Demopolis Plant Cemex Inc — Accidents

Total: 132 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/15/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting in offloading an I beam from a forklift when his left hand glove was caught between the fork of the forklift and the I beam causing a laceration to his left pointer finger. Empl...
06/29/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted On 6/29/11 while closing caps on the Kiln Trunion Rolls employee felt back pain. On 7-19-11 working on the four hole wear plate at the Roller Mill, the pain in his lower back became worse. ON 7/25/11...
06/08/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was pushing a wheelbarrow full of cement dust. Was wearing all PPE including safety glasses. Turned wheelbarrow over to dump dust into bobcat, dust came up and entered his left eye. Taken to first...
05/03/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Tumblers wedged between wear plates of finishing mill. As employee hit wear plate with sledge hammer, small piece of metal tumbler was ejected striking him in the shin area. Metal was imbedded in leg....
02/21/2011 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was preparing to splice a conveyor belt, while kneeling he turned to the side and felt pain in his lower back. Was sent for medical attention on 2/22/11 place on restricted duty with physical...
02/11/2011 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Employee was working with his crew at the bottom of the pre-heater tower north end area. He was cleaning build-up material. Cemex employee was driving a Bobcat towards him & his crew to fill bucket wi...
02/04/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted Employee sitting long time bent over causing pain in back. On 2/7/11 employee attended physician, placed on restricted duty ordered physical therapy.
01/04/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 90d lost, 86d restricted Employee lifting dust collector bags, felt pain in shoulder. Physician placed on restricted duty - no overhead lifting left shoulder.
08/27/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee turned from exiting preheater tower elevator when debris flew into his left eye. He was wearing safety glasses however wind was blowing at the time. Doctor removed debris and gave a prescript...
06/14/2010 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 5d lost EE was cleaning the rocks and dust off the band. The work he was doing was above his head. He began to experience a hard pain in his chest. After break he worked on the 7th floor when he had same shar...
05/13/2010 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 46d restricted Employee touched his left knee to the side of the finish mill causing a burn. Visited Dr. with restricted duty and prescription. On 5/18/10 employee was admitted into hospital for infection.
02/26/2010 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 338d lost Injury suffered a lifting injury to his left arm while attempting to service the sweeping machine he was operating. He attempted to raise and latch the rear door of the sweeper containment compartmen...
02/12/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 222d restricted Employee lifting metal out of chute when felt pain in right shoulder. Shoulder began hurting again in July sent for MRI placed on restricted duty on 5/11/10.
01/25/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted EE using an air lance to blow material off of kiln Dizr, felt pain in lower back. Place on restricted duty no lifting over 20 pounds.
01/15/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted EE was lifting a 5 to 10 trash can over into dumpster when he felt pain in his right shoulder radiating down to elbow. EE reported, however after continued pain went to the physician on 1/26/10 at whi...
12/15/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While ee was using air lance to clean out feed end/seal housing, finger was pinched between air lance and door frame. Left pinkie finger had to have 3 stitches.
11/04/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted While using a metal pry bar to attempt to loosen build up of material ee injured his left shoulder. Doctor diagnosed inflammation of tendons and placed on restricted duty.
11/02/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 83d restricted Employee was lifting a come-along over his head when he felt pain in his right shoulder. Dr diagnosed as impingement syndrome and requested light duty for three weeks.
09/03/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 13d restricted EE felt pain and numbness in both wrists and hands. Dr diagnosed with carpal tunnel and placed on restricted duty.
08/28/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 94d restricted EE climbed inside 49 Fan housing lowered his body holding onto blade and fell pain in left shoulder.
08/03/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While installing a light fixture ee set a transformer on the handrail of the manlift and caught tip of finger between transformer and the rail. EE went to Dr. on 08/10/2009 discovered fractured finger...
05/21/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE was in a manlift attempting to tighten bolts on the roller mill. He felt a strain to his back.
04/27/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing bolts from floor grating in cooler with a cutting torch. The grating and bolts were in an overhead position and one of the ""hot bolts"" fell into the welding glove. The burn was...
04/21/2009 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Wind blew particle into employee's eye. He was wearing safety glasses and face shield. Doctor prescribed antibiotic eye rinse after removing particle.
10/22/2008 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 46d restricted Employee caught glove between sandpaper and shaft while sanding a shaft with a lathe, The sudden motion severed the tip of his right thumb.
07/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee was pulling a cable over his right shoulder when he felt a pull in shoulder. The employee visited the doctor with no limitations. After continuous pain the employee was refered to a specialis...
04/30/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were sweeping cement dust, EE bumped a wall that had a lot of dust on it. The dust fell on him and he inhaled some of the dust.
02/27/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 57d lost, 28d restricted Employee waslking down preheater steps & missed a step causing pain in knee. Tried physical therapy. Became a lost time when employee had surgery April 1, 2008. First day off April 1, 2008.
02/06/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee mashed left hand ring finger while opening a door on screw conveyor. Fractured tip of finger, is on light duty.
02/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 353d restricted Employee bent down to lift an idler and felt a pull in his back. He has a pulled muscle and placed on light duty.
02/04/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 69d restricted EE was attempting to move a forklift from the vacinity where a duckwork was being moved by a crane. EE's left forearm was caught in a pinch point between the forklift roll cage and piece of duckwork,...
12/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE opened door to 58 dust collector and dust flew into eyes.
07/11/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cleaning plugged chute, pry bar hit employee in right shoulder causing pain. Diagnosed with mild shoulder separation.
07/09/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Physician reported noise induced hearing loss.
07/09/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Physician reported noise induced hearing loss.
02/16/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was chipping with a hammer during a welding process and a piece of metal lodged in the right eye. He was taken for medical treatment where the metal was removed and he returned to work.
11/02/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 35d restricted Due to continuous motion injury employee underwent surgery to his right hand.
09/28/2006 NONPOWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving an electric motor when his finger was caught between the motor and the push cart the motor was sitting on. The employee was wearing gloves at the time. This resulted in a lacerat...
09/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 11d restricted EE was shoveling cement dust to clean under a belt. He states he started having back pain from the bending and twisting.
08/09/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While jogging the blower on the 08-04 FK pump, dust flew into the employee left eye.
08/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 266d restricted Injured employee was assisting a maintenance employee at the tire system when the singulator moved suddenly sliding him down an angle iron frame trapping his right leg between two pieces of angle iron...
04/26/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted Employee reached to tie a wire on a thermal couple when he felt a catch in his left shoulder. He reported this to the employer on 5/1/06. He went to the Dr. on 5/9/06 at which time he was place on li...
01/25/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 22d lost Dump trailer raised to discharge load. Load partially adhered to dump bed causing a weight imbalance. This shifted the center of gravity to the right causing the vehicle to roll over onto its side. Dr...
01/21/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted The employee was cleaning a swivel chute on the chalk reclaimer when his foot slipped, causing his knee to strike against a metal beam. This caused pain and swelling in the knee area.
12/07/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 134d restricted Employee attempting to open a door on triple flap gate when suction from air flow pulled door closed onto tip of finger (middle) on left hand. Employee put on restricted duty as 12/7/05 by doctor.
11/11/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 152d restricted Employee was twisting fan into position on the kiln shell when he felt sharp pain in his right groin. Employee put on light duty by company doctor on 11/15/05.
10/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE SHOVELING CLINKER OFF OF BELT WHEN DUST FLEW INTO RIGHT EYE. SLIGHT ABRASION TO RIGHT EYE.
06/16/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Pinched finger between pry bar and hand rail. Tip of finger (pinkie- right hand) cut and needed stitches.
06/06/2005 ELECTRICAL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was testing equipment in MCC085 room and equipment arced. Starter was smutted and meter was burnt. Employee received burn to back of right hand.
01/21/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 23d lost, 9d restricted (EE needing surgery.) EE bent down to clean chunk of material from weigh feeder - foot slipped and pulled muscle behind left knee. EE put on light duty eff. 2/28/05.