Millersville Operations — Accidents

Total: 33 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/06/2014 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned ignition of coal dust in the coal mill firing system on the #2 Kiln side. No injuries occurred. Property damage occurred.
09/16/2014 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned coal dust ignition in the #2 coal ball mill occurred. No injuries occurred. Ignition was vented out the engineered ports.
05/07/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was chipping scale off pump housing when a chip from the pump housing broke off and impacted subjects face directly below and to the left of his safety glasses, on his left cheek/eye area. The inj...
03/18/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was unplugging kiln cyclone, after clearing the bottom section the ee went up to the 3rd level and started poking with a long rod as he poked the dust let loose & fell to the bottom of the cyclone,...
11/13/2013 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned coal dust ignition in the #1 Coal Ball Mill system occurred. No injuries occurred. Property damage occurred to the dust work.
10/30/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading an over-the-road semi-truck when lime entered his left eye. Employee was wearing safety eye wear at the time of injury. Rx Eye Drops were give at hospital.
10/14/2013 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned coal dust ignition in the #2 Coal Ball Mill occurred. No property damage or injuries occurred.
07/01/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 6:23 PM on 7/1/12 the site lost power shutting down the fuel system. The system was restarted at 8:55 PM on 7/1/12. At 8:55 PM the coal mill experienced an unplanned ignition of the coal in the #...
12/07/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Plant air pressure was reduced below 80 psi causing the emergency air damper to open on K1. This led to a kiln shut down from pulling high ID fan amps. An unplanned ignition of fuel occurred in the...
12/05/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Plant air pressure was reduced below 80 psi causing the emergency air damper to open on K1. This led to a kiln shut down from pulling high ID fan amps. An unplanned ignition of fuel occurred in the f...
09/14/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 4:45 p.m. on 9/14/11 the site lost power shutting down the fuel system. The system was restarted at 6:52 P.M. on 9/14/11. At 7:00 p.m. the coal in the mill self ignited causing an explosion. The mi...
09/14/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 4:45 p.m. on 9/14/11 the site lost power shutting down the fuel system. The system was restarted at 4:46 A.M. on 9/14/11. At 6:05 p.m. the coal in the mill self ignited causing an explosion. The mi...
08/25/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 10:05 p.m. on 8/25/11, the coal in the mill self ignited causing an explosion. The mill was shut down and inspected. No damage to equipment or personnel occurred due to the safety dampers properl...
08/25/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 11:40 p.m. on 8/24/11 the site lost power shutting down the fuel system. The system was restarted at 3:35 A.M. on 8/25/11. At 8:02 a.m. the coal in the mill self ignited causing an explosion. Th...
08/06/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 8:50 p.m. on 8/6/2011 the site lost power. The power interruption reset the PLC controlling the ID fan and ball mill tempering damper causing a partial system shutdown. At 9:29 p.m. the fuel syst...
05/29/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Experienced an unplanned ignition of coal in the #2 KFS Ball Mill system. No injuries or damages occurred.
04/11/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Experienced an unplanned ignition of coal in #2 Ball Mill. At 9:24 a.m. power was lost to the fuel system which prevented the system to be purged as required by the shutdown SOP. The explosion occur...
03/11/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 1:06 P.M on 3/11/2011 an unplanned ignition occurred internal to K2 coal ball mill. The inlet temperature was not reduced to below 200F per shutdown procedures which led to the unplanned ignition....
03/02/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted The employee was walking out of lunch room after punching in and slipped on a patch of ice causing him to turn/roll over his ankle and fall at the edge of the concrete pad. Fractured Ankle/Hard Cast
02/03/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The site had an unplanned ignition of coal dust in the #2 Kiln ball mill fuel system at 2:07 pm on Feb. 3rd. The ignition occurred when the ball mill fan was started and reached 45% output. No inju...
11/12/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Injury occurred while changing bags on HiVac trailer. Subject and one other employee were pulling out filter cages from the HiVac trailer, when subject pulled a cage out and felt a pain in his back....
03/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted While sliding/moving a 3 inch diameter, 20 feet long metal pipe on a hanger, the employee felt a pop and sharp pain in his upper right forearm. The employee was treated for off site medical needs on...
02/09/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was attempting to remove blockage from a tunnel feeder. As he moved the slide, the far side fell off the track. In reaction he attempted to grab the slide. However, the weight of the slide & moti...
05/29/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While removing the kiln burner pipe using a come-a-long, the anchor point to which the come-a-long was connected failed and broke away causing EE to fall to the floor hitting his head and cutting his...
02/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 140d lost, 90d restricted Employee was shoveling out (mucking out) the scrubber tank after a morning of stacking 50 pound bags of chemical lime. When he went to get out of the tank he felt a pop in his right shoulder. Employ...
08/12/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Crusher hydraulic sys. failed & oil dripped onto the hot material & ignited. EE put out fire w/ fire extg. Fire would rekindle. Occurred several times, EE call fire dept, knocked heat out so oil not i...
12/30/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was climbing the trackmobil ladder to operate the piece of equipment, when he stepped on the second step his foot slipped. His left arm and stomach slid down hitting the top side corner of the pla...
11/17/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was shooting a kiln with a Winchester Industrial Tool (Kiln Gun) when a shot ricocheted off the ring, hitting the employee in the throat. The impact caused a laceration that needed two s...
07/22/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While shooting the iron coating out of the kiln, a slug from the gun ricocheted off the iron coating ring in the kiln. The slug exited the opening where the gun is mounted and struck the employee's f...
05/12/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 36d lost, 200d restricted The employee was lifting fifty pound Ferro bags above his shoulder level when he felt pain in his right arm/shoulder. The employee did not see a doctor until 5-28-04, when the doctor prescribed Rx an...
11/27/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE SPRAINED L. SHOULDER WHILE PUSHING MATERIAL DOWN CHUTE. EE WAS UTILIZING A PRY BAR TO FREE PLUGGED MATERIAL IN STONE CHUTE. EE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT, SHOULDER FELT WORSE AT HOME SO HE WENT TO DR. EE...
01/20/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost SLIPPED ON ICE BETWEEN SHOP AND ROTARY BUILDING
01/07/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE GRINDING METAL IN BACK OF SHOP PARTICLES FLEW INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS WEARING PROPER PROTECTIVE GEAR.