Essroc Cement Corp Plant #3 — Accidents

Total: 123 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/02/2016 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None High winds caused the EE to miss bottom step while climbing stairs to EE's office. Causing injury to EE's knee.
05/04/2015 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 8d lost The employee was sucking out the dust collector at Tower 2. The employee had placed the hose inside the hopper. The hose became clogged with a large chunk of clinker. The employee brought the hose...
03/16/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was tapping cement and a lump got stuck in the valve at the bottom of the silo. The lump went through the valve in to the rotary screw causing the screw to jump violently. As the screw jump...
02/22/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Employee was leaving the Change House at Plant 3 at the start of his shift. As he stepped outside the double doors of the Change House lunch room, he slipped on a patch of ice. He cut is left hand a...
02/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 282d lost The employee was standing on top of a cover to the outside incline drag conveyor in order to remove the top section of the head pulley guard to #2 drag conveyor. The employee received a call on the p...
09/26/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was placing caution tape by #5 finish mill for a project. The employee was using a utility knife to cut the tape. While cutting the caution tape, the employee lacerated his left middle fing...
07/03/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was assisting with a conveyor belt replacement. He was removing an idler roll from the conveyor. As he was removing the roller, the far end of the roller dropped down and his thumb got pinc...
06/10/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 29d lost, 5d restricted Employee was operating the bag applicator at the pack house. Empty bags were getting stuck in the feeder. The worker estimated that empty bags got stuck in the feeder about 18 times in a short period...
03/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was in the basement of the Pack house emptying a trash can full of shredded bags and cement weighing approximately 50 lbs. The employee grabbed the can handle with his left hand and placed h...
01/03/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 74d lost, 115d restricted The worker was removing lumps out of silo 25 by manually operating the silo valve handles. While rocking the handles back and forth to break up a lump, the valve jammed and the employee felt a sharp p...
09/06/2013 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was performing maintenance on the #3 finish mill. He stated while cleaning the area on the floor below the mill, he stepped on a hard lump of material that was buried under the dust, twistin...
05/09/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a jack hammer at tower 2 near the transition between 31 and 105 belt. The jackhammer blade got stuck in some wire mesh. When employee went to pull it free, the 2"" spade landed on...
02/21/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was working in #5 finish mill removing head liners. Four (4) liners are removed at a time. Employee had placed a liner at an angle to the side of the mill. While moving another liner, the o...
07/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted After passing a jack hammer under a conveyor belt the injured felt pain in the area of his shoulder blade when he stood up. Diagnosed as thoracic muscle strain.
06/06/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee tripped on a low mound of material on the floor and jammed his toe against the inside of his steel toe boot.
03/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Injured suffered a strain of his left shoulder while installing a transmission oil cooler truck. He was holding the cooler in place with both hands and when he released his grip with his right hand to...
10/12/2011 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Noise Induced Hearing Loss
02/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to put the South Bulk scope back together and material fell into his right eye. He had the bracket in his hand as he was looking at it, material fell from above, most likely from t...
01/21/2011 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Employee suffered a heart attack while at work.
01/04/2010 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working near the back packhouse door unloading a truck. The door was open as product was being moved outside. The wind was blowing at a high rate and dirt/dust blew into employee's left...
12/08/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was exiting old packhouse at plant 3 on NW corner. Descending down steps, employee slipped on ice which he thought was just water. He used his left arm to hold railing to break fall and fel...
10/28/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted Employee was standing on work platform removing lumps from silo using 4 ft. steel bar inserted through porthole. Large lump suddenly fell & kicked bar outward. The bar struck the employee in jaw/fac...
10/23/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Annual Hearing test indicates a recordable shift change (w/age correction).
10/14/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was walking to the mill building when he felt a sharp pain in his right ankle.
04/28/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was jackhammering lumps in Clinker silo #2. He was maneuvering in one hand while removing material with the other which caused strain on left wrist.
04/22/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting out jacket of Sealtite. Improper use of utility knife (cutting toward self, instead of away) caused injury when employee slipped with knife and lacerated left wrist. 5 stitches re...
03/30/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was using 3' ladder to access slides that switch from one silo to another. He was climbing ladder w/a pipe used to push the slide. Weight of ladder caused it to tip over backwards and emplo...
03/05/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 24d restricted Employee was on his knees cleaning clinker from under #31 belt, east side. When the employee went to stand back up, he twisted his left knee. Access to the east side of #31 belt is limited. Employe...
02/03/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted 1st Employee was walking out of the north doorway of the mill basement through the hanging curtains. Another employee operating the New Holland skid steer was driving into the basement at the same tim...
01/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was working to clean out hopper below #4 mill gypsum clinker feeders. He tripped over the cord on the floor, resulting in twisting his right ankle and knee also causing him to fall against a...
01/08/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking around NW corner of the storage building at the North end of the No. 3 packhouse. He slipped on a patch of ice and landed on his left wrist.
12/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 91d restricted Employee was carrying a battery from the back of the truck to the track mobile. As he walked accross the railroad tracks, he felt pain on left side of his back.
12/18/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 98d restricted Employee pushed up an empty wheel barrel. He took one step forward and caught his head on a piece of steel support for A belt line. His head was pushed backwards and down.He felt a crunching in the ba...
07/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was working on #1 drag clinker silo when cover slid forward. Employee tried to catch cover and got finger caught under cover causing contusion to 5th finger of right hand.
07/10/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost EE was rotating a kiln using a ponymotor, 2 clutches are to be engaged. The 1st was engaged, EE was working at 2nd at the time of the accident. As the clutch was engaged, the pony began to labor and i...
06/10/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was entering the compartment #5 of #4 dust collector. Employee bumped/scraped elbow on the narrow access doorway when entering to do work.
02/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 48d restricted Employee was putting freed clinker in silo through the reclaim system. Employee bent over to pick up a clinker lump and felt a pull in his back.
02/02/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 20d lost, 12d restricted EE was changing a barrel of oil in the mill building, EE lost his grip on the barrel while trying to lift it. EE's fingers were caught between two barrels, about 1/8"" to 1/4"" space inbetween barrel...
12/18/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost Employee was walking in front of the old plant #3 packhouse group. He slipped on ice and fell, hurting his left knee (Note: began losing time due to surgery 4/23/08).
02/16/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a hammer to straighten the edge of the plow which was on forklift. Plow slid off forks and hit employee on head and shoulder areas.
09/28/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE reached in machinery ( Palletizer) to push bag w/his right hand. The belt caught his hand and when he tried to remove it, he cut his hand by thumb area.
08/17/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee went to throw a bucket of water at another employee. Employee raised their hand to block the bucket & the bucket struck her pinky finger on the left hand.
03/14/2006 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 17d restricted EE was removing the reducer from the east drag area while pulling the cart w/reducer on it he felt a strain when pushing/pulling the cart. Strain was on left knee area.
03/09/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE was using Oxygen Aceteline torch to pierce head of elevator pin for removal, when slag blew back and down collar of shirt onto chest, neck and stomach area.
03/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 167d lost, 138d restricted After EE filled the kerosene heater along #2 stone belt, EE twisted his torso while getting down from the belt.
02/19/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 114d lost, 9d restricted Employee was attempting to slide a 1/2 bag (40 lb) of used cement onto a hand truck. Employee immediately felt a sharp pain in his lower left side of back.
01/12/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost EE was changing light bulb in bottom of raw silos. After completing job EE turned to go out of area and slipped on wet raw material, injuring his right knee.
01/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 48d lost, 80d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING HIMSELF UP ON TRUCK.
01/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost EE was shoveling by #4 FM top of elevator. He overworked his back. Woke up the next day and felt slight pain in his lower back. 1st day away from work 3/17/06 for sugery.
11/09/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 29d restricted While transferring masonry from silos, dust escaped and filled some of the travel area causing employee to not see the steps clearly. Employee tripped and hit his knee on step area.