CertainTeed Gypsum Manufacturing Inc — Accidents

Total: 12 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/07/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner working in the Line of Fire. Pressure Release Valve (pop-off) failed; thus, Pressure Transducer broke at fitting, hitting employee in the Face. Miner went to local ER for Evaluation. ER cleaned...
05/08/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None -Miner Working in Line of Fire. -Overconfident in the task. -Did not follow company standards; wrong gloves for the job, did not do a 60's to think before doing the task. Employee was then taken to lo...
05/07/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee working in the ore shed found a hose needing replaced. It was very rigid & bent into an odd position, so the hose was cut out. With the hose disconnected,the employee held it with left hand w...
08/24/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 63d restricted FEL operator at the crusher was in the process of positioning the bucket over the side of Komatsu truck when EE hit the lever to come down slamming the bucket onto the side of the truck. FEL operator...
11/03/2016 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 6d restricted Left Ankle Sprain. Causation; unknown Employee was working on a D10T and noticed EE's ankle was starting to hurt. No specific incident. Pain worsened and reported to EE's supervisor next morning. Did...
07/28/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 80d lost, 46d restricted 3 maintenance EE's were working on replacing an O-Ring on a Dozer. One EE bumped the engine to force the fuel out of the cylinder, when the fuel entered the IE's right palm but did not exit out the ot...
10/21/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was replacing head gaskets on 100 ton truck. After changing head gaskets, mechanic was in the process of bolting on the intake runners. To access the intake runners, the mechanic placed his left fo...
05/30/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Operator was waiting for truck to have oil chg completed. Went after a ladder to climb onto truck. Walked back to trk with ladder, attempted to step over a compartment cover left on floor, he tripped,...
08/25/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was changing C-1 belt in the primary crusher pit. He attached a 1.5 ton chain hoist to a I beam to raise the new belt. The hook on the chain hoist was positioned on the I beam at an angle. When the...
02/02/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was cribbing up, off road truck with crossties, to remove tires & wheels, one tie about 3-4 feet long fell over, employee bent over to pick up, tie was wet, gloves were wet & it slipped in ha...
12/23/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CRUSHER WAS BEING REPAIRED, A PIECE OF METAL FELL FROM ITS RESTING PLACE AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON HARD HAT. THE BLOW UNBALANCED THE EE , HE FELL AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A STEEL FRAME, LACERATING HIS SCAL...
02/22/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A TRANSMISSION WAS BEING LIFTED BY A CHAIN HOIST. EE TOUCHED THE CHAIN AND IT SLIPPED PINCHING HIS LEFT PALM.