CLARKSVILLE PLANT — Accidents

Total: 177 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/23/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS USING PRY BAR TO PRY UP ON KILN PROBES AT THE MID-KILN AREA IN ORDER TO ALIGN BOLTS WHEN HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. DID NOT SEE DR. UNTIL 11-25-02, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS T...
11/22/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS REMOVING CLINKER FROM CLINKER COOLER. THE EE'S GOGLES CAME APART CAUSING LOOSE DUST TO ENTRER R EYE.
11/04/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE PREPARING TO LOAD HOLES WITH EXPLOSIVES IN QUARRY, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK MOVING THE TRIPOD FROM ONE SIDE OF THE POWDER TRUCK TO THE OTHER. HE RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATION
10/13/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING INSIDE PRIMARY CRUSHER HOPPER TO REMOVE MATERIAL FROM HOPPER WHICH CAUSED A PLUG IN THE FEEDER. DURING THIS OPERATION, A PIECE OF UNCRUSHED LIMESTONE FELL ONTO THE EE'S LEFT HAN D. EE H...
10/07/2002 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE WAS AIR CHISELING MATERIAL BUILDING AT THE DISCHARGE END OF CEMENT MILL #1. AS MATERIAL WAS BROKEN UP, AIRBORNE DUST WAS GENERATED. THIS DUST WAS CAPTURED IN THE MECHANICAL AIRFLOW & IMPACT ED THE...
09/03/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EMPLOYEE WAS AT THE PRIMARY CRUSHER HOPPER USING A PORTA POWER HYDRAULIC JACK AND SHAFT TO PUSH METAL SKIRTING TOGETHER AT GRIZZLY FEEDER IN ORDER TO REPAIR A CRACK IN THE METAL. THE JACK AND SHAFT BU...
08/26/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost EE WAS USING A CHIPPING HAMMER TO BREAK UP A MATERIAL PLUG (GYPSUM) IN THE CHUTE ABOVE THE VIBRATING FEEDER AT MILL SILO #4. WHEN THE FREED MATERIAL FLUSHED, IT PUSHED THE HAMMER INTO HIS CHIN , CAUSI...
07/11/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS SHUTTING OFF THE COOLING WATER TO THE DRESSOR COMPRESSOR IN THE MILL MOTOR ROOM. HE STEPPED FROM THE PALLETS SUPPORTING THE COOLING FAN TO THE FLOOR, STEPPED ON THE EDGE OF A 2X4 LYING ON THE F...
06/14/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK FOR BREAKTIME, SHE SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HER R KNEE ON THE STEP.
05/28/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS EXITING SHIPPING SILO ELEVATOR AND WHEN HE CLOSED THE DOOR SOME LOOSE CEMENT DUST WENT INTO HIS EYES.
05/15/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS HELPING TO SORT KILN BRICK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROUND OBJECT. IT ROLLED UNDER HIS RIGHT FOOT, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE & STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK & HIP. *EE DI D NOT S...
04/11/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS ENTERING CEMENT SILO #2 THROUGH A MANHOLE TO PERFORM NECESSARY MAINTENANCE WHEN DUST CIRCULATING INSIDE THE SILO GOT IN HIS EYES AND HE LOST FOOTING. HIS FEET SLIPPED OFF MANHOLE AND HE P...
04/03/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted EE TWISTED BAKC WHILE LIFTING AND DUMPING 55 GAL. GARBAGE CAN INTO SW DUMPSTER IN MAINTENANCE SHOP. GARBAGE CAN WEIGHED APPROX. 50-75 LBS. DIAGNOSED WITH ACUT STRAIN AND MUSCLE SPASMS LUMBAR/T HORACIC...
03/14/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 29d restricted INJURED AND CO-WORKER WERE LIFTING 24 VOLT BATTERY FROM BED OF PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE CONTINUED CARRYING BATTERYAPPROX 6-8 FT BEFORE PLACING IT ON SHELF FOR STO RAGE IN...
03/09/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS STEPPING OUT OF PICKUP TRUCK AT QUARRY ROCK CRUSHER PAD. HE MAD 2-3 STEPS BACKWARD AND TRIPPED OVER A 2' X 2' ROCK, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACKWARD ONTO TAILBONE.
02/21/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost EE CLAIMS THAT REPEATEDLY LIFTING HEAVY STEEL PLATE MILL LINERS FROM THEIR CRATE & SETTING THEM IN PLACE INSIDE CEMENT MILL #2 EXACERBATED A PRE-EXISTING HERNIATED DISK IN LOWER BACK. ON 2/26
02/21/2002 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted WHEN CLIMBING STATIONARY LADDER AT C15 CONVEYOR BELT, EMPLOYEE STRUCK HEAD ON 2"" OVERHEAD PIPING WHEN HE WENT TO CLIMB ONTO LADDER PLATFORM. HE SAW A PHYSICIAN ON 2/26/02 & WAS DIAGNOSED WITH STRAIN...
01/25/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PRODUCTION HELPER LIFT A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF 4"" BY 7"" STEEL SHIMS ONTO BACK OF TOW MOTOR, WHEN HE SMASHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE BUCKET A ND TH...
01/19/2002 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 23d restricted DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS INSIDE ROTARY CEMENT KILN USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT APPROX3'-6' ENDS OFF OF CHAIN HANGING INSIDE OF KILN. HE WAS CUTTING THE CHAIN WHEN ANOTHER PIECE OF C HAIN FE...
01/15/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING BRICKERS INSIDE ROTARY CEMENT KILN WITH INSTALLATION OF KILN BRICK. HE HAD BEEN THROWING BRICK FOR A WHILE WHEN HIS LEFT WRISTS STARTED TO SWELL. D IAGNOSE...
01/12/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS SUPERVISING CONTRACT LABOR AND MAKING AN INSPECTION OF THE KILN CHAIN SYSTEM REPAIR. HE WAS INSIDE THE ROTARY KILN AND WALKING THROUGH THE 4 START CHAIN SYST EM WHEN...
01/09/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK WHILE LIFTING ON 15 FOOT 2"" BY 12"" BOARD WHILE INSTALLING SCAFFOLDING AT CEMENT COOLER GRATES DURING KILN SHUTDOWN. PHYSICIAN TREATED WITH OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREAT MENT.
01/09/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING KILN SHUTDOWN EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A WALL PLATE ALONG #4 CLINKER COOLER DRIVE. WHEN HE PULLED THE PIECE OF METAL OFF THE WALL, CLINKER DUST FLUSHED INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
01/09/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN OPERATING W-20 BRICK PEELER INSIDE CEMENT KILN. HE GOT OFF THE MACHINE AND WAS WALKING AROUND IT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND WRENCHED HIS UPPER BACK.
11/29/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE GOT DUST IN HIS LEFT EYE WHILE HE USED AN AIR LANCE TO PUSH CEMENT DUST DOWN AN AIR SLIDE. PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBED MEDICATED EYE DROPS.
11/27/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE HAD BEEN WELDING CUTTING EDGES ONTO AN ENDLOADER BUCKET. HE FELT AN IRRITATION IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND RUBBED HIS EYE WITH HIS GLOVES HAND CONTAMINATED WELDING GLOVE. THIS CAUSED HIS EYE TO BE COME FU...
11/13/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING AN OIL SEAL ON #45 HOUGH ENDLOADER WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE (WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELDS). PHYSICIAN REMOVED FOREIGH BODY ON 11/14/01. ME DICATIO...
10/31/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN BOTTOM FLIGHT OF STEPSTO CEMENT CLINKER COOLER PIT TO MAKE A DAILY IN-SPECTION OF THE AREA WHEN HE MISSED A STEP AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS GIVEN OSTEOPATHIC M...
10/09/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted EE WAS RIGGING SCAFFOLDING AT B-19 CLINKER RECLAIM HOPPER. HE WAS STANDING ON A BOARD WHEN HE WENT TO STEP INTO A ROPE LADDER. THE LADDER SWUNG FORWARD WHILE RIGHT FOOT REMAINED ON BOARD, CAUS ING STR...
10/05/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING KILN SHUTDOWN EE WAS WORKING WITH MAINTENANCE REPAIRING THE PRECIPITATOR COLLECT SCREW CONVEYOR. WHEN PLACING THE SCREW LID ON THE FLOOR,IT BOUNCED UP AND A BURR ON THE EDGE OF THE LID STRUCK A...
10/02/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING KILN SHUTDOWN EE WAS INSTALLING WEAR LIPSON #1 CLINKER COOLER DRIVE MOTOR WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WENT TO E.R. & WAS GIVEN EYE DROPS. NEXT DAY OPTHAMOLOGIST REMO VED FOR...
09/10/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EE WAS IN THE MILL BUILDING CLOSING THE RAW MILLDOORS FOLLOWING MILL SHUTDOWN. HE HAD PICKED UP THE HEAVY METAL BRACKET AND WAS POSITIONING THE WASHER AND NUT PREPARING TO BOLT THE DOOR ONTO T HE RAW...
08/23/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK WHILE HELPING TO LAY BRICK IN FLOOR OF CEMENT KILN. HE SAW PHYSICIAN ON 8-24-01, RECEIVED OSTEOPATHIC TREATMENT AND WAS PLACED ON LIGHT D UTY. HE...
08/23/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS ASSISTING MAINTENANCE ON REPAIR OF CEMENT DOME. HE WAS STANDING ON CURB AT TRUCK SCALES AT DOME LOOKING IN A PICKUPTRUCK FOR A FLASHLIGHT WHEN HE BACKED UP AND SLI PPED OF...
08/23/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS HAMMERING ON F25 SCREW CONVEYOR WITH METAL HAMMER TO TRY TO UNPLUG CONVEYOR WHEN A 1/8"" PIECE OF METAL FLEW OFF ANDLODGED IN HIS LEFT FOREARM. REQUIRED SURGICAL RE MOVAL...
08/22/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS REMOVING STEEL DOORON ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR DUCT IN ORDER TO INSPECT AND REPAIR DUCT WHEN HE DROPPED THE STEELDOOR ON HIS LEFT FOOT. X-RAY NEGATIVE FOR FRACTU RE BUT...
08/21/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON CENTER COLUMN OF SLURRY BASIN AGITATOR. HE WAS CLIMBING FROM A MANLIFT BASKET ONTO THE AGITATOR WHEN HE STRUCKHIS HEAD WEARING HARD HAT ON A STEEL BEAM, CAUSIN G STRAI...
08/13/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS DRAINING THE LUBRICATION OIL FROM A KILN TRUNION BEARING THAT GOT OVERHEATED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE VISCOSITY OF THE OIL. WHILE REMOVING THE DRAIN CAP AND ATTACHING HOSE TO THE OIL DRA...
07/16/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EE WAS CHANGING GRATES INSIDE THE CLINKER COOLER WHEN A PIECE OF CEMENT CLINKER ENTERED HIS LEFT EYE. FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED BY ER PHYSICIAN AND EYE DROPS WERE PRESCRIB ED.
07/10/2001 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 35d restricted EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN JACKHAMMERING HARDENED CEMENT BUILDUP INSIDE OF CEMENT FINISH MILL WHEN LARGE CHUNK OF HARDENED CEMENT FELL FROM ROOF OF MILL ONTO HIS RIGHT SHOULDER & DOWN HIS BACK. HE DID NOT SEE...
07/09/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 28d lost EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT JOB DUTIES AS TEMP. SUMMER LABORER CAUSED HANDS TO SWELL. SHE WENT TO PER- SONAL DR. AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH FLEXOR TENDONITIS AND CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME. *IN LETTER DATED 9/26/01,...
06/21/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 49d lost, 34d restricted EE TWISTED HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE STEPPED OFF THE STEP OF THE LINK BELT CRANE ONTO THE GROUND INTHE SHIPPING AREA. EE DID NOT SEE DOCTOR UNTIL 6-25 WHEN HE WAS PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY.
06/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS: IMPROPER LIFTING TECHNIQUE, LARGE HEAVY OBJECT. IMPAIRMENT: TWO DAYS OFRESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY.
06/14/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None DURING SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT KNEE BECAME SWOLLEN WHILE HE WAS WORKING IN THE RAW MILL INSTALLING NEW SCREENS. HE HAD BEEN WORKING ON HIS KNEES AT TIMES.
06/12/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted DURING KILN SHUTDOWN, EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO LAY BRICK IN THE FLOOR OF THE KILN WHEN A KILN BRICK FELL FROM THE PALLET AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT KNEE CAP. X RAY WAS NEGATIVE FOR FRACTURE, BUT E MPLOYEE WA...
06/11/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAMMER AND CHISEL TO BREAK A WELD APART ON A SPLIT COUPLING FOR THE TUGBOAT WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF METAL FLEW UP, PUNCTURED HIS NECK AND LODGED IN THE SKIN NEAR HIS ADAM'S APPLE. P...
05/31/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CARRYING PUMP CASE ACROSS PARKING LOT, HIT LEFT KNEE.
04/09/2001 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS INVESTIGATING A PROBLEM WITH #1 CLINKER COOLER DRIVE. WHEN HE WALKED AROUND DRIVE NEAR THE CYLINDER, DUST BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. PHYSICIAN COULD FIND NO FOREIGN BODY, BUT EYE DROPS WERE PRESC...
04/02/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS AT THE STEEL RACK BEHIND THE ADMINSTRATION BUILDING REMOVING 8' PIECE OF 2"" STEEL WHEN THE PIECE OF STEEL ROLLED OFF THE STACK AND MASHED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER. A GANGLION CYST DEVELO PED AT...
04/01/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DURING KILN SHUT DOWN, EE WAS REAPLCING GRATES ON #2 CLINKER COOLER DRIVE. HE WAS HOLDING A WRENCH ON THE BOTTOM OF A GRATE WHILE ANOTHER EE USED AN IMPACT WRENCH ON THE TOP OF THE GRATE. THIS CAUSED...