Demopolis Plant Cemex Inc — Accidents
Total: 132 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/26/2026 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was assisting in troubleshooting an ammonia pump when a mist of aqueous ammonia came from the work area and made contact with the side of their face and eye. |
| 04/15/2025 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 146d restricted | Employee was walking through the clinker storage shed and while doing so walked across a spot of unlevel ground and slipped on some loose clinker, folding EE's right ankle underneath EE and landing on... |
| 02/21/2025 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 16d restricted | Employee was troubleshooting issues with material flow at a cement finishing product mill. During this process the employee opened an inspection door to an air slide and when EE opened the door a flus... |
| 12/23/2024 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While working on the Preheat Tower, some material/dust particles fell from above and got in the employee's left eye. |
| 07/14/2024 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was working on troubleshooting and replacing damaged bags on a dust collector. As EE was walking around the dust collector, EE struck an air receiver with left shin causing a gash that requir... |
| 07/11/2024 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 125d restricted | Employee was repairing rotary feeders that were out of service and while inspecting the system EE stepped backwards and stepped off a small elevated work platform. When EE stepped backwards and felt s... |
| 10/05/2023 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 114d lost | Employee stepped on rock while checking tailgate of dump truck before leaving site. |
| 03/30/2023 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee was assisting with the removal of an air cannon nozzle and pipe it was installed to from the raw mill triple gate. After the pipe had been removed from the triple gate and was being lowered t... |
| 02/14/2023 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 39d restricted | On 02/14/2023 EE was assisting staging mill liners at #1FM when they felt a strain in right shoulder. Initially EE reported that shoulder was not bothering them badly and choose self treatment. On 2/2... |
| 11/25/2022 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was assisting in repairs to a conveyor that had torn in two. While working to bring the two pieces together by using a winch cable and belt clamps the employee manually maneuvered the belt an... |
| 08/07/2022 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using a bar to remove an obstruction in the tire chute when the bar slipped as EE was pulling upwards, striking EE in the mouth. This resulted in a laceration to the lower lip that requir... |
| 07/17/2022 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Coworker struck employee's hand while working together to install refractory |
| 05/13/2022 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 8d restricted | Maintenance mechanic lacerated right pinky finger while attempting to manually maneuver a damper at the kiln main baghouse with a pipe wrench. The pipe wrench slipped and pinched EE's finger. The lace... |
| 01/05/2022 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | On 1/5/22 employee missed step while travelling down flight of stairs and landed awkwardly on left knee. The incident was treated as a first aid at that time. After several days the employee said that... |
| 12/23/2021 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was preforming physical cement testing inside the lab. During this time the employee was removing a stud from an expansion bar. The stud became stuck so the employee decided to use a screwdr... |
| 04/05/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 29d restricted | While exchanging oxygen and acetylene bottles the employee had an oxygen bottle tip over and fall on employee's right foot. |
| 02/24/2021 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was jogging a material conveyor screw and while performing this task material blew in the employees direction and got into EE's right eye. |
| 01/29/2021 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | Employee was working in the area around the plant level box. While working EE went to cross over an air slide. While in the process of crossing over the air slide the employee fell landing on their ri... |
| 11/10/2020 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 14d restricted | Employee was using a pry bar to remove a gearbox from a shaft. While using the pry bar it slipped and EE's left ring finger was pinched between the bar and the frame of the equipment being repaired. E... |
| 04/17/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was manually inspecting a rotary feeder that had just returned from the repair shop. The rotary feeder was not hooked up to any power source but was being turned by employee by hand. While t... |
| 07/09/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 8d lost | A Transport owner/operator truck driver was on site to be loaded with cement when the driver fell while entering the cab of truck. Driver sustained a fractured wrist. |
| 05/14/2019 | OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Employee had a reaction resulting in a rash to the arms, legs, feet, stomach, and torso areas of the body after handling ceramic fiber blanket material. |
| 03/09/2019 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 167d restricted | Employee was pressing pins at clinker drag when ee strained back while handling the press. While the incident occurred on 03/09/2019 it was treated as a first aid because the employee did not want to... |
| 03/07/2019 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was cutting with a torch on the preheater tower when some hot material fell from where ee was cutting and got caught in shirt sleeve, causing second degree burns to left forearm area. |
| 02/23/2019 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Worker was spot welding expanded metal to the walls of raw mill duct without the use of a welding hood, resulting in a flash burn to the left eye. |
| 02/19/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 178d restricted | Employee received a contusion to the right hand while working to remove a chute from off of a platform. |
| 02/19/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing support steel and had attempted to push the demolished steel over. The steel caught the employee, pulling them to the ground. |
| 11/30/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was passing material inside a vessel when material dislodged and struck EE in the head. EE was wearing a hardhat and using all proper PPE for the designated work. The material caused a small lacera... |
| 09/08/2018 | POWERED HAULAGE | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 20d lost, 98d restricted | Injured Employee was using a vacuum hose to vacuum up waste cement dust. As they were vacuuming, debris became lodged in the vacuum hose causing the hose to ""kick back"" causing the Employee to lose... |
| 11/04/2017 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | When employee went to take a step they felt a pain in their back. |
| 07/13/2017 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was putting holes in a trash can for drainage with a pickaxe. EE finger got caught in between the handle of the pickaxe and the metal trash can. Due to the force of swing it fractured ee left index... |
| 05/22/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Supervisor was helping another employee when hot material from the coal mill take off shot out at a distance of 12 ft striking the supervisor on the back of the neck and ear. This caused 2nd degree bu... |
| 04/23/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Installing metal floor grating on the raw mill, witness was sliding grate into position and didn't realize employee that was helping guide had hand in a pinch or mashed position. Causing the grate to... |
| 03/12/2017 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While the employee was using a grinder on some metal, EE felt something go in left eye under the proper PPE. They carried EE and flushed eye, but EE had a corneal abrasion and they gave EE some antibi... |
| 02/11/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was grinding on a metal hopper. Wearing the proper PPE (safety glass and full face shield) employee removed the face shield and a piece of metal shaving fell under safety glasses in right eye... |
| 01/20/2017 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 20d lost, 14d restricted | Employee was assisting replacing burner piping in Kiln. While sliding burner sleeve into position, the lever hoist (come-a-long) chain broke and struck employee across the head. |
| 10/10/2016 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was hammering on a steel sprocket when EE stated a shard had struck EE in the arm. The cut was very small. EE was taken to the work comp doctors office where they advised the shard was to tiny to r... |
| 02/19/2016 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | On the above date, Mechanical Maintenance laborer was blowing dust from the 58 Dust collector. The door was open on the dust collector and when the dampener opened the draft closed the door on the emp... |
| 10/08/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | While walking down a slight incline in the clinker shed, a Production employee slipped and fell backwards. As he fell, he bruised his wrist when he landed on it while attempting to catch himself. Wris... |
| 07/14/2015 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | Emp lost grip on ladder between 2nd/3rd rung, fell approx 2 1/2 to 3 ft onto floor. Right knee hit floor. No medical treatment needed, no prescription, X-ray negative. |
| 03/16/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Mashed little finger on left hand replacing liners in the finish mill. |
| 03/16/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Mashed little finger Lf hand replacing liners in the finish mill. |
| 03/15/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | During wear plate replacement; old plate slipped scraping employee's lower legs. |
| 03/04/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 78d lost | EE was injured when trolley style manual chain hoist fell during coal mill roll replacement and chains struck him in the lower back. EE was x-ray'd with no impairments found. EE was seen by doctor an... |
| 09/16/2014 | DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 1d lost | EE was working in hot area sweeping down tubes with hot materials inside the tubes. Before lunch break, EE began to experience cramps in arms and legs. He told supervisor who contacted cleaning manage... |
| 06/13/2013 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 78d lost | While walking from barge office to the barge bins, employee slipped in a muddy spot and his left arm extended up behind his head as he attempted to maintain his balance. (He did not fall). Employee... |
| 04/02/2013 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 38d lost | As the affected employee was climbing onto the 990 Loader he felt his right knee pop when he transitioned from the first step up to the second step. Employee felt pain and wanted to go to the doctor... |
| 08/31/2012 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While employee was reaching through a handrail to tighten a u bolt, the ratchet slipped from the nut causing his right wrist to strike against a sharp edge on uni strut causing a laceration. Employee... |
| 08/28/2012 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee accessed the manlift, high heat and humidity, his left hand slipped from top rail of manlift, when his hand caught on the second rail, he had pain in his left thumb. Employee reported to com... |
| 11/26/2011 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 34d lost | Employee was drilling for power shot placement in the chalk tank and felt his right shoulder pop and experienced pain. He went to the company doctor and had follow up visits. Employee communicated th... |