Pueblo Plant & Quarry — Accidents

Total: 116 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/05/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Miner was cleaning the tower using a bar and a sledgehammer. Miner hit the bar with a hammer; a piece of metal broke off and flew into the miner's eye.
11/24/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Miner was shoveling rock into buckets at the tail end of the limestone tunnel and hauling the buckets outside the tunnel to dump. Miner hurt their lower back in the process.
09/02/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was pushing forks together on a telehandler when EE felt a pain in EE's left bicep.
07/12/2025 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal A delivery driver employed by a water supply vendor was in route to the facility when the tanker truck overturned and slid off the road. Investigation ongoing
04/01/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was torqueing studs at Finish Mill. Employee dropped nut on foot.
12/28/2024 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 8d restricted Employee was climbing ladder in the reclaimer when they felt a pinch in lower left back.
10/22/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 65d lost, 2d restricted Employee was at TT1 Transfer belt when EE's head came into contact with a cross member beam. The employee tripped and fell to the ground where EE suffered an injury to their ankle.
09/17/2024 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None A Contract Truck Driver arrived on the Pueblo Plant South Truck Bay Shipping Loadout. Two GCC employees noticed this driver was laying on the platform with their head and neck area on the midrail of...
02/24/2024 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was an employee of a sub-contractor under direction of Lonestar Sierra. Miner was walking to contractor parking lot after shift ended. Plant EE was driving on plant road when EE struck miner whi...
02/10/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was operating a Brokk machine in the kiln when a capped brick came loose from overhead and struck EE in the right shoulder. Employee had a right shoulder strain from the impact.
02/02/2024 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 461d restricted Combination wrench fell from upper level striking employee in right shoulder
10/09/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE was trying to clear out a port on the tower with a bar. EE hit the material twice and on the third time the material fell from the wall of the riser, the momentum of them pushing caused their finge...
09/04/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 245d restricted Electrician using a ladder 15 feet in the air asked spotter who was holding ladder to retrieve a different tool. When spotter let go of the ladder it slipped out from underneath EE. Electrician was us...
06/24/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Miner was using a bar to clean buildup inside of preheat tower. A large chunk of material broke free hitting the edge of the bar causing the end that the miner was holding to lurch up pinching EE's in...
12/21/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 96d restricted Worker was sliding scraper liners on a pallet and felt a strain on left side of stomach.
12/13/2022 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Built up shredded wood chips and tire chips that were left from previous work on rotary feeder (floor 5) caught fire. Damage consisted of electrical conduit and air regulators for the air line.
09/21/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Climbing extension ladder to get platform on front of crusher to check main belt take-up adjustment. Slipped and/or lost footing and fell about 8' on back.
09/17/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted Disposing excess raw material in appropriate pile. Tripped over unseen rock and fell on left side, elbow, arm and shoulder.
06/19/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Swinging sledge hammer to open slide gate.
05/20/2021 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 26d restricted Currently under investigation with MSHA
03/22/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 314d lost Cleaning off a table in the raw mill, employee stepped over wheel, leg got stuck and twisted ankle.
02/11/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Stepped over a snow pile and slipped on ice.
02/08/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Slipped on ice and pulled something in groin area.
01/28/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Walking from parking lot to building, stepped on ice, slipped and twisted both knees.
11/13/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 128d restricted Employee was measuring coal piles in the long shed and lost footing due to loose material. Employee split legs and felt pain in pelvic area upon recovery of fall.
11/08/2019 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None RRT Fire. The slide gate on the TDF system was closed (Showing open in control room). This caused material to back up. Maintenance cleared the plug and opened the gate. The leftover RRT was left on th...
10/16/2019 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 4d restricted The driller was tramming the drill off of the lowboy trailer, the driller had the door of the drill locked open in order to see the edge of the trailer. When the driller reached the point where it tip...
04/27/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Pulled plate from hopper to dump, slipped from hand and fell on foot.
03/13/2019 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Troubleshooting multi-voltage drive, trying to diagnose 480volt side. I personally locked out 4160 volt several times. A co-worker with a 600 volt meter attempted to check continuity on 4160 and the m...
09/24/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Climbing across railcar ladder, foot slipped or missed step and employee fell approximately 5ft. Trying to catch self, injuring right wrist.
09/19/2018 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Climbing out of tool cat, employee stepped on large rock, straining ankle.
03/26/2018 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 71d restricted Employee stepped on a rock and felt a shooting pain up EE's left foot.
03/22/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a box knife for non-task related reasons. As employee was trying to cut away a zipper out of jacket with the box knife, it slipped and cut finger.
03/14/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost EE was leaving the plant after shift on Lime Rd. A deer ran in front of riding motorcycle, ee tried to miss the deer, lost control of the bike and wrecked.
02/16/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 179d restricted Smashed fingertip during adjustment of bucket conveyor
01/23/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted While walking up the stairs with a bucket of tools, ee threw out back.
01/19/2018 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 46d restricted While making a turn in the Quarry, the water truck tipped over.
01/19/2018 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was riding in the passenger side of a water truck in the Quarry, when the water truck tipped over. EE is a temp employee from Express Temp Agency.
10/22/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 55d lost, 22d restricted Employee was cleaning around the 13304 belt with an air lance, when employee stood up, hit employee's hard hat and was jerked forward, causing the air lance to get entangled in the belt. The air lance...
10/12/2017 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Clinker dust blew into face and under safety glasses causing eye irritation.
05/10/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee had a hole in their pants. Finished products of GCC (cement)got into employee's pants and burned their leg.
04/26/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Operator stepped off of the loader ladder and the floor was not even and they twisted their ankle.
04/05/2017 POWERED HAULAGE ACCIDENT ONLY None While moving manlift from edge of concrete to dirt road, employee was launched into air about 3.5 ft and came down hard in basket hurting left knee. Employee was checked at doctor, no injuries and wa...
03/20/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 46d restricted Employee was unloading Baker Test Equipment from back of Ford pick-up truck. Employee set the unit on the ground. Employee lifted unit with right hand and started toward finish mill hydraulic room....
01/11/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Associate performing demo work with a jackhammer upward, a large piece of cement broke off and came down and smashed finger, the pressure created a gash.
05/31/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Tripped on step in ER Room while exiting, fell on step and hit back and rib cage. Employee stated EE was fine and did not need a doctor's care.
04/25/2016 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cleaning/shoveling a cement spill on top of silo 4, a strong wind gust blew cement under the employee's safety glasses and into eyes. Employee visited eye clinic the next day and has no work re...
09/30/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee was talking to another employee while setting up a guzzler hose to clean underneath the scale. Employee stepped into the open manhole with one leg and stopped himself from going all the way...
09/24/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At 7:10pm employee entered the Ctrl Room with blood on his neck/shirt & hands. He said he was climbing an extension ladder. He was 2/3 up & the ladder slipped out from under him. He hit the back of hi...
08/12/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 168d lost, 55d restricted Employee was working on silo load spout. He climbed on top of case used to position spout and was trying to align spout from bottom. He caught his fingers in between spout and plunger smashing both...