Seattle Plant — Accidents

Total: 144 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/23/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was manually sliding a piece metal off the forks of a forklift when the metal rotated and slid off striking the employees left foot above the steel toe resulting in a hairline fracture of the...
08/06/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was wearing a full silver hot suit, pants, jacket and hood. While removing a hopper of hot kiln inlet feed from the discharge area, The pant of the hot suit raised above the employees boot du...
02/05/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE was bending down to pick up a shovel when EE stood up EE felt a pop in lower back, EE was diagnosed with a back strain and issued light duty
07/23/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking when EE rolled EE's ankle. Employee was evaluated by an ortho doctor and given physical therapy
06/21/2024 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None While working next to the kiln area employee obtained a heat rash on 6/21/24. Heat rash had calmed down except for some spots on the left leg. employee reported this on the 6/27/24 and got medical att...
05/16/2024 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 276d lost Employee stated had pain in right foot from compensating for a previously reported injury to EE's left foot. The company is awaiting an Independent Medical Exam to determine liability of the claim.
05/15/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was supporting maintenance in swapping a bucket on a bucket elevator, as employee propped the bucket up felt discomfort in the left calf. Employee was taken to local clinic and received modif...
12/20/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted While trying to perform an inspection on the skid steer drive belt employee's hand made contact with the belt causing a few lacerations to ring, middle and pointer fingers.
12/15/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted As miner was descending a fixed ladder, miner lost footing. Miner slid down the ladder about 3-4 Ft. and landed on their feet. during the events landing miner twisted their back.
12/09/2022 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 339d restricted EE strained right foot big toe joint when they stepped on a rock walking across the limestone yard, the employee was issued Physical therapy on 1/5/2023 making the incident reportable.
09/13/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was cutting wear plate when it fell off the cutting table and struck the employee in the right foot causing a potential break, a prescription was issued by the doctor
08/30/2022 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning the seal on the finish mill door when the 3/8"" hose coupling failed, allowing the hose to strike the employee in the face resulting in a bruised eye, the employee was prescribed...
07/19/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The EE had right pinky hit by a hammer swung by a coworker when they tried to close a door. The EE sustained a crushing injury requiring surgery to close the wound.
03/23/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was lowering a ladder into a manhole when a piece of metal from the ladder lacerated EE's right hand requiring 6 stitches.
02/09/2022 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee drove a warehouse forklift across a railroad track crossing when the counterweight hit a rail causing the employee to feel pain in lower back.
02/07/2022 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was operating a CAT 980K FEL through the limestone field. When EE drove across a pot hole, the operator's seat bottomed out causing the operator to experience sharp pain in their back.
01/10/2022 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None A miner was unable to open the door of the elevator EE was in and was stuck inside for 35 minutes.
12/16/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee carrying a bucket downstairs and felt a pop in EE's left knee.
09/24/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was lifting a tire from the ground to put it on the conveyor belt when they felt a sharp pain in lower back.
11/11/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was climbing up a ladder to the track mobile when EE felt a pop in the left shoulder. It was not until an independent medical review on 8/26/21, and submitted on 9/7/21 determined the injury...
06/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted An electrician bent down to pick up a motor. When the electrician stood back up felt pain in lower back.
11/26/2019 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Maintenance employee got foreign body object in left eye.
10/05/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee received a laceration on right hand while tightening a bolt on a piece of electrical equipment.
08/08/2019 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Bearing heater wiring caused short to metal table employee was using to install a bearing. A spark was noted at first use & Ash Grove was notified to repair unit. Unit was repaired by Ash Grove. Job w...
08/07/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Driver was walking back from the main plant office at Ash Grove in Seattle and tripped over cement and the train tracks. Driver fell to the ground. Driver used right hand to stop fall. Fractured right...
06/25/2019 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 117d lost While finishing up working at the finish mill, the roll up door came down on contract employee, hitting them on the hard hat, left shoulder and left upper back. Co-worker saw the door on top of employ...
04/25/2019 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An unknown incident occurred inside the kiln during preheating. A rapid expansion of air that caused a couple explosion panels to pop off. No injuries or any significant property damage as a result.
04/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 251d restricted Employee was stepping on to a forklift when employee felt a ""pop"" in left foot.
04/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 105d restricted The employee was moving a piece of flat stock and dropped it on their foot. The employee reported it immediately to the supervisor.
04/13/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got foreign debris in eye while using a garden hoe
02/26/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The miner was opening a door to a trailer when the door struck ee in the face causing a laceration to lip.
02/01/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee thinks may have hurt back Friday (2-1-19) while doing some cleanup. Employee thinks the injury might have occurred when the employee lifted a 25 lb. chute liner. At the time, the employee...
01/18/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 19d restricted Employee had been working at the Raw Mill for the previous 5 days doing many different jobs that required repetitive movements and fine motors skills. By day 5 EE complained of pain in EE's hands.
12/21/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was struck in the arm by falling debris while working on a tire elevator. The employee was examined at the local emergency department. No fractures were noted by the attending physician. The...
09/20/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was riding bicycle in to work when EE fell somewhere between the entrance of the plant and the front office. The employee does not remember much prior to the fall or 20 minutes after the...
08/15/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was pulling on a wrench trying to break loose a fitting when the employee felt pain in left wrist. The employee decided to change positions and try pushing the wrench rather than pulling i...
06/02/2018 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The employee had a possible minor allergic reaction to a beaded compound.
01/25/2018 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing a door on a crusher when the wind blew some crushed rock dust into employee's left eye. EE states that EE was wearing EE's safety glasses.
01/18/2018 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was performing an overhead patch repair on the kiln eyebrow. EE was tamping plastic using a hand held pneumatic pounder. The air exhaust from the tamper blew material behind safety glasses i...
06/21/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was attempting to pull a gate closed. While attempting to force the gate closed the employee felt a muscle tightening in EE's back.
06/06/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was descending a ladder with a piece of material inside raw mill. One of the ladder legs shifted causing employee to lose footing and fall down. Employee was taken to hospital and diagnosed w...
03/30/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted The employee was attempting to remove a broken Carbis cage, but it was stuck. EE kicked the cage to free it, resulting in an injury to right foot. Initially, the pain was not severe, and EE thought it...
02/10/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted Employee was moving a piece of refractory on a conveyor when it rolled and pinched employee's hand between the refractory and the frame work of the conveyor. When employee's hand was pinched, it cause...
04/13/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 79d restricted Employee was working in the Raw Mill trying to loosen an Allen head bolt when ee felt pain in ee right arm near the inside of ee elbow.
03/28/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was shoveling material at the stacker when EE struck a handrail with the shovel. When this happened, the employee felt tugging in EE's back that radiated up EE's right side.
01/23/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 78d restricted Employee was removing a vibrator from a railcar when EE felt pain in EE's right shoulder and neck.
12/06/2015 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was holding a bucket in place on the Limestone bucket elevator when a rock fell from one of the buckets above and hit him in the arm.
12/01/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Employee was clearing a collector box when he got cement powder in his eyes. Employee was wearing PPE The fine dust became airborne and got underneath his safety glasses.
10/23/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 74d restricted Employee was coming down the stairs from the break room when he slipped and strained his left knee.
09/22/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee was exiting the track mobile when he slipped from the step and strained his right hip.