Capitol Cement Plant & Quarry — Accidents

Total: 127 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/23/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted While securing dome lids on customer trucks, he went to close the lid on a truck. As he did the driver thought that it was ok for him to proceed. As the truck drove off from that station, the employee...
11/28/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 30d restricted While working on bin 24 breaking-up some build-up material, using a chipping bar, his right hand was placed at the end of the bar. a large chunk of material hit the tip of the bar, causing the end wit...
11/08/2014 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None On 3:15 pm EE called by phone to the control room, a co-worker answered the call, EE stated that he was inside the PE-1 elevator and that the elevator was not moving. Co-worker asked if he was hurt in...
10/31/2014 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At 1:45 pm shift foreman noticed some smoldering/smoke coming out of the upper west corner of outside coal stockpile. It was inside the pile about 15-20 foot. Loaders were called to dig-it-out within...
07/08/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 63d restricted While walking-up the stairs, he felt a pop and pain to his left knee.
06/06/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 41d lost, 12d restricted While removing a 70 Lbs chain fall from I beam located 10feet on roof, he went to lift the unit and sustained a hernia on left side of lower abdominal area
12/17/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was walking out of silo #12 due south next to a parked truck getting loaded. The truck pulled out of the loading area, striking him on the left thigh.
11/29/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Was using a Bobcat, cleaning the drainage area near the elbow dump area. When mud fall from his load hit the ground, some hot dust/steam came-up to his face and ears.
08/12/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing ball drop doors. while using a hammer he hit the fleshy area of his left hand between the thumb and the index finger.
08/05/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Was stacking bags, when a bag hit his right thumb, bending it back.
07/31/2013 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted While lifting a wheel barrel with product, he felt pain to his lower back.
06/26/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a cutting torch, above ground. the slack hose caused the torch to slip off his left hand and burn the forearm on his right hand.
05/06/2013 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Dust blew into left eye, when he turned on the AC on the loader.
03/15/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The scaffold upright (vertical)supports have receiver cups that are welded by the manufacturer onto the upright poles at predetermined intervals. Thus it was slightly higher than the preferred level....
03/07/2013 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was elevator attendant for the day. When the elevator just stopped for no reason. he attempted to re-engage, but it just would not engage. So he picked-up the phone and called the control roo...
02/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Was stacking 50 - 60 lbs bags onto pallets, he felt a sting to the lower back. It got worse as the day went by.
12/01/2012 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 143d lost Alleges, that on Friday while he was welding he felt something hot. Boot is not burnt on the outside, No indication of burn. (Note: employee is diabetic and is not seeking Dr. treatment as of today).
11/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While working a steel shaft on a work bench, was moving the shaft into position. The work bench had holes on the table, the bolt nearest the hole fall-in while his left hand was under the shaft base w...
07/26/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 4d restricted While walking down the stairs, two steps from the bottom/or landing his left ankle twisted causing him to fall and while landing on the floor, a hammer that he had on his right hand hit his right leg...
06/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was reaching out to grip the door handle, when someone else opened the door from the inside. The door handle hit his left hand.
05/25/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was trying to loosen a bolt, when the bolt broke loose he hit his left knuckle middle finger on a stud.
04/24/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee stepped on a wooden pallet, the pallet board broke causing him to roll his right ankle.
02/07/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While walking on uneven ground, he rolled his right ankle.
12/08/2011 HOISTING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pushing/pulling on elevator door, may have pulled muscle on neck.
11/07/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While getting off the loader inside the clinker building, he slipped on the clinker on the ground, falling to the ground and landing on his buttocks. not reported in timely fashion: not reported till...
09/02/2011 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 4d restricted Working on dust collector, he got dusty and alleges he developed a rash between his legs.
08/03/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted While walking on muddy floor, slipped and on the process of catching himself, twisted his left lower back.
03/15/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While closing the door on the tertiary air duct, the bar used slipped from the door placement, hitting EE on the right side jaw and neck.
02/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While pulling on 60' of 4"" hose used on the super sucker truck to clean/vaccum dust off conveyor belt floor, he was standing on an incline walkway, pulling the hose with it under his arm pit.
10/20/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted He alleges that on or about 10/20/2010 he was stacking type I cement and as he went to flip the bag to place into position, he felt a sting to the inside of his right elbow.
08/28/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing a slide gate using a come-a-long on Bn-305, he went to move the cable to one side, when he did the cable snapped pinching his index finger on the frame.
06/14/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EE was cutting bolts holding up plate liner and it fell on top of left foot causing a fracture.
03/30/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost While stepping forward on uneven grading, his ankle rolled off of grading.
02/17/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Using a lot port-a-power, kicked back, struck employee in mouth
02/12/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Slipped off 6"" concrete step, rolled ankle.
12/22/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While assisting, removed a star feeder from its flang, he pushed the unit out of its position. It fell, striking his left wrist on bottom flang.
10/30/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted While working on ID-360 fan, went to stop the fan from turning, using a pipe wrench. When the wrench got the shaft the wrench also went down pinning the right index finger against the frame of the sha...
10/29/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee was pulling on a wrench to loosen a bolt that was too tight and continued to pull, he felt a strain to right shoulder.
08/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cleaning a probe, he started to climb down a short ladder to the lower level. While going down, his right shoulder locked and popped. When he got to the bottom it hurt with movement and pops.
07/10/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While positioning a large motor back into its place, he placed his left hand near a piece of tin. The motor moved up some, causing the motor to pin his left hand against the motor.
05/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 57d lost While placing a seal on the bottom side of a rail car, he stepped on the track twisting his right ankle, and fell forward landing on his left knee and arm.
04/28/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was pulling out worn liners from RM-310A roller mill.
01/17/2009 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Jammed neck while walking under stairway area, walked into bottom of stairs.
01/08/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While working on RM-310, the table was hot. He received a burn to his shin on right leg, it was not severe, but he got it infected.
12/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost While lifting a pneumatic Device, used to open railcar doors. he and three other employee's were lifting the device onto the bed of a pick-up truck, to take to repair. he felt some pain to the left si...
11/03/2008 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 10d restricted While working on FM-1 bullgear, which is a very dusty area, he got cement dust all over himself. He did not notice any problems that day, he claims that he noticed a rash three days later, but did not...
09/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While trying to close the door on a coal railcar, by pushing the door with his foot/leg, he felt a small pain on his lower back.
08/06/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Reported on 8/19/2008: Employee was cutting overhead bolts and hot slag fell on to both arms causing small burns. This job ended on 8/14/2008.
06/26/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking from shop building to his pick-up truck, when a gust of wind blew something into his right eye.
05/15/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While performing welding operations, a piece of hot slag got into his shirt and worked its way down to his waist line. This is a forth attempt to submit, the first attempt was made on 5/26/08, but di...