Brooksville Cement Plant — Accidents

Total: 84 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/20/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removing liners from a ball mill a liner was stuck, he struck the liner with a sledge hammer to dislodge it causing it to shatter and a piece of metal hit him in the lower right leg shin area causing...
10/13/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was inflating a tire on a 863 bobcat utilizing a ratcheting strap to seat the tire to the wheel. When the strap was released it re-coiled upward striking the employee's forearm requiring 8 stitche...
12/17/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost While operating a walk-behind concrete saw, a rock jammed the saw wheel. Employee reached to remove rock and his sleeve was caught on saw arbor causing forearm to contact blade.
06/17/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cutting steel bands off a pallet, the steel band recoiled back and cut the left arm just above the wrist.
02/23/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 17d restricted EEs were replacing supporting pipes for head protection inside the ""kin riser"". Debris came loose, struck EE on the head and shoulder, knocking his hard hat off and causing a contusion on his should...
04/06/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a vacuum truck suction hose. While in the process of cleaning he was holding the 8"" hose with his left hand and maneuvering the hose with his right hand. The hose turned and e...
11/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None In the process of adding grinding balls to the coal mill, the drum containing the grinding balls tipped over striking right arm against metal chute.
02/13/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning out a plug in the nextor hopper (massary additive) by standing on a platform and digging into it with a shovel. When ee returned to the lab, she compalin of back pain when she br...
11/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was closing a port door on a preheater tower. The hinged section of the port door was stuck, requiring more force to be applied when closing. As the hatch closed, his hand slipped causing a l...
11/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was installing a chute on a clay conveyor. While maneuvering the chute into place, his hand was caught between two pieces of steel. This caused three fingers on his left hand to be smashed, r...
06/21/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee tripped on a 1/2 inch raised portion of walkway grating. The fall resulted in a small laceration to her knee.
05/08/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was using a pry bar to close the bottom door of a cement railacar. His hand slipped from the pry bar, causing him to lose his balance, and twist his ankle. This resulted in a sprained ankle.
02/13/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 125d restricted Employee was kneeling down on top of a metal tank performing electrical repairs to a bindicator. When he stood to leave the area, he felt a pain in his right knee. He requested medical attention the n...
02/09/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 315d restricted Employee was manually pulling welding cables from the ground floor to an elevated platform when he felt a pain in his lower back. He requested to see a physician on 2/13/2007. He was returned to work...
02/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was cleaning the discharge screen of a finish mill. The screen was plugged with hardened cement. As the particles broke loose from the screen, material blew into the employee's eyes. One eye...
01/23/2007 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were working in the roll mill, the wind blew some cement dust and it got into EE's right eye. He rinsed it at an eyewash station, but still felt something in his eye, so he was taken to get...
01/12/2007 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was standing beside a stack of metal plates when the stack tipped, trapping his left foot under one of the plates.
08/25/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 70d restricted Employee was removing a pipe cap with a large pipe wrench when his hand slipped from the wrench. This caused him to stumble and fall, subsequently twising his ankle. The fracture to the ankle required...
08/20/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was assisting in an electric motor change. He attempted to lift the motor and caught his finger on a protruding bolt on the bottom of the motor, resulting in a laceration to his finger.
05/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 134d restricted While the employee was removing rocks of approximately 20lbs from a hopper, his right thumb was caught between the hopper edge and the rock.
02/09/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 68d restricted Employee tripped over a pallet on the floor of the maintenance shop. Placed his hand out to catch his fall, and injured right wrist.
05/02/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was operating a cement bag packing machine. As a bag was filling, the bag ruptured, blowing cement dust onto the ee. The ee was wearing safety glasses and a face shield at the time. Some cement dus...
04/21/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted EE injured knee while working behind maintenance shop. The employee tripped over a pallet and twisted his knee. After evaluation, he returned to work. He had surgery while off work from a non-work rel...
12/02/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted A NEARBY EMPLOYEE WAS USING AN 8 LB SLEDGEHAMMER TO REMOVE A SHAFT. THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WALKED BEHIND THE EMPLOYEE USING THE SLEDGEHAMMER AT THE MOMENT HE PUT THE SLEDGEHAMMER TO REST ON HIS SHOULDER...
11/16/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 60d restricted EE WAS INSTALLING A DRIVE BELT ON A SHEAVE. FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRIVE BELT AND THE SHEAVE. SHEAVE GROOVES WERE WORN, CAUSING THE EDGES TO BE SHARP. FINGER WAS SEVERELY LACERATED WHEN PRESSED...
08/05/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING INSIDE A FINISH MILL REPLACING LINERS. A SCAFFOLD BOARD HAD BEEN INSTALLED APPROX. 3'HIGH TO INCREASE THE REACH TO THE TOP OF THE MILL. THE SCAFFOLD BROKE, CAUSING EE TO FALL. THE...
08/04/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A LADDER BELOW THE OPENING OF A FINISH MILL IN PREPARATIONS TO ENTER THE MILL. EE STEPPED ON A MILL BALL, SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS SHOULDER ON THE GROUND. RECEIVED FIRST AID, ICE COMP...
06/16/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 61d restricted THE EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING STAIRS INTO A BUCKET ELEVATOR HOLE TO PERFORM REPAIRS. HE SLIPPED ON THE STAIRS & TWISTED HIS RT.KNEE. HE RECEIVED FIRST AID (ICE PACK), BUT NO RELIEF FROM THE PAIN AFTER 2...
06/15/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted THE EMPLOYEE WAS EXITING THE OPERATOR'S CAB OF A BOBCAT SKID-STEER LOADER. WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE LOADER HE STEPPED ON A ROCK & TWISTED HIS ANKLE.
04/28/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING ON CEMENT FINISHED PRODUCT COOLING TOWER. SOME CEMENT DUST FELL FROM ABOVE & WENT INTO EYES.
04/03/2004 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL REPAIR DUTIES. WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSED DUST TO BECOME AIRBORNE IN THE WORK AREA AND GET INTO HIS EYES. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.
03/13/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding, torching & grinding on 3/13. The next day he thought he might have burned his right eye welding. Employee returned to TN from FL on 3/17, right eye had gotten worse, went to doc...
03/09/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was changing out a damaged screw auger. the old screw was lying on the floor adjacent to the immediate work area. the ee stepped back onto the screw auger and tripped, falling onto the auger. the s...
03/07/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A JACKHAMMER TO REMOVE HARDENED MATERIAL. WHEN HE PULLED THE JACKHAMMER TOWARD HIS BODY, THE JACKHAMMER BIT CAME OUT AND FELL ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER.
01/05/2004 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted EE WAS CLOSING THE INSPECTION DOOR OF THE DISCHARGE END OF A RAW MILL. THE EE'S THUMB WAS CAUGHT IN THE DOOR AND WAS BRUISED AND SCRAPED.
12/26/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON MATERIAL ON THE GROUND AND FELL INTO A NEARBY WALL. INJURY REPORTED IMMEDIATELY & TREATED AS FIRST AID INJURY. THE EMPLOYEE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE DISCOMFORT AND DESIRED T O SEEK...
12/09/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 2d restricted EE WAS WORKING ON A CEMENT AIRSLIDE CONVEYOR. THIS IS AN AIR ASSISTED GRAVITY CONVEYOR FOR FINISHED CEMENT PRODUCT. WHEN HE REMOVED A COVER ON THE AIRSLIDE, THE MATERIAL INSIDE PURGED OUT ON TO HIM CO...
12/09/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EE ON A CEMENT AIRSLIDE CONVEYER. WHEN THE EE'S REMOVED A COVER ON THE AIRSLIDE, THEY WERE HIT WITH A QUICK BURST OF MATERIAL CONTAINED IN THE AIRSLIDE. THE EE'S EYES WERE...
12/07/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING A HEAVY INSPECTION DOOR TO A BUCKET ELEVATOR. WHILE HE WAS PUSHING THE DOOR, HE SLIPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
10/24/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE REMOVED THE CAP FROM AN INSPECTION COVER ON A CEMENT AIRSLIDE. THE MATERIAL PURGED OUT OF THE OPENING AND GOT IN HIS EYES.
10/19/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CUTTING OPEN A PALLET WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND MADE A SMALL PUNCTURE TO HER FOREARM.
10/14/2003 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS MOWING THE LAWN ON A RIDING MOWER WHEN HE STRUCK A LOW-LYING BRANCH WITH HIS HEAD. THIS CAUSED SOME DISCOMFORT IN THE NECK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
10/06/2003 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS APPLYING LUBRICANT TO THE SURFACE OF A KILN TIRE THE AREA WAS HOT AND THE EE WAS OVERXPOSED TO THE HEAT. HE EXPERIENCED DIZZINESS AND FATIGUE. HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE AREA AND TREATED F OR HEAT...
09/15/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CLOSING INSPECTION DOORS ON A PREHEATER TOWER USING A SLEDGEHAMMER. THE DOOR & THE LATCH WERE EXPOSED. THE EE TRIED TO STOP THE SWING BUT WAS UNABLE. HIS FINGER WAS CAUGHT AGAINST THE LATCH CAU...
07/30/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 150d restricted EE WAS MONITORING THE CLEANING PROCESS OF A LARGE DUCT. MATERIAL FELL DOWN INSIDE THE DUCT. CREATING A VIBRATION THAT DISLODGED SOME MATERIAL BUILD-UP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE DUCT. THE MATERIAL FELL STR...
05/29/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING NORMAL DAILY DUTIES OF TYPING, FILING, AND STOCKING OFFICE SUPPLIES. SHE FELT A PAIN IN HER RIGHT WRIST AS SHE WAS MOVING SOME BOXES. LATER IN THE EVENING THERE WAS A NOTICEABL...
04/02/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted EE WAS WORKING ON AN ELECTRIC MOTOR ON A PLATFORM AT THE INLET OF A RAW GRINDING MILL. THE EE TURNED AROUND TO EXIT THE PLATFORM AND TRIPPED OVER MATERIALS IN THE WORK AREA. AS HE FELL HE PUT HIS RT....
03/25/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CHANGING OUT IDLER WHEEL ON THE AXLE INSIDE COOLER. PUT KNEE BAR IN HOLE TO SEPARATE WHEEL, IT BROKE LOOSE AND THE SHARP END OF THE KNEE BAR WENT INTO HIS HAND.
01/10/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET FROM THE GROUND ON A LADDER. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG AN AIRSLIDE. WHEN THE MATERIAL BEGAN TO FLOW, HE WAS OVERCOME BY DUST AND IN AN EFFORT TO GET AWAY, H...
12/22/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE WAS GRINDING ON KILN IN CEMENT PLANT. DUST FELL BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES & ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. HE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL 12-24. PHYSICIAN INDICATED RETURN TO WORK 12-28.