Toomsboro — Accidents

Total: 27 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/05/2025 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was changing a plugged Niro lance when it sprayed hot slurry on the upper inside of arm, resulting in burn injury.
05/02/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee had removed material from the Niro by raking it out of the Niro door. Employee was attempting to shut the Niro door by kicking it and sustained a knee injury. Kneecap was dislocated and emplo...
04/29/2025 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted Utility employee in ceramic manufacturing plant was responding to a plugged discharge chute to clear it. They reached up into the chute with right hand and contacted an operating rotary valve. They re...
01/15/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 231d restricted Employee was driving forklift 305 to EE's work area when the brakes failed. EE was unable to stop the forklift and came into contact with the barricade around a fire hydrant. As a result, EE experienc...
04/14/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While swapping and cleaning Niro filters per schedule, employee was using improper P.P.E. and not following proper procedures, exposing skin to potential hot slurry spillage. EE opened the filter lid...
06/22/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY None Employee was locking the deck back in place after changing screens on 3-3 green screen using the manual locking bar. Upon applying downward pressure using EE's right arm the employee felt a strain in...
04/18/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee mounted a tire on a rim. They then placed a ratchet strap onto the tire & applied pressure to help seat the tire. The tire was inflated which applied additional pressure to the strap. Upon re...
10/21/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 170d lost As employee was walking on the bottom floor of the main building on L3, they stepped over a small berm to go up the steps to the Niro, lost balance and fell. At the time of the accident the employee d...
09/06/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Wet, slippery floor due to maintenance being performed, breaking open a slurry line which then created a slip, trip, fall hazard. Injured employee lost footing and fell hitting head- concrete floor re...
03/13/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Washing off screens on Line 2 blunger with pressurized hose. A splatter of slurry went in eye, caused a burn to the cornea. Not reporting to supervisor in a timely manner and due to possible lack of...
10/01/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning a plugged lance and positioning lance to install back into the niro hit a light fixture above. Hitting the fixture with the lance caused the globe/dome to break and fell on the b...
11/22/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Pulling lances out of Niro 5 pulling with right hand and was placing left hand under the lance to grab a hold of it, the lance slipped out of right hand smashing the left index finger.
08/03/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Changing out a slurry transfer pump and lifting to another location EE felt a pain in lower back and right leg. Slurry was on the floor which could cause a slippery surface.
01/20/2016 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Calibrating weigh scales in DSI silo. Weights were being added to calibrate the scales / weights typically are not secured as it would add weight/ weight not being lifted/removed slipped off ledge fa...
11/27/2015 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Accident:Hooking bag straps onto forklift forks. When moving the forklift in place to lift a supersack bag the employee had his hand pinched between the forks and the straps of the supersack bag. Thi...
05/17/2015 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Valve was tied off to hold it in it's position and when trying to untie the rope, the last knot failed causing the valve wheel to spin unexpectedly. Valve was under more pressure than anticipated. Fa...
01/04/2015 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Clearing of 2D silo discharge gate watching for the material to free up and had safety glasses on at the time.
07/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Laceration to pinky finger (Fifth Finger)- Left hand requiring stiches. Employee was knocking off lances on Niro 7. When closing the door on Tank 6 on the burner side, the door pulled out of his hand...
02/06/2014 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Breaking down electric manlift at end of job. Employee was moving the lift backwards and stated he had the pipe in view. He released the pedal and the lift drifted and wedged him between the pipe and...
12/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was disconnecting lanyard from tie off point when snaphook on the lanyard struck him in the mouth, causing a laceration to his lip, resulting in 4 stitches to his lip.
12/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Clearing material from inside of the niro lance after shutdown to prevent the lance from becoming plugged during startup. The operator was raising and lowering a lance to remove buildup. While lower...
06/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee reported that he had a sharp pain in his groin area along with a knot that was sticking out. He wasn't sure what caused it to stick out. He was doing his normal job duties with no major or...
04/14/2010 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Non-work related ailment, employee stopped taking blood pressure medication causing his blood pressure to be unstable.
10/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working in A103 injury removed gloves. Gloves soaked. After removing gloves he started rolling up a hose.Pulled hose with right and grabbed with his left hand & ran his fingers over the hose clamp whi...
09/14/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost Employee was removing a canister-type filter from service for cleaning. He mistakenly mis-aligned the values resulting in the filter canister remining on-line when he attempted to disconnect the cani...
11/23/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Operator was attempting to open a ball valve, the ball valve was very tight and operator used his shoulder against valve handle to assist in opening. Operator sustained a bruise to the shoulder.
07/14/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 89d lost Employee had completed typing the rebar for the foundation shab and was walking across the rebar mat to leave area. As he approached the outside form, a wall tie that had not yet been welded to the re...