Minntac Plant — Accidents

Total: 423 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/29/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading a 2""x50' rolled up sand blasting hose into the bed of half ton pick up. Employee dropped the hose 6"" to 8"" above the truck bed resulting in the hose unrolling and striking emp...
05/06/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking to the next step of his job when he tripped on a section of conduit. Employee landed on his right hand.
03/06/2013 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee suffered a sudden onset medical emergency of unknown origin. He had been talking to another employee and as he turned to leave he suddenly slumped to the floor and was unresponsive. Life-savi...
01/27/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee pinched his left thumb between the handle of a T-bar and the frame of a feeder.
01/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee put his right arm out to support himself while leaning down. When leaning down he felt a pop in his right shoulder.
12/11/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a pin from a crusher head when his right thumb got pinched.
10/18/2012 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee struck his right cheek on a piece of angle iron. Received two sutures.
09/27/2012 RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS (TOXIC AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee had a positive chest x-ray that was confirmed by a B Reader. This was confirmed on 09/27/2012.
09/11/2012 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None 1 Miner - Age 34, BSC Field Support was trapped in Concentrator personnel elevator for 40 minutes due to a rock lodged in the elevator door track. Mine employees at time of incident were 340 and cont...
08/09/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee received a laceration to the back of his left hand. The laceration required sutures.
06/25/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing structural inspection when dust entered left eye through gap between face and side shield of safety glasses. Physician at clinic irrigated left eye to remove particles and th...
05/04/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee tripped on a timber. Employee fell on his left side & shoulder. Changed to Medical Treatment on 08/17/2012.
04/25/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 117d restricted When manually repositioning a valve that was on a cart, the valve came off the cart and struck the employees right shin, hyper extending his knee.
03/29/2012 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Experienced a fire in the Step 2 Agglomerator EER, Line 4 Main Kiln Drive. Fire was reported to MSHA at 3:35 a.m. and lasted 53 minutes.
03/12/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted The injured lost his balance while carrying a door. Employee put his right hand out to catch himself. This resulted in a fracture to his 4th metacarpal.
03/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee set down a 2 1/2 gallon bucket. When standing back up the employee felt a twinge in the back.
02/07/2012 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee's routine lung x-ray showed a 1/0 ILO rating as confirmed by a B-Reader. Minimal exposure to respirable silica has been measured in his building. Employee is a smoker. Company learned of c...
02/02/2012 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None U.S. Steel employees trapped inside Concentrator Step III man elevator. Total employees working in mine id 21-00820 at time of entrapment: 95. Phoned MSHA at 4:48 p.m., reference number is 1-9199300...
01/06/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 13d restricted EE pinched his right pinky finger between a pipe wrench and a cement base pump.
12/20/2011 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None While cutting holes in two plugs inside of two fine tails tanks, sparks contacted a plastic pipe and started a fire. Duration 1 hour 37 minutes.
08/30/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a set of wrenches on a pipe conduit, the ""T"" broke causing the wrench to hit the employee above his right eye.
08/16/2011 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator Entrapment In 10:38 a.m. -- Out 12:24 a.m. - Employee was stuck in the Concentrator Step 3 freight elevator @ 10:38 a.m. for 106 minutes. MSHA was called at 10:58 a.m. Electronic voltage co...
07/29/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator Entrapment - Employee was stuck in Agglomerator Step II elevator for 120 minutes. Call was made to MSHA @ 14:51
07/14/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Concentrator freight elevator - the plantat fit tightly between the manual inside doors so the south door had to be pushed out slightly to close. When the elevator was going past the 4th floor level,...
07/04/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee pulled on handle of an air handling unit, the composite handle broke and cut his finger.
06/22/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Concentrator Step III - elevator stalled for 2 hours 45 minutes - called MSHA @ 8:22 a.m.
05/06/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee's finger struck the handle of a vise while operating a plant Kat in tight quarters.
12/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted Employee fell through a stair tread, caught himself on another stair and made a controlled drop. He landed on his feet, slipped and fell on his back. Employee returned to work 12/30/2010, which was hi...
11/10/2010 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None At 7:30 ee started balancing 298-04-3 grate discharge dust collector near kiln. The ee began to experience a headache, nausea and some disorientation around 8:00am. The temperature in the area was aro...
09/22/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee and his partner were lifting a 275-06-2 pump VFD when the injured felt pain in his back.
09/13/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Employee strained his right knee while walking over a belt tail pulley.
09/13/2010 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None An elevator was stalled in the Step 3 Concentrator for approximately 90 minutes.
08/09/2010 ELECTRICAL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 2d restricted While testing for leakage, the employee physically contacted phase C within the motor/starter connection. The employee did not shut down the ""Megger"" unit and received a shock.
08/04/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee felt pain in his back when he pushed a rubber lifter bar on a manual roller conveyor.
07/29/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a chute upgrade and during the removal of the old chute the chute shifted and landed on employees forearm cutting it.
07/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Injured was using a fire hose to wash down deck in the Fines Crusher Turn Bin 5-03 conveyor gallery, while pulling on hose he lost his footing and fell backward. He extended his arm to break his fall...
07/06/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was pushing a piece of ductwork on a 4-wheeled cart and pinched his right index finger between the flange of the ductwork and a steel guard protecting a start/stop switch.
05/24/2010 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None An elevator was stalled for approximately 2 hours, 50 minutes.
05/08/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 15d restricted While rotating a stripper rod, the rod dropped 3"", resulting in a crushing amputation of the tip of the employee's right pinky finger.
04/20/2010 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator stalled for 31 minutes.
03/04/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee lost his balance while burning bolts on a grate pressure bar and became impaled on a grate bed depth finger. The incident was reported at 8:09 a.m. to USS Management, at 8:35 a.m. to Dave Wa...
01/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured EE was installing nihard liner panels in pan feeder. He had placed a 9""x2""x18"" liner & left it unsecured as he attempted to remove material from under the liner below to provide add'l room...
01/11/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was struck by 5 ft steel prybar while walking down stairway from cooler to basement. The pry bar was dislodged when kicked by another employee who lost footing while using another prybar to positio...
01/06/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Vacuum hose was plugged and ee was feeling hose for vibration so he knew where the plug was. He couldn't tell without taking off his gloves. When he found the plug he cut the hose and also cut the tip...
12/30/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 23d restricted While pulling on a wrench to remove a bolt, employee felt pain radiate across his right buttocks and down his leg.
12/04/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 66d restricted While walking on wet concrete, employee slipped and fell to the ground.
07/14/2009 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevator stalled for 129 minutes. MSHA was call on 7/14/09 @ 7:25 AM.
06/30/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While adjusting coupling on a water line, wrench slipped and hit employee, cutting his lip.
06/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee mixed epoxy while wearing a respirator and Tyvek suit. He felt short of breath before and after mixing epoxy. He was removed from the temporary assignment and returned to his location where h...
02/06/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was attempting to remove a chunk of slag that was stuck between the tailgate and the box of a dump truck. When the chunk dislodged, his finger were pinched between the box and the tailgate.