Atlanta Plant — Accidents

Total: 51 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/16/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted EE was traveling on the railcar as the spotter. They decided to stay on the railcar as it traveled through the crusher building. The railcar they were pulling through was too tall for the crusher bu...
02/15/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was moving vibrator from railcar when they had stiffness in their lower back.
09/26/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was operating the locomotive when the locomotive derailed through a switch. Employee jumped off the locomotive and injured right wrist upon landing on the ground.
09/19/2022 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 2d lost, 2d restricted At approximately 10:30 a vendor installing a new HVAC unit started experiencing chest pains and felt bad. Asked co-worker to call 911 as a precaution.
06/02/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee welding on a silo. Leaned down and bumped a pipe with their face. Lip Contusion.
04/22/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee fell off of a skid steer at bucket height on ground while getting the hours of operation from the meter.
02/24/2021 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee had a recordable shift on EE's annuel hearing test greater than 25db in the 2k, 3k and 4k ranges. Employee was sent to audiologist for retest and evaluation.
02/20/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The employee was pulling metal out of a gypsum pile and felt a pop in EE's back
07/13/2018 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using the bathroom preparing to go home at the end of shift. When ee felt a bite or sting on neck from an insect. The employee clocked out and start to drive home when ee had an allergi...
05/24/2017 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was attempting to drill out a stripped brass fitting. While starting the 1/2 inch hole the drill slipped off the gauge and contacted the webbing between the employee's thumb and index finger...
09/11/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was attempting to remove a chunk blocking a control valve. Employee isolated the feed silo and opened the access port without warning. Material flushed from the silo striking employee.
06/26/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was adjusting plastic on pallet stretch hooder machine. While adjusting the plastic his left thumb got pinched between the feed roller and the tension roller.
04/09/2013 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee bumped hardhat into sign and complained of neck pain later that day.
05/22/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was troubleshooting an air leak on a small air cylinder. When he engaged the cylinder his finger got pinched between the cylinder head and a proximity switch.
09/08/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee was installing a railcar vibrator when he stepped on his lanyard causing him to miss place the vibrator straining his shoulder. First aid of an ice pack was administered. After two week...
05/19/2010 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 216d lost Employee working on mezzanine level between floors. Employee crawled under pipes to reach work area. Surface was metal grating scattered with loose cement fragments. While crawling knee injury occurre...
10/26/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee reported back injury while lifting safety gate at the manlift elevator. Note: Employee didn't see doctor until 11/1/2009.
09/25/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee twisted his left ankle while getting off a fork truck.
08/26/2009 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 44d restricted Hand drill became bound while drilling and twisted employee's hand.
02/16/2007 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Non-chargeable death. Non employee. Truck driver found dead in sleeper of truck.
01/08/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 18d restricted Employee was operating a hoist at the crusher building and fell 33 feet through a floor grate opening.
09/20/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cement dust got into right eye while cleaning, employee was wearing safety glasses.
03/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was struck in head while welding, by another employee handling a reinforcement beam.
08/31/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was looking into an air slide to observe how it was working. The dust collector pulsed and blew cement dust towards his eyes. Employee was wearing eye protection, however his eyes felt irr...
05/29/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was cleaning and consolidating product in the warehouse Saturday May 29th He didnt feel anything pull Sunday his back was stiff so he didn't lift anything Wednesday he came into work He was experie...
03/24/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking up the kiln. The kiln had raw material in it starting at about 110 ft. He was trying to stay on the low side of the load and while crossing a section of coating build up he stepped in a...
11/15/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 50d restricted EE WAS WORKING IN THE PROPER PLACE ON THE FEED PIPE. THE AIR LANCE HIT THE MILL AND TWISTED. WHEN HE TRIED TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM THE AIR LANCEHE LOST HIS FOOTING, HE WAS STANDING ON A PILE O F MATER...
11/07/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 37d restricted Employee attemplted to catch a bag of cement that was falling from a pallet when he noticed a sharp pain in his right shoulder.
07/12/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CHANGING ROLLER AND RIGHT THUMB STRUCK A SHARP HOLE. NOTE: EE WAS SCHEDULED FOR BEACH VACATION 7/14 - 7/18. RETURNED FROM VACATION 7/21.
06/17/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM BELT AND SAID HE FELT A PULL IN LEFT KNEE.
06/16/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REPAIRING DISCHARGE SCREEN AND STRUCK METAL WITH HAMMER. METAL FRAGMENT STRUCK HIS RIGHT SIDE.
05/29/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS EMPTYING TRASH DRUM AND FELT SEVEREPAIN IN UPPER BACK.
05/17/2003 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS USING JACK HAMMER THE ENTIRE SHIFT TO CLEAR CHUNKS IN AKWARD BODY POSITION. FELT MORE SEVERE PAIN THE NEXT DAY AND WANTED MEDICAL ATTENTION.
12/23/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE TWISTED HIS FOOT WHILE WALKING BESIDE SILOS.
12/04/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE HAD RIGHT EYE EXPOSED TO CEMENT WHILE CLOSINGA SHUTE DOOR AT BULK LOADING OPERATION.
09/11/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EMPLOYEE HIT ELBOW ON SUPPORT BEAM WHILE SWEEPING.
08/29/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS PLACING TEST ROLL OF STRETCH FILM ONTO STRETCH HOODER AND LIFTED ROLL INTO POSITION RATHER THAN USING ELECTRIC HOIST.
05/08/2002 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 5d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON MODIFYING KNINKER HOPPERAND BEGAN TO CRAMP UP/ ENTIRE BODY.
04/16/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE'S RT. ARM SHIRT SLEEVE BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE MOTOR COUPLING WHEN HE REACHED OVER THE MOTOR DRIVE COUPLING TO PURGE THE LUBE SYSTEM. DONDITION: THERE WAS NO GUARD IN PLACE. SECOND, STOP SW ITCH TO...
03/18/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF PLATE AND STEPPED THROUGH A HOLE.
01/19/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost EE WAS WORKING ON ROTARY PACKER. WENT BEHIND PACKER TO PICK UP BAGS THAT HAD ACCUMULATED ON THE FLOOR. AS HE WAS COMING OUT FROM BEHIND THE PACKER, EE TRIPPED OVER BAG OF CEMENT LAYING ON THE FLOOR. H...
12/12/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost WHILE STEPPING ON TO PLATFORM IT TURNED OVER CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL AND INJURE HIS LEFT KNEE.
11/16/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING A MEETING WITH A CONTRACTOR, EE STOOD UP AND BUMPED HIS EYE INTO THE CONTRACTORS NOTEBOOK- CAUSING EYE ABRASION/SCRATCHED CORNEA.
03/29/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted EE WAS CLEANING OUT THE BOTTOM OF THE TURN HEAD WHEN HANDLE ON THE BY PASS GATE RELEASED AND HITHIM IN THE CHEST AREA BRUISING HIS RIBS.
03/14/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted WHILE WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS FROM THE KILN FIRING PLATFORM TO THE PRODUCTION CONFERENCE ROOM, EE MISSED HIS FOOTING AND TRIPPED ON THE BOTTOM STAIR STEP.
03/05/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted WHILE PUTTING GRAPHITE ON THE #4 ROLLER TO GET THE KILN TO DRAG DOWNHILL, THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OVER A STOOL ON THE KILN CATWALK.
10/27/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EE WAS MOVING A PIECE OF 8"" DUCTING. THE EE PICKED UP ONE END OF THE DUCTING AND A FELLOW EE PUSHED IN THE OTHER END OF THE DUCTING. THIS CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE'S THIRD MIDDLE FINGER TO BE SMASHE D AGAI...
08/28/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE USING A SELF PROPELLED WORK PLATFORM AND WORKING ABOUT 10' OFF THE GROUND AND BESIDE KILN #2, REMOVING ELECTRICAL CABLE TRAY. THE KILN HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY ADDING A DOOR ON THE SIDE T O FACIL...
05/15/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE JUMPING OFF THE LOADING DOCK OF THE FINISH SILO AREA, THE GUARD RAIL HE WAS HOLDING ONTO CAME OFF CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND HIT HIS HEAD.
05/08/2000 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS DRIVING RENTAL DUMP TRUCK LOADED WITH IRON ORE. HE WAS COMING DOWN THE HILL FROM THE STORAGE STOCK PILE WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. EE PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK IN STEAD P...