Balcones Plant — Accidents

Total: 139 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/17/2018 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None The CO2 system discharged on the dust collector. We called the fire department to assist. No open flame was seen but the internal temperatures caused the internal bags to start smoldering. There were...
01/06/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 207d lost, 119d restricted Employee reported slipping and falling on 01-06-2018. EE refused medical treatment and said was fine. On 3-1-2018 employee stated that the shoulder has not gotten better. We took EE to the doctor wher...
07/06/2017 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee originally felt a pop in shoulder on 6-29-17. EE did not receive any restrictions from the doctor. In a week EE was still hurting went back to the doctor on 07-06-2017 and received PT for 3 w...
03/28/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a 4"" grinder with a cutting wheel to cut angle iron when grinder bound up causing it to kick back creating a laceration on the employees mid left thigh
07/18/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 92d restricted Employee was arriving to work on motorcycle. EE was making a right hand turn very slowly to park. the back wheel of the bike slid and the employee laid the bike down pinning EE's right ankle under the...
01/30/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was tightening bolts with the wrench overhead. The bolt shaft broke as pressure was applied striking the employee in the mouth
05/05/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Amilcar was working in open pipe under kiln. Cement got stuck in pipe. He used sledgehammer to hit pipe to loosen cement. When cement loosened it came out with pressure and hot water behind it. The ho...
03/28/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 3d restricted The employee was striking an airslide to get material moving through it. There was a pipe nipple next to him on the airslide that was for clean out. The nipple cap popped off and struck the employee i...
01/28/2015 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was walking on even ground through the plant, he did not trip, he did not stumble, he did not roll his ankle. He heard a pop in his foot under his ankle. Employee has sprained foot.
01/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was moving a ladder while looking up & stepping backwards. He stepped into the center of the raw mill table, falling & landing on his right side at the torso area. He came to the office at 9:09 am...
11/16/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was cleaning the pre heater tower through a 2"" opening when a lower level air blaster discharged. The material shot out of the port. the employee was not wearing the required PPE and receive...
10/29/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 63d restricted Employee was using a rivet buster to break up material behind the maintenece shop for aproximatly 4 hours. Next day the employee complained of burning sinsation in his shoulders. The employee went to...
06/30/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 11d restricted Employee working at Cemex Balcones in Lyston Building moving rocks from Quarry to plant using skid steer. Twisted right ankle stepping down from skid steer. Taken to Texas Med Clinic, diagnosed with s...
06/13/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 63d restricted The employee was removing a 1/2"" piece of plate steel when it slid unexpectedly down pinching his right index finger between the plate and the edge of the shaft.
05/24/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost An employee was working at the clay rotary when he lost consciousness. The employee hit his head when he fell down. The employee regained consciousness and called for help. The employee was transferre...
05/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 128d lost, 120d restricted Employee was placing a 5 gallon water jug on top of a dispenser and got a pain in his right shoulder. Employee has a strained right shoulder
03/25/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was exiting from a cart. They turned to get a shovel from the rear of the cart when their knee gave out.
03/02/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 109d lost The employee was using a pry bar to raise a water line while another employee was uncoupling it. When the line came apart the weight was more than the employee was aware of and the pressure caused the...
10/30/2012 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking through the plant when a gust of wind put a spec of dust in his eye. Employee was taken to med clinic and recieved prescription eye drops.
09/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 72d lost, 13d restricted Working on the DB elevator on 09/27/12. He went to his doctor for a physical on 10/01/12. He stated to doctor shoulder had been hurt and they x-rayed and MRI, employee did not say anything to me until...
09/17/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted employee was using a 6' metal bar to break up a build up of material in a chute. the material broke apart and the employee could not stop his momentum and his hand hit the seal for the chute door. The...
02/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 8d restricted EE was working in the trailer tipper area. He was loading tires onto a belt. He bent down to pull a tire that was stuck. As he pulled the tire to loosed it, he twisted his back and felt pain immediate...
01/31/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was retrieving a sample of raw meal material in a metal 1 gal bucket. On the way back to the lab the ee slipped in mud and when correcting himself he brought his hand up and the material in the buc...
01/30/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cleaning about a plugged vessel with an air lance, the vessel flushed dust out and contacted the employee in the face getting dust in his left eye. The employee washed out his eye and completed...
09/20/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was walking in the plant area KT Pit #2. As he was returning from water break, EE was walking down a step when he twisted his right ankle. His supervisor transported him to a local emergency room....
07/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee and another employee were relocating metal cabinets. When placing one of the cabinets down employee cut his hand on the frame of the cabinet
05/28/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE squatted down to lift 3 cardox tubes. He placed them on his shoulder. When EE stood up he felt a pain in groin area.
05/21/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was climbing ladder to enter cab of loader. EE was reaching for door while holding on to ladder with his gloved left hand. The glove had grease on it causing him to lose his grip and to fall backw...
09/17/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Piece of steel fell on the miners left foot just above the metataral area.
09/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While exiting K-1 clinker breaker area, hot material went down the miner's back and both pants legs. Experienced minor burns to his back and both legs. Work restrictions began upon his return to sche...
09/01/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While removing buildup from the Burner pipe the miner stepped back, lost his balance and fell from a platform on a three foot tall rolling stair. Safety chain was not in place. Miner didn't report in...
05/11/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted While driving in bar gates with a sledge hammer miner's finger was caught between the hammer handle and a steel beam.
04/19/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 55d lost, 52d restricted Removing scraper from Raw Mill table miner lifted and twisted while moving the scraper, and felt a strain in his groin area.
10/06/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Slipped on cement slurry while walking to Finish Mill, fell on left hand spraining thumb. Medical treatment not requested until 10/14/09, splinted thumb/wrist.
01/06/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was investigating why a dust collector's screw conveyor stopped. He turned off conveyor's power but didn't follow procedure to turn off/lockout the co-located rotary feeder's power. He then put...
11/25/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Laceration to right hand while using a water lance to clean Kiln inlet.
07/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was moving steel grating for a platform and got his right ring finger in between two pieces of grating.
06/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee attempted to slide a piece of grating over to weld on a pipe and the employee's finger became pinched between two pieces of grating.
06/20/2008 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Performing electrical construction in electrical building. Entered a switchgear cabinet experiencing an explosion. Employee received 2nd and 3rd degree burns to upper body.
06/20/2008 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Performing electrical construction in electrical building. Entered a switchgear cabinet experiencing an explosion. Employee received 2nd and 3rd degree burns to upper body.
06/20/2008 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Performing electrical construction in electrical building. Entered a switchgear cabinet experiencing an explosion. Employee received 2nd and 3rd degree burns to upper body.
06/12/2008 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee got dust in the right eye, due to high winds, employee was wearing safety glasses.
05/13/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None A piece of refrafractory fell off a wall and hit employee while he was cleaning up debris. He was knocked into the wall and injured his right shoulder and was cut about his eye.
05/07/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in an altercation with another employee and received a broken nose, fractures of the right eye socket, and fractures of the sinus cavity.
04/17/2008 HOISTING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was shutting overhead doors on elevator, when the door stuck and she tried to force it closed, straining her stomach muscle.
04/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was attempting to move a broken, jagged piece of metal, when it slipped and lacerated his right forearm.
03/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to engage the locking mechanism to attach a set of forklift forks to a bobcat loader. The fork rack shifted and pinched employee's foot.
03/03/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee working outside, high winds made dust particles get in employee?s right eye. Employee was wearing proper eye protection.
02/28/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While performing a walk through inspection of the pre-heater tower, non-metalic dust was blown into the right eye, by the wind. Safety glasses with side shields were being worn. The foriegn body was e...
02/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding inside the Clinker Silo and when he finished, he raised his faceshield and a large amount of debris went into his eyes and on his face.