vehicle pathway, and fell on back. Employee reported a sore lower b...
11/06/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Injured employee (IE) was assisting in the retraction of an inlet probe by means of a hand operated chain lever hoist. During the retraction process a ?"" eye and eye wire rope sling being used faile...
11/02/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 4d restricted Injured employee was troubleshooting a baghouse tipping valve. After isolation and removing material (lime dust) EE moved in for a closer look through an approx. 1/2""H x 8""W opening in the valve....
10/31/2016 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The mill building passenger elevator stopped between the first and second floors with two employees inside. Employees were going to be stuck for more than thirty minutes; therefore, MSHA was called....
10/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 7d restricted Injured employee (IE) and two others were pinning a feeder. During the work the IE states they felt a slight discomfort in the left abdomen. IE continued to work without incident. Three days later we...
09/19/2016 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Three contract office cleaning personnel contacted the control room operator and told EE the passenger elevator stopped working. The operator notified the shift supervisor. The shift supervisor told...
12/10/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Injured employee (IE) was trouble-shooting controls for an overhead hoist from a coal mill walkway. IE left the area and fell/stumbled forward while transitioning from one walkway to another. IE's rig...
08/11/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Injured Employee (IE) was moving/lifting a mobile stand so he could remove a screw trough cover to replace a broken dust collector screw. The stand got hung up so he lifted it a little and it shifted...
04/01/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was cutting a zip-tie holding four half inch air hoses together. After positioning his utility knife blade between the zip-tie and hoses he pulled the knife upward. Apparently, his gl...
03/19/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was tasked to drill holes through the ACL Kiln pelletizer pan so new liners could be installed. Apparently, and unknown at the time, a piece of material got in his left eye. Aft...
03/02/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Cutting out angle inside of the kiln and when he cut the piece, there was another piece that was already cut which he didn't see causing the angle to fall. He fell down inside the kiln and landed on...
01/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 130d restricted Injured employee (IE) and a coworker were removing a pipe (10 round, 2 long, approx. 30 lbs). IE was holding the pipe with gloved hands to control it when it became free. Once free, the pipe slipped...
06/03/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted The injured employee (IE) was using an approximate 2"" round by 6' long pipe to slowly rotate each bypass fan blade for cleaning via air lance (vibration issue). While applying downward pressure on th...
12/10/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While the injured employee (IE) was descending the front fixed ladder on a Terex haul truck a side strap of the bottom flexible step broke causing the IE to slip and his left foot to get tangled in th...
10/30/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a 3/8"" rod to help clear chunks of material from a 10"" porthole cement unexpectedly followed and it is believed that is when cement/cement dust got into his eye. His eye became irritate...
10/29/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted On 10/31/13 employee reported a sharp pain in his left shoulder, but related the injury to a task performed on 10/29/13 when he states he developed a sore shoulder. Home care/FA instructions provided...
04/11/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cleaning mixer, glove of right hand got caught on paddle which pulled hand in. RIGHT HAND laceration, required 13 stitches. No broken bones, no severed ligaments or tendons.
04/08/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Passing brick. A brick fell and landed on two fingers of left hand.
03/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None IE helping Co-EE 15' off ground inside chimney a piece of gunite fell from 200' and hit his hand. Headache rack 3/4 plywood over head and complete pik covered and reached out cutting wire mesh with b...
01/15/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee (IE) was cleaning chunks of frozen material from under a stopped quarry beltline. While the IE was manually handling a 40 pound piece of material his middle finger was inadverten...
12/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 71d restricted While injured employee (IE) pushed a handle on a diverter at the head of a quarry conveyor he felt a very sharp pain in his left calf muscle. IE was transported to the occ. health clinic by his safety...
09/19/2012 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee sought medical treatment for shoulder pain on 10/24/12 and attributes it to minor pain he felt in his shoulder while moving stock onto a storage rack on 09/19/12. Employee diagnosed 1 Nov 12...
09/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None E1 (injured employee) and E2 were removing an inlet probe. E1 was working it out with gloved hands and E2 was occasionally tapping it with a sledge. Their actions were working; however, coordination f...
03/17/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted Welder was welding out plates that had been installed on a day tank. The work was about 15 feet up on a scaffold. Employee was descending the ladder when his foot slipped off of the ladder rung. He fe...
03/06/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was using a tool to help guide a new drag chain into place. A rough terrain fork truck was also slowly pulling the chain to align it with the next segment. The tool slipped from...
01/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee had his left hand on a cable to guide it and was pulling it to help move the load when the cable snagged his glove and pulled his hand into the pulley. Employee received laceration and bruis...
12/23/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee strained his back while carrying two 5 gallon buckets of material down two flights of stairs to empty them into the dumpster outside of the lab. Employee reported injury on 12/27/2011, was s...
11/07/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted While running Gap Vac to clean up material around feed belt, the hose was not sucking, so employee went to clean the hose out, uncoupled hose and got his right arm caught in 6 inch hose and bruised hi...
10/07/2011 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Burlington Northern Railroad was doing repair work on their tracks and property when they caught the grass on fire that spread onto mine property. Emergency services were called and the fire was put...
10/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was blowing off dust from clothing when a foreign object blew into his right eye. The employee was wearing wrap around safety glasses. The employee attempted to wash out his eye at an eye w...
04/22/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 290d restricted Employee was working on replacing the bottom chute coming from the floor drag to the elevator. While pulling on one of the chain falls, he felt a pop and pain in his right shoulder. He reported the...
03/25/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was sent to replace the blower motor for the west air slide system. He was tightening down the set screws on the taper-lock when his right hand slipped hitting an angle iron guard bracket....
03/11/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None While checking for a possible plug in the posimetric feeder the unit 5 utilityman and I opened up the feeder to get it clear when the temperature spiked on the mill causing an explosion. No one was i...
02/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Laceration to tip of right ring finger. One man was installing plates on upper side of beams while injured worker was guiding bolts on plates into bolt hole on beams. Threads on a bolt caught the fi...
06/13/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding a clinker sample in the impactor. When the employee bent down to retrieve the sample bucket, a piece of material fell in his right eye. The employee was wearing safety glasses....
05/25/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting wizzer blades out of the separator using a welding torch when he reached out to remove a piece he passed his left arm through the flame of the torch exposing the skin between the...
04/26/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 43d restricted After making repairs to the gate on tank #21, co-worker EE went down to the level below to jog the gate while injured EE stayed on the platform to test if the gate was operating correctly.EE stepped o...
04/23/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was riding in a pickup with a supervisor when they hit a bump in the road, jarring the employees lower back. Employee had continued pain in back and was seen by a doctor on 5/5/2010 and plac...
01/27/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 76d restricted EE was pushing rock screens with a 375 Komatsu dozer when he began to experience problems with the dozer. Mobile mech.came to diagnose the problem. EE raised the blade put the dozer in drive,the dozer...
12/03/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 42d restricted While returning from south-side loading to inspect and repair the chain for the scope positioner, EE caught his foot on a step and tripped and fell about four steps to the ground straining his left an...
06/24/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was using the Vac truck to vacuum out the clinker drag pit. His right arm felt itchy. His arm was partially covered in clinker dust. Upon inspection, he noticed that the upper bicep & lower tricep...