1604 QUARRY & PLANT — Accidents

Total: 152 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/13/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee and a contractor were removing an inspection cover from the top of the clinker cooler drag-chain. The employee's tip of pinky finger on left hand became pinched between the bottom of the...
02/01/2026 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was pushing a small pile of material with their right foot in a sweeping motion, when their left foot slipped on loose material. Instead of falling forward, they leaned back and turned their...
10/02/2025 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was bending over to pick up a trash bag from a box that was on the floor. The employee did not notice a metal pipe that was next to the box on the floor and as the employee bent down to pick...
08/11/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None As the employee was stepping out of the raw mill, the employee placed a hand on the raw mill tire hook and disrupted the accumulated dust causing it to become airborne. The airborne dust entered the a...
07/01/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 85d restricted Employee was walking backwards down the backside of the clinker dome access ramp when EE felt a strain in EE's right knee. The employee continued to experience pain in EE's knee and was referred to an...
06/27/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was opening the water truck cab door to open the water tank fill valve when the tip if EE's right fifth finger got wedged in between the cab door frame and the water fill tank valve resulting...
05/08/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was using a prybar to open the southeast door to raw mill separator. The prybar slipped causing EE's middle finger to become wedged between the prybar and the platform handrail.
12/09/2024 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the conveyor gallery reaming some holes at the time of the incident. EE had left the impact gun on the top beam of the conveyor while coming down to grab some tools. EE had a h...
07/09/2024 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 122d restricted EE straddled the finish mill 1 pinion shaft bearing drive line guard to access the oil level plug located on the opposite end of the platform. They had their left leg on the platform and as they swung...
05/28/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 134d lost, 75d restricted The metal fork (1 inch X 24 inch) that supports the empty bags on the portland bag applicator was bent in a downward angle approximately 2 inches and as the employee attempted to lift up and straighte...
03/25/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was walking on a flat wet paved road carrying 2 shovels over right shoulder when EE's right foot slipped causing EE to lose balance and fall to the ground in a backward twisting motion.
06/25/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was using a shovel to move a large chunk of clinker from the back of the clinker hopper grating to the front. As the employee was using the shovel to move the chunk of clinker, EE felt a pain...
06/19/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 38d lost, 187d restricted Employee was pulling down with a pipe wrench in right hand, while holding a 1/2 inch pipe fitting with a pair of channel locks in the left hand. The employee heard a pop in the back area of left shoul...
01/04/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was engaging locking mechanism to secure the raw mill doors when some dirt from area above EE fell behind the upper part of EE's safety glasses frame and entered the employee's left eye.
04/30/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was standing on a ladder closing a door shut on ball mill inlet throat. The door was not secured in place and as employee stepped down the ladder the door swung open striking employees hard h...
01/29/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted A production utilityman was cleaning the walkway along the lime/gypsum conveyor belt. While cleaning the walkway, they slipped on material and fell onto elbow causing a laceration requiring 4 stitches...
04/23/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 126d lost, 302d restricted Maintenance employee was performing tracking adjustments on the palletizer belt. The employee had a hammer in right hand and was holding on to the belt frame with left hand. As the employee began to t...
12/23/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 65d restricted Employee was removing the bottom of an air slide pan that was with 3 other employees. They were using 2 come-a-longs to lower the airslide pan. The come-a-longs were then removed leaving the airslide...
10/22/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was holding a 3/4 inch conduit strap with left fingers and a cordless band-saw in EE's right hand. The band-saw was partially resting on a cardboard box, as EE began to cut the conduit strap...
10/05/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 77d restricted Employee proceeded to walk to the north side of preheater tower and on the way back to work area, right foot got caught on a scaffold gate that was laying on pathway floor causing right leg to twist...
07/07/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was using an air lance to poke through a thermocouple port opening on a plugged preheater tower cyclone, when the air was turned on to the air lance, hot material poured out of port opening s...
03/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 95d restricted At the request of the Alamo employee, a contractor tossed a 22 lbs. box of ceramic fiber insulation across the raw mill roller pair to the Alamo employee. The Alamo employee had left arm extended and...
01/02/2020 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee had just closed air valve on an air line on 3rd floor of preheater tower. As EE was walking away from area, EE felt dust fall into left eye. Employee is unsure where dust came from.
10/16/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was opening a port on preheater tower cyclone, when a piece of coating fell and forced some material to come out of port. Some of this dust got into employees right eye.
09/03/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 32d lost, 12d restricted Employee was tapping on the seat of a metal tipping gate with a hammer to try and loosen material because the gate would not fully close. During this process the gate closed crushing employee's right...
08/16/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 334d restricted Employee was cleaning the preheater tower using the water blaster. During this cleaning a large chunk hit water blaster lance causing it to twist while employee was engaged with gun trigger. The trigg...
02/14/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 5d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING ON PAVED AREA ALONG DRAINAGE DITCH, MIS-STEPPED AND LANDED ON KNEES.
10/07/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CEMENT MOLDS CONTAINER OUT OF MOISTURE CABINET WHEN EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN NECK AND SHOULDER AREA.
09/04/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING FROM HAUL TRUCK LADDER WHEN EE'S FOOT SLIPPED ON THE LAST MUDDY LADDER RUNG CAUSING EE TO FALL TO GROUND ON EE'S BACK. DURING THIS EE INCURRED A LEFT WRIST AND LEFT KNEE SPRAIN...
08/13/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN THE RAW MILL. EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A LINER PLATE IN PLACE AS THE BOLTS WERE BEING CUT OFF FROM PLATE FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE PLATE SLIPPED AND AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO GRASP THE PLAT...
05/23/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A GUARD COVER TO RE-INSTALL IT ON THE MASONRY PACKER CONVEYOR WHEN EE FELT A PAIN IN LOWER BACK. THE GUARD WAS IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION LEANING AGAINST THE BELT FRAME, BUT HAD A FO...
01/20/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EMPLOYEE HAD JUST CLEANED A MATERIAL SPILLAGE INTO BOBCAT BUCKET. EMPLOYEE HAD ALREADY CLIMBED ONTO BOBCAT, BUT AS EE TURNED TO SIT INTO THE CAB OF THE BOBCAT, EE'S FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF STEP AND WEDGED...
07/20/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was shoveling clinker out from under a belt conveyor counterweight. EE right foot slipped on a piece of clinker, causing ee to jerk to catch self and twisted back in the process.
06/05/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted A piece of plywood shielding board became dislodged and fell onto individuals L pinky finger resulting in a fracture.
12/02/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was working changing a line on compressor, standing on skid at compressor. EE re-positioned right foot and left foot slipped on the steel and fell backward striking head on the concrete resulting...
08/09/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was attempting to make a curtain over door window of excavator with a towel and slammed finger in door causing a fracture of right ring finger
04/24/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was lifting a piece of metal plate flooring, approx 4'x5', weighing approx 100# to access work area. As EE slid the plate, EE lost grip & it dropped onto the fingers of EE's right hand. EE snatched...
02/21/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was cleaning the burner pipe on the kiln with an air lance. As the employee was extracting the lance from the port, something fell and made an impact on the lance causing it to flip up and ar...
04/11/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE was inside the kiln moving a 2x12 board from across the kiln to the floor of the kiln. He picked up the board and tossed it to the side when it ricocheted off the rigging and landed on the top of...
02/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE was repositioning forks on the forklift and felt a pop in his arm.
01/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 83d restricted EE was walking down stairs carrying 2 empty 1 gallon buckets. He felt a pop in his right knee. He waited a few minutes and didn't hurt or bother him so continued on to collect samples. Didn't report u...
12/30/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was clearing build up of material from discharge box for routine pm inspection when material that was above his hand broke free and fell and pushed his hand down onto the lip at the bottom of...
12/30/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was climbing down from 980 loader and reached the 2nd step when his foot slipped off of the step causing him to fall back onto the concrete slab. Employee was complaining of lower back pain.
10/10/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted EE & contractor was working in the flow control gate area. After removing a valve they used a come-along to raise it from the floor to a working surface of just over 2 feet. The ee had his hand positi...
07/21/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE PREHEAT TOWER WHEN AN AIR CANNON DISCHARGED PUTTING HOT AIR ON HIS LEFT ARM AND LEFT SIDE OF FACE. CAUSING BURNS.
05/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING SCRAP METAL IN THE DUMPSTER AND CUT HIS LEFT RING FINGER REQUIRING STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND.
02/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING WEEDS AND CUT FINGER. THE CUT REQUIRED 3 STITCHES TO CLOSE.
12/23/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EMPLOYEE, TRANSIT DISPATCHER FROM SCALE, WAS WALKING TO HER CAR AND TRIPPED ON A WATER HOSE, AND FELL TO GROUND. ACCIDENT RESULTED IN A FRACTURED RIGHT ELBOW AND LEFT KNEE CONTUSION. RETURNED TO W...
09/10/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE TARGET ON A TIPPING GATE THAT LOOKED LOOSE, WHEN GATE ARM MOVED AND CUT HIS FINGER. REPORTED DUE TO STITCHES. NO LOST TIME.
03/10/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Drill bound up and kicked back causing drill to strike head. Causing laceration above right eye.