Mining Incidents

Amrize Kalamazoo West PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
KALAMAZOO, Kalamazoo County, MI · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2002421
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2023 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was hurrying across work area with items in both hands. EE had to duck under a conveyor. When EE did so, EE's feet got tangled under EE and EE stumbled without falling.

2021 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Crew was on-site changing screen cloth for a mode change. Injured employee was using a power tool to remove hard, built up material from screen deck rails prior to re-installing screen cloth. While shifting EE's weight the tool caught the rail, causing it to kick back and pinch the employee's thumb between the power tool and the cross tube on the screen deck.

2019 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a blade to cut and remove electrical tape from a cord. As EE removed glove to peel back the tape EE made one final cut on the tape and accidently cut thumb.

2010 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cleaning out material from the tail section of a de-energized stacking conveyor the employee suffered a strain to the right arm.

2001 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BELT ON VIBRATOR FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND SHIVE AFTER LETTING GO OF THE SHIVE. THE SHIVE HAS A COUNTER WEIGHT THAT BRINGS IT TO THE STARTING POSITION. THE MINER BROKE HIS FINGER AND RECEIVED 12 STITCHES.