Drake Cement — Accidents

Total: 77 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/07/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE stated they were collecting quality control samples from the stage 6 sample port when they were splashed by hot material on their left hand, burning through the glove.
04/16/2025 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The mechanic was climbing out of a small man door after making repairs to the chute when the angle grinder they were using inadvertently turned on, cutting the employee's arm. The employee was taken...
01/20/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was clearing the opening of a vertical discharge pipe for the Cement Kiln Dust (CKD). The discharge of previous ckd had prevented the flow of discharge and had created a back-up. Employee use...
10/11/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee while repairing an excavator bucket, after finishing a welding EE proceeded to clean it with a metal wire brush attached to an air grinder, a piece of metal ricochet inside the employee w...
07/31/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was notching skirting for bolts while kneeling and cutting toward self received a laceration requiring stitches.
06/11/2024 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operating the loader, the operator was on the way to the stockpile to get a bucket of material, the teeth of the bucket dug into the ground causing the loader to stop suddenly, projecting the op...
06/10/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None High heat warning for Yavapai county last ten days. Employee had been fasting for 24 hours prior contributed to this event. Employee received two staple to close a wound on the head.
04/01/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee was working in raw mill duct with vac tube. EE was on hands and knees and turned around inside the duct which caused retractable lifeline cable wrapped around ankle. When EE crawled forward c...
01/11/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 83d restricted The worker and a coworker were unloading an empty plastic tote from a pickup truck. Doing that, the worker felt a pull in left biceps. The worker got first aid and continued working thinking that was...
01/06/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee suffered a grand mal seizure (employee has history of grand mal seizures) that caused EE to fall down a set of steel steps, hitting EE's head and requiring stitches.
06/15/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 8d restricted Maintenance Mechanics (R) hand was caught between the flange of a level indicator pipe for a knife gate and the housing of the Raw Mill Roll Press during maintenance activities to repair the knife gat...
04/27/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was pulling on an oil fill hose to wrap it up and hit elbow against a concrete block.
04/03/2023 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On April 3rd, 2023. Employee was working on the second floor of the preheat tower installing conduit and wiring for the new kiln gas analyzer. The wind picked up around mid-morning suspending a lot of...
04/03/2023 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was working on the burn deck, trying to close the burn pipe door on the kiln, when a gust of wind blew fiberglass insulation material into the employees right eye. The employee was taken to a...
03/15/2023 POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 3d lost, 130d restricted Medical determination that employee suffered occupational illness (asthma) from exposure to hazardous gases during work and subsequent rescue activities of another employee from the Plant's Coal Silo.
03/15/2023 POISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 12d lost Employee was inside the coal silo, conducting clean-up duties with another employee, when they became unconscious due to elevated CO levels.
02/15/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted During the process of cleaning up after maintenance work on the Crusher, the employee hoisted a tool bucket over EE's shoulder and then attempted to lift the welder, in order to carry everything out o...
05/24/2022 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 21d restricted NO PARTICULAR EVENT OR INCIDENT AT WORK CAUSED EE'S KNEE TO START HURTING HOWEVER EE HAD BEEN DOING A FAIR AMOUNT OF KNEELING AND CROUCHING PERFORMING GROUND CHECK INSPECTIONS AND THE FOLLOWING DAY EE...
05/15/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted SEPARATING GEARBOX FROM MOUNTING TO MOTOR GEARBOX MOUNT. FORKLIFT WAS BEING USED TO SUPPORT DURING DISASSEMBLY, WHEN GEARBOX WAS UNBOLTED FROM MOUNT THE FRAME KICKED BACK STRIKING EMPLOYEE KNOCKING EM...
05/12/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted PERSONNEL ATTEMPTED TO USE SKID STEER TO MOVE COAL OVERSIZED TIPSTER INTO LOAD & HAUL POSITION. OPERATOR LOWERED THE BUCKET ONTO THE TIPSTER WITHOUT SEEING PARTNERS HAND IN A PINCH SQUEEZE BETWEEN THE...
04/01/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 130d lost Employees were attempting to level the base of a scaffold. While trying to level the base, concrete clinker material of various sizes broke loose from the sides of the cyclone. A piece of the material...
02/18/2022 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 339d lost After turning off the loaded bucket elevator the back stop failed and the bucket elevator overspeed backwards which overspeed the fluid coupling causing it to explode. Pieces from the fluid coupling s...
07/23/2021 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Clinker cooler baghouse compartment #2. Inspecting bags for damage. Entered top of #2 compartment, Removed #2 compartment hatch cover. Stacked the hatch cover on top of the adjacent hatch covers. Cros...
05/11/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Worker was cutting conveyor belt with box cutter style knife & pulled knife into calf of right leg causing a laceration
03/21/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 52d restricted Secured cable by wrapping control rope around hand to aid in controlling whip once cable cut for West Kiln Feed bucket elevator. Although the cable was restrained it was not tied to the point of conne...
01/24/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 58d lost, 72d restricted Replacing air cannon from the firing head to lower down to scaffolding. While lowering air cannon weighed more than thought pulling a muscle straining right shoulder.
01/10/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was installing steel members with rigging without using proper procedures at new silo, causing a hook to slip and impact employee. Employee was taken to the hospital, X-ray determined a fract...
10/23/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted opening door to A building, Door suddenly shut catching left index finger on the hinge
12/15/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Gear box of shaker screen at crusher system, loosening bolts with torque wrench when middle left hand finger got between wrench and bolt pinching finger causing laceration.
11/14/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted Cutting a steel plate and on final cut it dropped towards the ground and contacted EE's knee.
08/01/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted WHILE PINNING AND PLATING THE BAUXITE WEIGH FEEDER, WAS SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER AND IT GLANCED OFF AND DOWN SMASHING EMPLOYEE'S FINGER INTO THE LIP OF THE BAUXITE DOOR
03/19/2019 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was welding in the cement cooler. A piece of refractory broke from the wall, fell about 15 ft. and struck the employee on the hard hat and neck. The employee suffered a closed head injury and...
03/19/2019 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was welding in the cement cooler. A piece of refractory broke from the wall, fell about 15 ft. and struck the employee on the hard hat, neck and shoulder. The employee suffered a broken scapu...
02/22/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working on Raw Mill Sampler pinch tip of left index finger causing laceration
07/02/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Adjusting the forklift tines and the middle finger on right hand got pinched in between the tine and fright guard
06/28/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee received 2 lacerations on the right hand from a hand tool while troubleshooting a motor sensor.
01/04/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Shooting out coating in the Calciner Loop duct, Day was windy and dust got in Left eye.
11/16/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was removing a metal liner and caught right thumb between liner and mill shell. Employee was taken to clinic and diagnosed with a fractured thumb and received sutures.
07/03/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The JTT miner had not noticed the pressure gauge of the kiln rig jack system had broken. The JTT miner over pressurized the jack causing it to break. This caused the brick to pinch the tip of the left...
12/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Manually closing T/A Damper with hand crank, crank started spinning on its own and hit right hand.
12/05/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Filled 5 gal. buckets and carried them to the discharge of the lanes. From there filled a wheel barrel and carried that to the back end of the cooler. When picking up buckets of clinker felt pain in a...
03/31/2014 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Looking ahead did not notice a step in the concrete. Stepped off and felt a sharp pain in right foot
10/03/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost cement kiln, materials hit two employees
10/03/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 30d lost Cement Kiln, materials hit two employees
04/29/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Pulling with pry bar, bar slipped and smashed finger
03/29/2013 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Code 06 Fire
08/24/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Dust blew in eyes.
02/01/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Changing door, door opened and hit employee on hard hat.
10/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 170d lost The men were already started on their task for the day, tools and equipment had been laid out to use, the weather changed from overcast to raining. Started to gather up the tools to move them to an in...
08/29/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted moving electrical equipment for required maintenance. it toppled pinning employee's hand in the unit