MONTANA CITY PLANT — Accidents

Total: 103 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was in the process of re-bricking the kiln. He had his hand on a pallet of brick that was being used for the overhead rings. A brick slipped between an existing ring of brick and the pneuma...
03/18/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted While loading a rail car out of silo 12 the pulley system that raises and lowers the spout, came off of the sheave. The employee reached out between the top and mid rail to pull the cable back into th...
03/13/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted Employee was attempting to string a 3/4"" safety cable across the Raw Mill. He was lifting the cable over his head to get the shackle hooked. The shackle didn't hook and it came back down, pulling h...
12/20/2012 MACHINERY ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was standing on the bricking platform in the kiln when the pneumatic brick ring was charged with air. The air blew a small amount of dust into the employee's right eye. Employee was unable...
12/20/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was putting ceramic in the pulverized fuel pipe when he felt something go into his right eye. He tried to flush it out with eye wash, but was unsuccessful. After seeing the optometrist, it...
08/30/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee had spent over 7 hours in the raw mill working in a bent over position on discharge grates. While tightening bolts, he broke an Allen socket and was trying to remove the socket when he felt...
07/14/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a cutting torch on a fuel tank when something flew into his left eye. The foreign object was under his left upper eyelid, and after several attempts to wash the object out to no av...
04/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted The employee was walking down an inclined road from the Primary Crusher when his right foot slipped on some ice. His left knee hyper extended underneath his full body weight. He sustained a torn qua...
01/25/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling a cord out of a locker on the precipitators. He thought it was an extension cord, but it had a solenoid on the end that came down and hit him in the upper lip. Employee sustaine...
10/19/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hauling yard clean-up with a truck. A 2 foot by 2 foot rock had rolled down a hill and was in the roadway. He exited his vehicle to roll the rock to the side of the road by himself. Du...
09/01/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee had been hooked in the ribs on 8/1/2010 by a steer. He was starting to heal by the time of the accident on 9/1/10, but had not seen a doctor for the steer incident. At work on 9/1/10, h...
06/21/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was carrying a 40 pound breaker bar. One end slipped out of his right hand, smashing his left ring finger tip between the breaker bar and the basket he was setting it into.
03/05/2010 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 13d restricted On 3/5/10, employee had carpel tunnel surgery on bilateral hands, due to a cummulative numbing of the hands and arms. Employee alleges this was attributed to 30 years of using hand tools while workin...
02/16/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was attempting to step into the welding truck. His right foot was on the ground and the left foot was on the step when he slipped on the ice, twisting his back. He didn't think much of it a...
09/30/2009 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 661d restricted Employee was moving a wheelbarrel loaded with material from underneath a belt on the raw belt floor when he felt a pain in his lower back, followed with a tingling in his feet.
08/27/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was climbing off of the 988B Cat Loader when his boot slipped off the rung. He fell backwards onto the ground, landing on his back heels, then onto his buttocks. Employee sustained a lumbar...
05/19/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding in the top of the #1 precipitator. Flux on the welding rod came off and the rod burned up to and through his cloth glove, causing a 2nd degree burn on the left index finger. On...
05/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EE fell off of his roof in 12/04.He sustained a right ankle fracture requiring a steel plate.on 5/8/08 the EE had swelling and pain to the right ankle that he alleges is the result of carrying 40pd bu...
05/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was manually rotating the turbulator pins on the turbulator, when his left ring finger got pinched between the pin and the turbulator casing. The pinch peeled the skin back on his finger, wh...
03/03/2008 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee has had skin rashes at intermittant places on both arms and legs for approximately 3 years. While seeing his physician for an unrelated matter on 3/3/08, he consulted him about the rashes....
02/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was removing a plate on a bearing when the plate fell. It smashed his left ring finger tip between the plate and the base of the bearing.
01/11/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a jackhammer bit to break up a cement chunk that was stuck in cement silo 4. He missed the cement chunk and hit his middle finger and ring finger on the right hand. The right midd...
08/30/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was entering the cab of the water truck after filling the truck with water for a dust supression tour for roads and quarry area. While attempting to enter the truck, EE's right foot slipped on the...
05/31/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was grinding on the chain of the bucket elevator, wearing safety glasses & a face shield, when a piece of metal imbedded into his eye. EE did not find out until 6/6/07 the fragment was imbedded.
04/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was re-installing the drill bit on the Ingersoll/Rand drill. He had lifted the bit collar up to thread the bit into the hammer. The bit seemed to be in a bind, so he bumped the hammer with hi...
02/26/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was swinging an inspection bar to secure the bottom door lock on a railcar and injured his lower back.
12/05/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was running one inch impact wrench with a socket that has the roll pin and keeper. The rubber keeper broke and the roll pin came out, causing a puncture laceration on the meaty part of his le...
10/16/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee & co-worker were removing bolts from the secondary crusher liners. EE grabbed ahold of the bolt head at the same time the co-worker used an air ratchet on the nut. The air ratchet spun the bo...
07/01/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was washing his haul truck. He stepped off of the back of the truck with the water hose and twisted his back. Employee didn't seek medical attention until 7-31-06.
01/06/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO KNOCK OPEN THE DOOR LOCK ON A RAILCAR (FIFTH ONE THIS MORNING) WHEN HIS BACK SPASMED, SENDING HIM TO HIS HANDS & KNEES.
09/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of removing a steel tube on the IR 185 Compressor oil cooler line, when he cut his left middle finger on the tube.
08/11/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee was checking the flow on Silo A when he opened the cap on the clean-out port after having put air in the system. Once the cap was off, the air blew Synthetic Gypsum onto him. Employee sustain...
07/13/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE 988 CAT LOADER. HE WAS FILLING THE BUCKET WITH LIMESTONE FROM THE QUARRY AND WHILE DIGGING INTO THE FACE OF THE WALL, CONTACTED SOLID ROCK. THIS JARRED HIS BACK, CAUSING DIS...
03/26/2005 OTHER PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 11d restricted EE was working on the west ""man-door"" entrance to the coal mill building. He had the door propped open with a shovel. when he stood up, he knocked the shovel, the wind caught the door and slammed it...
03/21/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON TOP OF BC-2 & WRENCHED HIS RT. ELBOW TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTN. ON 4/22/05.
01/27/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING ON BE-3 TRACTION. EE HIT THE BEARING WITH A HAMMER AND A SMALL PIECE OF METAL HIT EE IN THE END OF THE NOSE. EE NOTICED A FEW DAYS LATER THAT A METAL SLIVER HAD BEEN EMBEDDED IN THE TIP...
10/11/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS INSTALLING SHAFT SLEEVES ON THE SECONDARY CRUSHER ROTOR. THE SLEEVE HUNG UP ON THE SHAFT SO EE CONTINUED BEATING ON THE SLEEVE WITH A RUBBER MALLET. EE FELT RIGHT WRIST POP AND OVER TIME IT WAS...
05/17/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CROUCHING DOWN TO PICK UP SOME WOOD RAILS. HE FELT HIS LOWER BACK ""POP"" DURING THE ACT OF CROUCHING DOWN.
01/19/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS INSTALLING NEW GRATES IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE SECONDARY CRUSHER WHEN HE HURT HIS BACK BY WRESTLING WITH THE GRATES AND HANDING THEM THROUGH THE INSPECTION DOOR. HE FURTHER AGGRAVATED TH E CONDI...
12/07/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE RT-80 (MOBILE EQUIPMENT) WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF THE STEP. HE WAS HOLDING THE HAND HOLD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND HURT HIS RIGHT SHOULDER WHEN HE TRIED TO KEEP FROM FALLI...
12/04/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING UNDERNEATH A LOADER, WHEN A PIECE OF SILICA FELL INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. THE PIECE OF SILICA BECAME EMBEDDED IN HIS CORNEA.
02/27/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE BRUSHED THE TIP OF A TORCH WITH HIS LT. INDEX FINGER NOT KNOWING HE HAD A SMALL HOLE IN THE END OF HIS GLOVE, WHICH ALLOWED THE FLAME TO ENTER THE GLOVE. HE SUSTAINED A 3RD DEGREE BURN TO T HE TIP...
07/29/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A STAKE FOR A CO-WORKER TO HIT WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER. THE INJURED EE PUT HIS WEIGHT ON THE STAKE WITH HIS RIGHT HAND TO STAND UP, WHEN THE CO-WORKER CAME DOWN ON THE STAKE WITH THE...
08/04/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS OPENING A RAIL CAR DOOR WITH AN INSPECTION BAR WHEN HE PULLED THE VERTABRAE IN HIS UPPER BACK.
05/03/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS JACKHAMMERING CONCRETE AROUND BC-10 WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF STEEL BOUNCED OFF THE INSIDE OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES, LODGING INTO THE IRIS OF HIS RIGHT EYE.
01/23/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING A 9 FT PIECE OF 2 INCH CONDUIT ON BUCKET ELEVATOR 5 WHEN HE FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK.
01/12/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO REMOVE SOME LINER PLATES FROM THE BACK END OF THE KILN WHEN HE EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HIS BACK AND NECK.
01/07/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS LIFTING SOME BREAKER ASSEMBLIES FROM AN AWKWARD POSITION WHEN HE FELT PAIN BETWEEN HIS SHOULDER BLADES. INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO EMPLOYER UNTIL 1-17-01.
12/03/2000 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 18d restricted EE WAS JACKHAMMERING CASTABLE REFRACTORY IN THE COOLER. THE VIBRATION DISLODGED HOT CLINKER DUSTWHICH FELL FROM AN ELEVATED LEDGE ONTO EMPLOYEE.THE HOT DUST BURNED HIS NECK, EARS, WRISTS, AND LEFT CAL...
11/08/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS OPENING THE BOTTOM DOOR OUT OF A RAIL CARWITH A LONG BAR. THE DOOR WAS TIGHT & EE FELT HIS BACK GO OUT OF PLACE