Cleburne Plant — Accidents

Total: 69 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/03/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was adjusting the weight on a vibrator in the dryer burner room when EE's foot slipped a little causing EE to put all EE's weight on right shoulder causing EE to dislocate right shoulder. EE was ta...
01/20/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On Saturday morning at around 6:15 am EE was trouble shooting the burner at the dryer. After several trips in and out of the burner room EE, tripped and stumbled. While falling EE's hardhat came off....
01/25/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working in the Air Separator (GSAS-01) at the Grinding Mill, a maintenance EE's hands slipped of a Whizzer bar EE was removing. There was a sharp piece of metal protruding which lacerated the EE...
12/01/2020 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost At roughly 3:30 PM on Tuesday December 1 the 2nd shift Wet Process Operator stepped on a rock getting out of vehicle and sprained left knee. Employee was taken to the ER. The result was a sprained lef...
04/30/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 509d lost, 17d restricted Thursday April 30th while installing dryer flights at the rotary dryer (DR-01) the maintenance employee strained back. EE did not want to go to the doctor and finished the shift. Friday May 1st the em...
07/06/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost At approximately 8:45 am an employee slipped on algae injuring left shoulder on the concrete pad at PU-42 while working on a guard. Employee reported the incident at 10:00 am and finished the shift....
05/03/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 94d lost, 341d restricted Maintenance employee was working at the BC-08 slide handle near the cement tank. Employee moved an 8-10 lb guard and felt a pop in right shoulder.
08/15/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was dismounting a John Deere 400D Water Wagon. When ee took the final step down to the ground, ee felt a pain in right foot. Employee was taken to the medical center where they diagnosed ee...
05/23/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Maintenance EE was replacing a flow divider for the mill hydraulics. EE loosened the hose for the flow divider and hydraulic fluid splashed ee in the face and went under safety glasses and into eyes....
03/25/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee went to check on the 510 air valve in the tunnel. Ee rested EE's hand on the upper ledge of the tunnel entrance. A small amount of sand fell from the ledge getting into the EE's right eye. Eye was...
02/11/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 133d restricted Employee was carrying a 5 gallon diesel can about to enter a door to the mill. The employee set the can on the ground to go inspect a noise at another location. When they started to walk away they sli...
05/31/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was attempting to remove a bushing from a sheave positioned on the ground. While repositioning to its side the sheave began to slip and the employee got right index finger caught between the...
04/28/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted EE was attempting to loosen a nut with a wrench. Nut was diffucut to break loose EE felt pain in the back. EE was taken to ER X-rays were taken. ER reported Muscle strain of the upper and mid back wit...
04/22/2017 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While performing maintenance on rotary dryer wind blew sand up under EE's safety glasses into right eye. EE was taken to local hospital where eye was flushed out and prescription was given.
03/21/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 67d restricted Employee was using a pipe wrench and small sledge hammer to remove an inspection plug on the mill drum to measure media level when the hammer glancing blow off the wrench and over rotated employee's a...
01/28/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted The employee was attempting to turn left on the southbound side of the haul road, when the 1/2 ton pickup ee was driving was struck on the driver's side by a CAT 773 truck that was coming up from behi...
05/21/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on replacing a conveyor belt with 2 other employees. A few days later EE felt a crook in neck but did not report it. EE went to personal doctor on 22 June 2016 (a chiropractor) an...
03/25/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 96d lost, 20d restricted Back is hurting but no accident nor incident reported.
12/06/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE had finished shift start brief and had exited the breakroom door to travel to his work area. He looked up to check the height of a material pile and next thing he remembers is he is holding his nec...
08/25/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 137d restricted Employee exited the dozer, tripped on small windrow/rut on the way to personal vehicle to go home.
05/28/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 502d lost, 21d restricted Employee was operating a Volvo 220F front end loader in the stockpile when he felt a pain in his lower left back due to the jarring motion of the loader.
07/23/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted EE was using a bobcat loader to stand up a pipe secured to the loader bucket. Once set the rigging was removed, EE was backing the loader away, the pipe tipped toward the loader, EE reached out to cat...
04/01/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 27d restricted EE was helping oiler change the cutting edges on a motor grader he had been operating. As EE unscrewed the last nut (edges come bolted together) the cutting edges fell faster than expected, pinching h...
02/14/2014 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost, 28d restricted EE states his left wrist began hurting and he believed it to be a muscle ache. It continued on & off Sat, becoming constant on Sun. and began to swell. EE did not wish to seek medical care, but on 2/1...
01/30/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost This incident did not immediately involve either modified duty or lost time. For more than three years EE has had incidents on this job with his left ankle. Yesterday(05/06/2014) he came in with a not...
11/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EE was retrieving a come along and belt brackets from the tail section of a elevator he reached down to pick them up and felt that he may have pulled muscle in his lower stomach. EE did not report the...
10/28/2013 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None The truck driver (NOT a Unimin employee but a driver picking up material) was found non-responsive sitting in his truck. Paramedics were called. Driver was transported to local hospital where he was d...
10/09/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was installing a new mechanical splice in a belt conveyor, when the chain in the lever hoist (""come-a-long"")suddenly froze. This sudden unexpected stop caused the employee to sprain his rig...
08/01/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 422d restricted the front end loader had a faulty seat that was bottoming out, and the operator received muscle spasms as a result
09/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 81d restricted employee sprained ankle while standing on a rail changing out a broken pulley above the ground silica loading chute
09/09/2012 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee was found non responsive sitting in his personal vehicle. Paramedics were called. Employee was transported to local hospital where he was declared dead of natural causes. Found nothing to ind...
04/10/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None In the process of removing bucket tips on a 385. Retainers were removed and tips were stuck to adapters. While using 10 lb sledge hammer to loosen a sliver of metal split off and struck employee in...
02/02/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was stepping out of his shack and stepped onto a rock, spraining his right knee in the process.
04/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While watching the sky for tornados in area, employee stumbled down a truck ramp and fell forward, hitting the concrete with his head and right hand which was stretched out to catch his fall. His hand...
02/27/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Sprained left ankle while climbing over GSPM-01 motor to repair wiring.
02/07/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee slipped on icy sidewalk and fell on left knee.
01/26/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 96d restricted During the morning safety meeting the EE and his supervisor had a disagreement during the disagreement the EE was pushed into his chair to sit and the action resulted in a bulged disk at C6-C7.
09/16/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While removing access door to GSBE-03 to check elevator buckets, employee got dust or debris in his right eye.
01/11/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 248d restricted Employee's chair collapsed, pinning his left knee between the seat and the base, spraining his left knee.
08/05/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was reinstalling the south access door on GSBE-03, when he strained his right elbow.
08/01/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE strained right shoulder when using a cheater pipe on a ratchet to tighten VS-01 gearbox
06/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted employee strained back while hooking up a boat and trailer
04/21/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 62d restricted Employee fell while climbing out of a manbasket, tripping on his safety harness / lanyard and landed on his right shoulder.
09/13/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While trying to position a broken Drisco line for weld repair, another weld downstream broke, causing both lines to come together, and pinching the employee's right hand between. The result was a lace...
07/25/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 127d restricted Got blisters on his feet while working on hot sand in the screenhouse storage bldg. This will amend the 7000-1 filed on 8/1/08.
04/15/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee cut his left thumb while using a shovel with a split handle. He was taken to the emergency room and was given nine stitches to close the wound.
03/16/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 139d lost, 145d restricted Climbing off 16G motor grader, ladder collapsed, EE fell 5' to the ground. EE received fracture to left ankle/heel.
02/01/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee walked into a 4"" metal drain line under a belt conveyor on the way to work, suffering a minor injury to the forehead.
10/12/2007 DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Alleged occupational illness
04/26/2007 OTHER INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None An over the road truck driver found unconscious in a porta-john.