Mitchell Plant — Accidents

Total: 225 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/06/2013 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Coal Thayer belt tripped causing coal mill to become lean. Mitchell IN was receiving a winter storm, the combination of ice and snow that built up on the vent might have caused a delay in when pressur...
11/05/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was bent over pushing the crusher door shut when he felt a twinge in his lower back. Went home iced it and when he woke up this morning he couldn't stand up straight.
09/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was changing the laminating rings on the east crane west bridge drive when removing the guard the guard bumped the motor causing the end of the expanded metal to cut through glove into employ...
05/16/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using an utility knife to open a tube of caulk. While cutting through the tip of the tube the knife came through and cut his knee. Was taken to IU Health Clinic and was given 4 stitches a...
03/12/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 29d restricted Employee was lifting and cleaning 40lb jacks in the mill building and while employee was picking up one of the jacks he felt a pop in his stomach/belly button area. No witnesses don't know if proper l...
03/09/2013 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None 4:30pm we received an alarm that the East&West explosion vents on the #1 coal mill had opened. No personnel injuries or property damages. It was discovered that an accumulation of smoldering coal dust...
01/22/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Two co-workers and I were up on the burner floor adjusting the coal pipe on #3 Kiln. I had a 36"" pipe wrench and was trying to adjust the turn buckle. While doing so the wrench slipped and I felt a p...
07/18/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted The employee was descending a ladder and lost his footing causing him to fall. The employee twisted his left knee causing a strain. The employee was placed on restricted duty.
06/28/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None During the heat up of the #3 kiln an ignition of natural gas occurred in the electrostatic precipitator. This event caused one of the sixteen explosion vents to open. No persons were injured or equi...
05/01/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted The employee was kneeling down on his knees on a grating floor installing a tipping valve. The employee experienced fluid build-up on his right knee. The fluid build on the right knee had to be drai...
03/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The employee squatted over to pick up a small 2 gallon bucket of trash when he felt pain in his right testicle. The employee was seen at a local clinic and diagnosed with a strain and placed on a wor...
03/17/2012 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Two contractor employees were riding the cement silos passenger elevator at the end of their shift. The elevator stopped due to an interlock switch problem. The two men were stuck in the elevator fo...
02/23/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee was adjusting the right hand arm rest forward in the CAT 990 Loader. Her hand slipped off of the arm rest causing her right hand to go forward and striking a control lever with her right...
01/11/2012 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None On Wednesday, January 11th the #2 kiln and coal mill system were being shutdown to replace the tangential primary airline. The kiln operator began to lower coal feed rate tonnage as is normal procedu...
01/01/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee was lifting an inspection cover to inspect the #3 kiln feed screw/belt system when he bumped his head against a counterweight that was hanging off of the plug screw flapper gate arm assem...
12/01/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 8:35 pm the kiln operator received an alarm that the #1 coal mill system vents opened. The kiln and coal mill system were shutdown. During the investigation it was discovered that the coal mill i...
10/20/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was pulling on a vacuum hose which had filled with material in order to empty it. As the employee was backing up and pulling the vacuum hose tore and the employee fell backwards to the...
10/12/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted The employee was using a shear machine to cut a piece of plate steel. The employee inserted the piece of steel into shear and it lifted up pinching his right hand small finger between the steel plate...
10/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was operating a skid steer loader when he had dust enter into his left eye. The following day the employee was assisting in the stemming of a production shot when he received dust in his...
07/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted The employee stepped out of a maintenance truck at the east end of the material storage building to begin work on the east OH crane bucket. The employee slipped on wet cement kiln dust that was on th...
05/19/2011 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None At 1:34am the #1 coal mill was operating normally when the kiln operator received an alarm that one of the two explosion vents opened. Hot material was inside the mill inlet ductwork. The coal syste...
05/18/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 3:03am the #2 coal mill experienced an airlock which stopped coal feed to the coal mill. When the coal feed stopped the coal mill exit temperature began to slightly rise from 127 degrees F to 131...
05/13/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The #3 Coal Mill went down loaded due to a high mill exit temperature. Upon restart some 3 1/2 hours later and ignition occurred inside the mill circuit causing one of the coal mill vents to open.
01/30/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 9:28pm the control room operator received an alarm that the East rupture vent door for the #1 coal mill system was open. The primary air fan belts had slipped causing the primary air to slow and t...
01/26/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cleaning under the west truck load-out scale, when a foreign body entered his right eye causing irritation. The employee was sent for medical treatment for the removal of the foreign...
10/25/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 5:11 pm on Monday, October 25th the Kiln Operator received an alarm that the west explosion vent door opened. It apprears that a backpressure/ignition resulted from the waste(excess) air valve to...
10/18/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted The employee was attempting to remove a chunk of limestone from the #2 Raw Mill feed table. The employee was rolling the chunk off the table and then lifted it, twisted and tossed the chunk to the gr...
09/17/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 8:30AM the #2 coal mill system lost coal feed and the coal mill explosion vents were ruptured.
06/24/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition of coal dust occurred inside of the #2 coal mill system which caused the two explosion vents to open and relieve pressure. A hot ember or material entered the coal mill causing the igniti...
06/07/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was working at the bottom of cement silo #15 when he reached to grab a hammer off the flange. When he dragged the hammer toward him he pulled some dust off which entered his left eye....
05/25/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 51d lost, 17d restricted The employee was assisting a co-worker to position a removable section of floor grating back into position. The floor grating was setting in position to cover the floor opening, but injured employee...
05/17/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was attempting to loosen an oil filter on a Chevy Pick-up truck while lying on his back. The filter wrench slipped causing his right shoulder to jerk back. He struck his shoulder on the...
03/29/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 7:41am the rupture vents on the #2 coal system opened due to an ignition of coal dust inside the coal grinding circuit. Prior to the ignition the coal weigh belt stalled causing a re...
03/08/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The #2 coal weigh belt stalled due to a drive sprocket catching on a guard. During the period of time the coal mill was starved of coal feed and explosion occurred inside of the #2 coal mill sytem....
02/26/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 11:33 pm an explosion occurred inside the #2 coal mill system resulting in the opening of both explosion vents. There were no personnel injuries or equipment damages at a result of the acc...
01/08/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was standing next to a co-worker when the co-worker opened a port on a chute that contained hydrated lime. The hydrate lime dust came out of the port and entered the employee's eyes caus...
04/20/2009 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The two explosion vent for the #1 kiln coal mill system opened due to a coal dust ignition inside of the #1 kiln booster fan/ductwork. A Hot Spot was found in the bottom of the fan housing.
02/22/2009 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None While trying to start the #3 coal mill in order to empty it the pressure relief vents opened. An ignition of coal dust occurred in the coal mill system ductwork. Ignition source was in the system re...
01/05/2009 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The #3 coal mill shutdown automatically when a high temperature occured. The coal mill was loaded. After approximately three hours the coal mill was started to try to empty the coal when an unplanne...
12/30/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted The employee was removing a circle cutting attachment from the end of the plasma cutting torch head.EE had gripped the attachment with his left hand and the torch handle with his right hand.EE acciden...
12/14/2008 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None The #3 coal mill system explosion vents opened at 8:06 PM due to an increased pressure created by an ignition of coal dust. High coal mill temperatures occured prior to the event which resulted in co...
10/09/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was welding on a screw conveyor for the #3 kiln system when he received flash burns to both of his eyes.
07/07/2008 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 11d restricted The employee placed a clinker sample ladle under the head pulley of the #3 kiln transfer pan conveyor to obtain a sample. The ladle was caught by the conveyor severing the employee's right hand ring...
06/26/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was working in the machine shop trying to move an overhead crane wheel that was lying on the floor when he felt pain in his left hip and lower back. The employee was given a prescription...
01/28/2008 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 7:10pm a plant-wide power outage occurred. The #2 coal mill shutdown loaded with coal. The operator then bumped the coal mill to empty it and an explosion occurred. The booster fan sustained dam...
01/09/2008 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None Due to heavy rains the Limestone Quarry crusher building was flooded. All power was shut off and pumping of the water has began. An adjacent creek overflowed its bank causing the flooding of the bui...
12/29/2007 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None A second unplanned ignition of coal dust occurred in the #2 coal mill circuit while trying to re-start the coal mill. There were no personnel injuires or property damages.
12/29/2007 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned ignition of coal dust occurred in the #2 kiln coal mill circuit causing the two explosion vent panels to open and vent pressure. No personnel injuires or property damages.
11/09/2007 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned ignition of coal dust occurred in the panels to open and vent pressure. The ignition of coal dust caused the explosion vent panels to open and vent pressure. There were no personnel or eq...
09/12/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was working from a ladder when the ladder slipped out from under him and he fell approximately 4 feet to the catwalk. While falling his right forearm sustained three lacerations from con...