EVANSVILLE PLANT — Accidents

Total: 255 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/10/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal Fall from Platform at Lehigh Cement Facility. On 10/10/14 a truck driver/loader employed by FT Silfies Inc. was in the process of pre-loading a trailer on miner property. At Aprox. 11:18AM, the driver...
07/21/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 236d lost Volvo Front End loader began to shake side to side under normal working condition causing the operator to get whiplash.
06/06/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing the short section of iron ore screw when his arm got pinched between the short section and long section of screw. Both sections of the screw were suspended in the air by chain b...
05/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 274d lost Employee was checking an air operated gate on top of storage silo 2 gate 7. Employee drained moisture bowl and noticed a smell of ammonia. Employee was exposed to ammonia that got into the compresse...
05/12/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Employee was air lancing coal bin due to material being hung up in the bin. Employee strained lower back.
10/24/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 106d restricted One employee was picking up the old crusher hammers from the ground and handing those hammers to EE. EE was then placing the old hammers on a pallet. The co-worker turned to hand another crusher ham...
10/21/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee raising safety rack. The chain slipped and employee went to grab it and twisted back.
09/04/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was changing conveyor belt on Finish Mill 1 feeder. Employee pulled on belt and felt sharp pain in shoulder.
02/23/2013 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A large piece of coating came down and hit the bar that the miner was holding. The bar acted as a lever and this drove the miners hand into the opening of the riser. This resulted in a laceration to...
11/05/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 159d restricted Employee was getting a piece of sheet steel out of the steel rack. The employee needed a 1/8"" x 4 x 8 it was in the middle of 3/8 x 4 x 8. They leaned the 3/8"" sheets to access the 1/8"". Employe...
09/07/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 108d restricted Miner was unclogging kiln#1 dust transport line, there was a 3 1/2"" mill ball that was sucked up into the 4"" gap vax hose. The miner had his hand on the high reach basket. The gap vax hose jumped...
07/30/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was removing what he thought was an oil fill cap to add oil to an air compressor. The air compressor was shut down before employee removed the cap. The cap was in actuality a cap to a check...
06/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The Grad-All was being used to lower the hose connections and pipe splitter from the elevated spray tower platform. The load was secured with a nylon sling and got hung up on a fixed structure beam....
05/21/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a hammer and punch. The employee missed the punch and the follow through of the swing caused the employee's swinging hand to come in contact with the object and cut his left index...
03/02/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 127d restricted Miner was getting out of the cab of a case backhoe and strained his knee
12/19/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding steel overhead. Debris was falling from overhead conveyor above his work area. Debris entered right eye, causing eye irritation.
10/13/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 92d restricted Employee was using a chain block to pull chain drive guard off of #2 limestone belt. Employee felt pain in right forearm and did not think much of the incident at the time. Individual went home and h...
09/17/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted While lifting a 40lb. drive coupling off a vertical shaft with a puller the employee felt a pain in his lower back area.
08/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 70d restricted Employee was removing spray lances from conditioning tower when he felt a sharp pain in his right wrist. He went to the Dr. and got a brace for his wrist and continued for full duty. On 9/23/2011 the...
05/12/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While loading a used conveyor belt on to the loader bucket the employee felt a pain in his lower left side of his back just above the hip area.
03/02/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 38d restricted Guys were cleaning in an area with buildup After cleaning a significant amount of the material, there remained a fairly large chunk that was attached to the wall. EE was using a pistol grip jackhamme...
01/27/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While unchoking a tire choke on the tire feed conveyor the employee was using a tire fork to remove a tire he felt a pain in his lower back from pulling the tire free with the fork.
01/06/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 41d lost, 218d restricted While walking down a steep incline catwalk along #4 Coal belt the employee's foot slipped out from under him causing him to feel a slight pain in his lower right back area when he caught himself.
11/09/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing a babbit bearing in #1 Finish Mill Motor, the employee was slipping the sling around the bearing, when the bearing slipped and caught the right middle finger between the bearing and the...
10/03/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 56d lost, 107d restricted While walking backwards carrying a airslide chamber. The employee stumbled and tried to catch himself with his right hand. He shifted the weight of the air slide case to his left arm and felt a pain i...
09/14/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 198d restricted While unchoking a plugged feed chute to the #2 Kiln, hot dust flushed out and burnt the employees hands and back of the his neck area.
09/09/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting open a tube of Eboxywith a box knifer when the knife slipped and cut his right middle finger. It took two stitches. He was ent back to work same day with no restrictions
07/21/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted While shoveling a pile of clinker out of a walkway, the employee lifted the shovel full of clinker, he twisted his body when emptying the shovel into a chute 4 foot from the floor.
07/13/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted While pushing some conveyor belt gravity rollers around on a catwalk, employee felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder.
06/18/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted While lifting a lid off a gearbox with another employee he felt a sharp pain in his chest area. The lid was round and weighed approx. 35 to 70 pounds. The lid had fresh sealant holding it on the box l...
06/09/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While air lancing a choke in a cement silo. He slipped and in catching himself he felt a pull in his back
06/07/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While walking up a incline steps to work on #2 pan conveyor, employee stumbled and hand fell on pan conveyor rail, jamming his left hand thumb which caused the thumb tip to be broken.
05/20/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 126d restricted While working under a truck, EE used his arms and hands to push himself from under the vehicle. At that time, he felt a pain in his upper right arm.
04/08/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted While lifting and removing a dust collector lid because of the necessary standing to remove the lid. The employee felt a sharp pain in the lower back because the lid was sealed tight and wasn't free t...
12/20/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Was in a man basket and reached out to weld a bracket when he felt a pull on his left knee. Knee started to bother him a few months after the incident.
12/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 117d restricted While moving a rubber fas vac hose the employee felt a slight pull in his lower back.
12/02/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While slicing a cover over some electrical wires on a fork truck, the knife slipped and cut the opposite hand from the one holding the knife.
12/01/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted WHILE PUSHING A WOODEN 8X8X8 CRIBBING TIE IN PLACE ON A FLAT BED TRUCK. EMPLOYEE FELT DISCOMFORT IN HIS LOWER BACK
11/07/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 8d restricted While tighting and working on a 3 inch rubber air hose, the hose slipped off the nipple and struct the employee in the face breaking his nose and lacerating his face .
09/18/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 157d restricted While layng down on his back, employee was reaching under a walk behind skid loader to loosen a bolt when he felt a pain in his shoulder area. He tried to work through it and give it time to go away....
09/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None He was flushing the SNCR return cooling line with sulfuric acid when the pimp dead headed. The line was pressurized. He attempted to depressurize the line by removing the hose and loosened up the hose...
08/14/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 53d lost, 10d restricted Over a period of time carpal tunnel set in on his hand and wrist. He went to the DR. and got special gloves and did his normal job until 12/29/2009 then he is having surgery on both hands one at a tim...
08/12/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE trying to unchoke #19 cement silo, banging on the side of the cone bottom. Reached down to turn off the air to the silo and opened the wrong valve, which caused a pressurized silo to blow cement po...
07/28/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Replacing FM#3 mill liners. While installing liner, had to release tension on cable supporting liner to remove cable and was struck through the glove by frayed off cable, causing puncture. Sutures on...
07/06/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Injury and other employee were lifting chute on the Kawaski when he felt sharp pain in lower back. He did not have body square and twisted when lifting on vehicle.
06/29/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Injury and other ee were lifting shell liners into finish mill #2 together when he felt a pull in his back. He continued to put the liner in the mill. Went to dr 6/30/09
04/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was changing bags in #2 baghouse, when his wrists started to hurt. Went to the doctor on 4/27/09.
04/21/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was picking up dropped tires underneath the kiln #1 area while tire feeding was going on. One tire dropped and accidentally hit his left neck and shoulder. After one hour of work he was compl...
04/21/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was attempting to remove a masonry pallet from the palletizer at the pallet pusher in the process of changing from masonry to a portland packing scenario. Lifting the pallet over the pallet g...
04/13/2009 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 61d lost, 62d restricted Employee was crawling in # 2 under grate compartment of # 1 cooler when he felt a pop in his left knee and a sharp pain. He crawled back out and could not put any weight on that leg.