CAVE BRANCH PLANT — Accidents

Total: 23 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/05/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Employee was stepping up from the ground on a dozer & said they twisted their knee. The employee refused medical treatment and continued to work. The employee saw their doctor the following week, it w...
06/25/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was attempting to remove a large piece of rock that had hung in the conveyor belt. Employee was attempting to lift the rock over the hand rail to let it fall to the ground when the employee l...
02/15/2024 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 47d lost Employee was walking and shop floor and stepped up onto a wooden pallet approx. 4 inches high and felt something pop in their knee.
07/24/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 188d lost The employee was climbing down a ladder on an articulating truck and twisted right knee. The injury became MSHA reportable when the employee began missing work on 8/07/2023.
07/13/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting hose with a utility Knife.
07/04/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was attempting to remove the oil drain plug on an Excavator with a ratchet and was applying pressure to break the plug free and the ratchet slipped and employee felt something pop in their ri...
11/17/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states that he was using a slate bar on 242 screen bowl when the bar twisted in his hand cutting web between thumb and finger.
03/16/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 76d lost, 75d restricted Rigging pipe that was on the floor, with a chain hoist to move to hoist well. Pipe rolled over while hooking up chain hoist up to it and pinched leg between another pipe.
01/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Employee was carrying some rigging to put in his pickup truck and slipped. In catching himself from falling, he sprained/strained his left arm/wrist and lower back.
12/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee slipped and fell on ice.
11/15/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE was welding on a pipe, when slag from another welder hit his right jaw. The cut was small and was treated with antiseptic and a band aid. The infection he got later is due to his immune system.
07/19/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was welding in studs for center hold down pulling welding lead under mechanism beam, the welding rod was in the holder stinger and stuck the welding rod in corner of his left eye.
05/27/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Pulling on water hose as he was cleaning truck scales and strain his shoulder.
01/18/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was climbing the vertical ladder to reach the top floor of loadout when he slipped and caught himself with his left arm.
04/23/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost He said he was sandblasting steel from a ladder and he felt like he was going to fall. He said he reached out with his left hand to catch himselt and when he did, the blast nozzle in his right hand je...
10/10/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 7d restricted Repairing a dump trailer w/leaking hose. Lifted bed with loader bucket to install crib blocks to make safe for repair. Bed slipped off bucket & dropped to first crib block hitting a block that was on...
04/29/2007 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None There were no injuries or employees on duty at the time of the fire. Kenworth tractor was parked on the parking lot on a Sunday night when a security guard noticed a fire. He called the fire dept but...
05/15/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost EMPLOYEE TRIPPED WHILE CLIMBING DOWN CAT TRUCK LADDER AND TWISTED HIS FOOT RESULING IN A FRACTURE.
03/02/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 329d lost Employee was helping to hold sheive to electric motor with his hands with 2 other men trying to keep it from falling off, sudden movement hurt his shoulder.
10/28/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS TURNING A #154 CURVE SEIVE WHILE LIFTING THE SEIVE BACK INTO PLACE, EE PULLED HIS MID LEFT BACK.
06/12/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 74d lost, 66d restricted THE EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A RACHET TO REMOVE A BOLT FROM A CYCLONE COUPLING AND PULLED SOMETHING IN IS BACK.
06/17/2002 FIRE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost HE IS THE PLANT OPERATOR. HE BENT DOWN TO ADJUST THE CONTROLS. UNDER THE CONTROL PANEL, AND HE SAID HIS NECK STATED HURTING.
05/30/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost HE WENT TO CHANGE OXYGEN TANK; HE PUT ON THE FULL TANK AND TURNED IT ON. IT WAS A HEADER PIPE SYSTEM MADE OUT OF BRASS PIPE WITH A FLEXI-BLE BRAIDED HIGH PRESSURE HOSE GOING TO TANK. THE BRAIDED HOSE...