Capitol Cement Plant & Quarry — Accidents

Total: 127 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/10/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee was using overhead crane to place ball mill door on mill. As the door was being lifted employee's left thumb was crushed in lifting block.
03/27/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE was changing bags in dust collector when EE strained back.
02/13/2024 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was using an air power impact wrench wearing latex gloves. The safety pin began to back out of socket. Employees hand was holding socket. Safety pin caused laceration to palm of hand.
11/21/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Employee was opening a hinged guard to add oil to a machine that was down. Employee finger pinched in hinged guard causing fracture and laceration.
10/17/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was putting away EE's tools for the day and got cement dust in EE's eye causing it to become irritated.
07/03/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was unfolding a forklift attachment to move barrels, as EE unfolded the attachment EE felt a pain in EE's left arm. Employee reported to supervisor and attempted to treat with OTC meds until...
06/17/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted EE was using a chipping bar to clean a chute on the pug mill. EE hit the side of the door with pinky finger causing laceration and fracture.
05/08/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 207d restricted EE was performing dye test on dust collector when door to compartment slammed shut on right hand. EE received several lacerations to hand.
04/24/2023 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Two employees reported that they were stuck in the pre-heat tower elevator between the 4th and 5th floor. RICO elevator tech released both employees on the ground level at 2151pm. No injuries or illne...
04/19/2023 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was ridding elevator to top of silo to take measurements. The elevator braking system locked up causing the elevator to become stuck. RICO elevator arrived and released the elevator allowing...
08/31/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was using a bobcat to lift an old pipe guard a foot off the ground and move it. Employee noticed that pipe guard started to slip so they went into reverse and the pipe fell out of the bucket...
06/13/2022 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Plant was running on overflow due to upset in kiln. Pan conveyor 800 was not shut down and carried hot material to C-41 causing skirting and belt to catch fire.
04/12/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 219d lost, 60d restricted Employee was using a shuttle car to move two rail cars, due to wet slippery conditions shuttle car unable to stop. Shuttle car and two rail cars went to derail and ran off track. Employee worked for s...
02/15/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 101d lost, 80d restricted Miner parked loader, descended ladder and tripped over a wheel chock on the ground landing on left side /arm. After subsequent evaluation the next day miner was placed on restricted work.
01/15/2022 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Operator entered new silo elevator to access top of silos, elevator stopped after about 4 ft. of travel. Elevator Technician arrived on scene and found that the coupling had disconnected from the gear...
01/14/2022 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None During outage contractor riding in elevator tried to open inside elevator door before reaching landing. This caused the elevator to stop and the rope gripper to engage. Elevator technician arrived on...
04/14/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing chunks from silo during maintenance, when a barrel valve was activated. The right wrist was grazed by the valve causing a minor laceration.
03/29/2021 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was riding elevator down to ground level, when the coupling set screw backed out due to vibration causing the motor to spin but the coupling was not engaged. Elevator technician tightened scr...
02/09/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 50d lost, 281d restricted Employee was climbing down a ladder, believed they were at ground level, stepped back and fell aprox. 3-4 ft to the ground.
08/31/2020 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Rig welder was feeling ill. Plant staff was notified and escorted subject to a job trailer. Personnel noticed signs of dehydration and called for an ambulance. Ambulance arrived at job trailer and adm...
09/24/2019 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was backing a WA600 Front-end loader when EE struck a pot hole causing a sudden jerk.
08/14/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was climbing down the ladder of a 980K loader when the bottom rubber step gave way while performing routine maintenance. Employee fell approximately two feet to the ground striking back and l...
03/17/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting the skirting off a conveyor belt during a belt change. Using a utility box cutter ee slipped and received a laceration to left forearm.
01/06/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted Employee was replacing an inspection door after performing work when EE pinched/crushed right index finger between the approx. 10 lb. door and the housing.
05/25/2018 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted The vent cover of the in cab overhead AC unit (air mover)fell off. The operator attempted to replace the vent cover, as they pushed up on the vent cover to place in back, in the air mover, it slipped...
04/26/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 5d restricted Lab tech transferring cement powder into a bucket after testing received cement dust in eye.
04/04/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 55d restricted Employee (Maintenance Lubricator), was walking in plant slip/trip/fall spraining right thumb.
02/06/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 71d lost 2/6/2018, employee was walking on ground level walk way, a hose from a super sucker vacuum truck was lying across walkway. As employee attempted to step over hose EE tripped and fell. Employee injured...
01/11/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted On 1/11 employee slipped and strained knee. Worked two scheduled days was then off two scheduled days. When employee returned to work on 1/16 requested medical was seen and prescribed physical therapy...
11/30/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 67d restricted While lowering a VFD (variable frequency drive) the injured and an other employee were going to bring down this 120 Lbs. unit from shoulder height. Injured employee had the heavy end on the unit and a...
11/04/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 1:15 pm our Old silo elevator stopped with one miner inside. This miner was later rescued unharmed.
10/31/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 11:20 am the pre-heat elevator stopped with one miner inside. That miner was rescued unharmed.
10/25/2017 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None An alarm was sounded and confirmed that we had a fire inside our Coal Mill building. The fire department was called and found that C-720, WF-720 and WF-721 were on fire. They put the fire out, but not...
06/25/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted While walking, ee slipped on clinker landing on left forearm & wrist.
06/02/2017 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted While working on a water pump, ee alleges something stung ee on the right elbow. 6/4/2017 the elbow was swollen with pain. 6/5/2017 Dr. said it appears to be infected or fractured.
05/26/2017 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 11:20 pm the pre-heat tower elevator with four miners inside stopped between floors 3 & 2. Miners were in constant communication with outside personnel. At approximately 2:16 am the e...
02/20/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Carried a bundle of conduit, as employee twisted to place it down on the floor. Employee's lower back popped.
01/01/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While exiting a man-lift basket, EE claims EE stepped & slipped on a rock on the ground. EE had no pain to right knee, until mid day same day.
09/19/2016 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 51d restricted While kneeling on right knee, went to stand-up. Left knee popped causing pain to outer knee area.
05/06/2016 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At 07:30 pm a supervisor noticed coal smoldering on the southeast corner of the east side pile in the coal storage building. Supervisor ordered a loader to start to open the pile up. At 11:20 pm the s...
12/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Walking down stairs in FM-5 from second step to ground floor. Twisted right ankle, felt a crunching.
12/04/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted While driving a golf cart in the direction of the sun, he was blinded by the sun. He drove into a concrete column on the roadway.
10/23/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Found a small smolder of coal on the east side of the ramp in the coal storage building, it was considered totally out at 10:52 pm.
09/20/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Hot clinker was feed onto C-41 belt, causing the belt to stop and start to burn. This belt took longer than 30 minutes to stop burning.
09/12/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking on top of silos, he slipped & fell on wet flooring to same level. As he tried to break his fall by using his right arm, it took the brunt of the fall.
06/21/2015 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost Miner reported he was dizzy, he was taken by Supervisor to Hospital where he was x-rayed and evaluated and diagnosed with Heat related illness
03/04/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At 9:33 pm a supervisor noticed hot spot on the coke pile, he investigated farther and discovered that infect it was smoldering. he ordered the loader operator to start to open the pile up. at 11:40 a...
02/24/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost While working inside of CM-720 mill, coal dust ignited causing burns to his right side face and hands of three workers.
02/24/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost While working in coal mill, coal dust ignited causing burns to three workers.
02/24/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost While working in coal mill, coal dust ignited causing burns to three workers.