Redding Plant — Accidents

Total: 154 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/31/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 131d lost, 22d restricted Employee was attempting to hang hoses onto wall racks when the base of ladder slipped out from under EE. This resulted in employee falling from a height of 12' causing a broken femur and broken hand a...
02/10/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Contractor was painting an electrical box on 3rd floor of F Area. EE needed a paint brush, so EE entered the elevator going down. Contractor became lodged between floors, 911 was called and tech for e...
12/15/2024 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was entrapped in elevator for over 30 minutes. Elevator blew a main fuse.
08/28/2024 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The incident occurred when a blown fuse on the tower elevator failed trapping a contractor between the 5th floor and 10th floor.
06/19/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cleaning the water trough on B Mill cooler by hand. It appears that a sliver of metal entered through glove into EE's right Pinkey finger.
05/19/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Weather was good, working at heights. Employee slipped causing injury. All appropriate PPE was being utilized when incident occurred.
05/08/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost Employee was jackhammering around pan conveyor from EE's knees when EE rotated torso EE felt a strain in mid-back
12/29/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee after shutting down compressor on lube truck was exiting off the back of truck when EE stepped onto the ground that appeared to have material on the ground causing EE to roll left ankle.
12/15/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 393d lost, 97d restricted Employee was exiting off the locomotive steps EE planted right foot onto ground and felt a pop in right hip. Employee still had 3 points of contact including holding onto hand rail. Employee did not...
12/08/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 69d restricted Employee was walking in rock storage first floor. The employee slipped and fell onto EE's left knee. The first floor at the time was wet causing a slippery surface.
08/27/2023 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Transport elevator had a faulty relay switch. Tech replaced relay and retrieved elevator.
05/18/2023 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Incident occurred while employee was using rotary hammer from man-basket to remove build up on crane way wall and pipes. Employee was hammering build up on pipes when it became lodged in build up. Emp...
12/12/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE reported was cleaning the diverter gate that allows the raw mill feed to go into B1 or B2. EE was chipping away the material in order to replace an air hose because EE heard a leak. EE had the air...
10/12/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 11d restricted Employee was shoveling material from under belt while Bobcat operator was moving in and out of building. The employee had positioned self by a wall and behind piece of equipment. As equipment was turn...
12/16/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted The production crew on shift was clearing a pre-heater tower plug in the feed pipe and stage 4. EE inserted Cardox tube into port and while trying to set the depth of the Cardox tube they felt pain in...
09/22/2021 HOISTING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted EE entered a passenger elevator, closed scissors gate, the exterior door did not fully close, EE reached through scissors gate to secure exterior door and smashed right thumb between door and frame.
09/15/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 191d lost On Sept 15, 2021 EE preforming electrician duties was pulling cable through conduit, tweaked EE's right shoulder while wiring a speed switch. EE refused medical attention, incident documented. On Oct...
08/26/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The mine operator was made aware of a STS shift in a miner's hearing. The miner has been in the hearing conservation program and effectively uses hearing protection during performance of EE's duties a...
02/15/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee removed a Cardox port cap on a fluidized silo without authorization, material started flowing from the Cardox port. Employee tried to replace dislodged cap and received dust in the right eye...
07/01/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured employee was closing the door on a rail car, the door to the car was malfunctioning, in order to close the door the employee laid in the prone position on their back and extended their leg...
01/20/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted The production supervisor was assisting repairman free a transport valve stuck in the closed position. When the valve freed, the production supervisor lost balance causing them to fall awkwardly on ri...
01/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Laborer employee was making a pour on a cooler tube, the employee was carrying two five gallon buckets, one in each hand of castable material that were half full from the mixer to the cooler tube. Whi...
09/05/2019 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Diabetic shock, was feeling bad, ate some candy then went into convulsions.
01/10/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE slipped on the walkway at the bottom of the stairs due to an intense rain that had just occurred at the plant. EE did not request medical treatment at the time of the incident. The EE was under fir...
10/18/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was hooking up air to the trailer and hand slipped and finger bent backwards.
01/02/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE cutting a section of air hose with a utility knife and cut L index finger requiring 3 sutures
12/20/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None EEs were traveling in the elevator from the third floor to the ground floor of the Mill building when the cable failed. There were no EEs injuries
09/28/2017 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 186d lost EE was walking up stairs in shop and heard a pop and felt a tear in EE's left knee
09/05/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 203d lost Stepped from a rail car and felt a twinge in R knee
09/03/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was replacing cables on a bridge crane and was placing the cable across from the notch to the smooth section of the auxiliary hoist. EE directed the operator to come up on the hoist. EE lost balanc...
08/08/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 222d lost REMOVING BAR STOCK FROM STORAGE RACK AND FAR END OF BAR SLIPPED FROM THE RACK AND FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING RAPID MOTION BEFORE EMPLOYEE COULD RELEASE THEIR HOLD
06/13/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was rolling scrap tires from one side of a cross-dock to the other. Employee reports feeling a sharp pain in left arm, shoulder, and ribs. Dr. reports contusion of left wall of thorax.
03/28/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee has a strain of the flexor muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level of right arm. EE's job entails loading and unloading scrap tires from trailers on a cross deck. EE is unsure whether the...
09/28/2016 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employees stepped half on and half off of a 3 inch curb and twisted left foot.
05/06/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trimming a piece of conveyor belting with a utility knife. While cutting the belting employee contacted left index finger.
05/05/2016 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Kiln feed popped during the cleaning process material splashed up under protective hood. A small amount of material contacted miner's eye
04/13/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting a bearing from a shaft using a cutoff blade on a 4.5in grinder and the blade bucked and cut the EE's thumb. Requiring stitches.
01/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 238d lost EE states that on an unknown day in January 2016, EE pulling on a tire that was ""laced"" with other tires. EE described a pop of crack sound coming from lower back, and subsequent back pain that exte...
12/03/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 145d lost EE was inventorying idlers and stepped over one. His foot slipped and he hyperextended his knee.
06/26/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 254d lost EE was working in the shop, cleaning up scrap metal from the ground, next to a loader when the ee turned and felt a pop in his knee.
06/18/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 44d restricted The ee in question was assisting a coworker in releasing a tire trailer from the fifth wheel coupling on a tractor. The employee managed to get the pin to release and instructed his coworker to move t...
03/08/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A fuel line at the kiln burner failed catastrophically spilling MDF on the ground. This fuel then caught fire due to the radiant heat in the area, and was not able to be extinguished with in 30 minute...
02/19/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 344d lost Employee stepped on a rock walking down the East ramp of the rock dome causing him to slip and strain his left knee.
02/02/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was cleaning up in the basement of the pack house and slipped on a thin layer of hydrated cement that he was in the process of cleaning up resulting in a sprain to his left knee.
01/11/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was walking along the roadway on the East side of the switch yard and stepped on the edge of the concrete where it meets the dirt causing him to roll his ankle which resulted in a knee strain...
01/10/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was heading to trailer for lunch when he saw co-workers hung up on beam while making pick w/ crane. He walked into deep pan drag chain room crossing danger tape explaining hole in floor. A 4' x 4'...
12/26/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted The ee was using a sledge hammer to clear a bin. On his backswing the employee lost his grip with his right hand, causing the weight of the hammer to shift, straining his left shoulder.
09/18/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 122d lost, 48d restricted Employee was exiting the preheat blend dome and stepped on uneven ground, twisting his knee.
06/23/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted An employee with 1 year and 26 weeks of mining experience was working to clear chunks from a weigh feeder, using a bar. The employee's grip on the bar slipped, and the ring finger on the right hand wa...
05/07/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted The employee in question was carrying tools down a staircase to stow them away, when he slipped and fell forward when he reached the bottom stair, striking his knee to ground, at which point his hand...