Quincy Plant — Accidents

Total: 59 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/18/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 20d restricted THE IE REPORTED BACK STRAIN ON 8/18/25 AT THE START OF SHIFT. IE STATED THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 8/13/25. THE IE WAS REMOVING A BROKEN PALLET FROM THE BAGGING SYSTEM WHEN THEY FELT A STRAIN IN BA...
11/14/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 182d lost IE was rolling the tarp off of McNay rental trailer #118 when the handle detached from the trailer causing the IE to fall to the ground, same level injuring left lower back. The IE did not seek medica...
10/21/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 99d lost IE was lifting a mop bucket to dump in a sink and felt a pop in EE's back. IE refused treatment on 10/21/24. On 10/22/2024 IE sought medical treatment and was given two injections and was taken off wo...
07/02/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 64d lost, 64d restricted THE IE TRIPPED OVER A PLASTIC BAND AND FELL STRIKING EE'S LEFT HAND AGAINST A PIECE OF METAL STRUCTURE. THE IE WAS TAKEN TO BLESSING HOSPITAL ER WHERE AFTER X-RAYS EE HAD A FRACTURE TO EE'S LEFT MIDDL...
12/19/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost IE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER AND EE'S RIGHT ARM ""GAVE WAY"". REPORTED INCIDENT AND FINISHED SHIFT. IE DEVELOPED A PERSONNEL MEDICAL ISSUE (NON RELATED) THAT TOOK EE OUT OF WORK. WHILE OFF ON PERSONN...
08/20/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The IE was struck by a shard of glass from a UV light that broke. The IE required 3 sutures. The incident occurred in our Nutrition Department / Mill 34.
07/14/2021 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None 2nd Shift Scale House Clerk was giving paperwork to an over the road driver when EE suddenly collapsed and went unresponsive. CPR was performed until the ambulance arrived and EE was transported to th...
06/21/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 6d restricted IE was loading a 6"" vacuum line into the back of a pick-up truck when they felt a slight ""pull"" or ""pop"" in lower back. The IE reported incident to supervisor on 6/22/2021.
02/17/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 6d restricted IE was helping to free a bucket elevator leg. The leg, locked out at the time of the incident. Another employee using a pipe wrench to try and turn the shaft while the IE was trying to pull on the bel...
02/10/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The IE was moving a stack of pallets through the ""speed door"" in the Packaging Plant when saw dust came off of one of the pallets and into the IE's right eye. The IE was seen the following day by an...
01/30/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost On 1/30/21 the IE was trying to free up material in the Mill 13 bin using a long rod to poke the material. EE felt a strain in EE's lower back and reported the incident to management. The IE continued...
04/29/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 62d lost EE was filling super sacks with product in the packaging plant. As the super sack was going down the conveyor, EE noticed the sack was leaning. EE stopped and tried to push back on the sack and felt a...
11/07/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost IE was attempting to hook up a mobile air compressor by unhooking a stationary air compressor so that the stationary air compressor could be serviced. As they started to hook the 3"" hose up, they tri...
05/16/2019 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 183d lost Employee lifted arm to work on air lock and as employee raised arm employee felt a pop. Employee reported the incident two days later on Sat. May 18th 2019. Sent employee to hospital and has restricti...
02/06/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Removing belt from a motor and did not relieve tension on belt first. When right hand pulled the belt, left hand holding a screwdriver slipped and two fingers were pulled between sheave and belt. Tw...
12/19/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was stepping out of rail car mover and when EE stepped onto the ground EE twisted EE's ankle. Went to be seen at clinic. X-rays were taken and EE was diagnosed with a slight sprain. Missed t...
10/23/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost Dropped a piece metal on left foot while loading onto a roller.
04/30/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding off a bearing and a piece of debris flew into left eye. Not first reported Friday because employee believed it was just a piece of stone, not steel. Employee was wearing safety...
02/07/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 6d restricted Bulk bag fell over while employee was placing strap onto forks of fork truck. Employee lost balance and fell forward. Employee later in the day noticed back was painful.
02/06/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was getting out of EE's personal truck and when EE stepped onto the ground felt EE's hip pop. EE's truck is lifted and is very high off the ground. Employee was in awkward position and has ha...
02/02/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost Employee tripped on stretchwrap and fell. Employee reached out with a hand to catch themselves and hurt a wrist. After a few days employee went to the doctor who determined it to be a fracture.
12/27/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost An operator was weighing a railcar, while an employee was spotting the railcar by track 6 and 8 during the early morning. The employee stepped an uneven ground, and twisted knee.
08/26/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While re-installing a guard, the employee let go of guard with one hand to re-position. Before ee could grab the guard again ee dropped it. The guard fell onto right index finger resulting in a fractu...
07/12/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost The employee was walking outside of the mill 18 area by the tramway of the ball mills/NTR area. There was a defined clean walkway, but it appears that the employee walked through a buildup of materia...
05/04/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 40d restricted Lab employee was opening a sample jar and felt a ""pop"" in wrist. Did not feel pain at that time but over a few days began to experience pain. Being seen by a doctor for possible cartilage or repeti...
03/24/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was stepping off of a super sack cart and misjudged landing. EE twisted ankle resulting in a very mild sprain.
02/20/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee's foot slipped off rung of fixed ladder and employee lost balance. When landing on floor employee rolled employee's ankle. Sprain resulted. No coast, surgery required.
01/06/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the process of stacking empty bags on the conveyor for the robotics system. Employee was standing at a pallet that was on a spring assist table so the bags were waist high. Employee co...
12/07/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was trying to remove a 8' dust collector bag that was full of material. While trying to remove the dust collector bag, EE tried to open the top door on the dust collector with a clamp le...
11/11/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee started walking up a set of office steps. While on the 3rd step employee began to lose grip of coffee cup, by trying to catch it lost footing. Left foot slipped off the step and down onto th...
05/28/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost This employee and another employee were on the belt cleaning out a rock jam. The other employee was pushing the rock up the belt to this employee who was lifting the rocks out and throwing them over...
03/14/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost Employee was scrapping/scooping oil dry that was used to absorb oil spillage in the Mill 7 area. Employee noticed discomfort in their side and pain in their groin area.
03/11/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee from temp agency was scooping a limestone pile with a shovel. As went down in a scooping motion, felt something ""pop"" in shoulder.
02/01/2016 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 7d restricted Employee ran a jack hammer to break up the dried up/hardened sludge that had built up on the floor of the mill on February 1, 2016. On February 9, 2016, employee reported to supervisor that employee...
01/01/2016 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 7d restricted Employee rolled their ankle on a rock while cleaning rock off the belt that feeds Mill 5.
09/06/2015 POWERED HAULAGE INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None A passenger vehicle was traveling south on Illinois 57 when the vehicle veered out of the lane and hit a retaining wall on mine property. The vehicle burst into flames, killing both the driver and a p...
09/06/2015 POWERED HAULAGE INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None A passenger vehicle was traveling south on Illinois 57 when the vehicle veered out of the lane and hit a retaining wall on mine property. The vehicle burst into flames, killing both the driver and a p...
04/21/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 24d lost Employee was struck in the right ankle by the end of a pneumatic deliver hose while attempting to clear the hose with compressed air prior to use. Employee was bruised and the attending physician pre...
09/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Operator was doing maintenance on mill and losing bolt and felt pop in back.
06/16/2014 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee was walking down mill #1 ramp, looking down at his 2-way radio, when he stepped onto a big rock, slipped and caught himself, he felt his back ""pop"".
05/20/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Operator was assisting maintenance on Mill 19 reel chain that had broke. Couldn't get chain on rotary splitter. Operator came up on steps to hold splitter to position to install. Maintenance employe...
12/22/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Icy surfaces -Employee was walking from building to truck and fell and hit his head on ground.
09/08/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted mill operator was finishing poking down the agstone in the outside system hopper. Operator got it all poked down and turned to put the poking rod up and slipped on some loose rock strained knee
06/28/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 2d restricted Felt twinge in back during manual bagging
05/17/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee stepped down off forklift and felt knee pop.
03/26/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loading truck at Silo 33. Employee lowered load out chute into hole. Chute contacted lip of the hole rather than going down into it. Employee reached down with his left hand and pulled on...
01/17/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He explained that he fell while attaching the sack loops to the forklift. Access to forks on tow motor, and sack spout was being gained by a stack of 3 empty pallets, 4x4 boards, and a piece of plywoo...
06/26/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 153d lost Employee's knee gave out stepping up on packaging cart and fell back hitting shoulder on pallet.
10/29/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee started descending from the packaging cart while carrying his large, personal portable radio in his right hand. The employee did not maintain the required 3-point contact as he descended and...
02/04/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 33d restricted The employee was using a pipe and a hammer to break up clumps of material in an outside hopper. The employee put one end of the pipe on a clump and went to strike the other end of the pipe. The hamm...