Giant Cement Company — Accidents

Total: 242 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/22/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was on top of the 3rd bank silos and felt something in eye. EE rubbed eye in an attempt to dislodge what was in the eye. In doing so EE caused a corneal abrasion.
09/08/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 61d restricted The employee was standing on a step attached to the tractor tote to check the level of material. The step broke from under the employee causing employee to hit their back on an adjacent containment wa...
05/07/2019 EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 327d lost The employee was on the third floor of the preheater tower checking an access door to the orifice. A production crew was preparing to shoot cardox onto the preheater tower and were unaware that the em...
04/28/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted On 04/28/19 the employee twisted EE's right foot while walking into the bypass dust collector compressor room. The employee initially refused medical treatment. On 05/10/19 the employee was referred t...
04/01/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was using a hammer and punch to modify the mounting plate for an actuator at the electrical shop. As employee tapped the roll pin in place a piece of metal chipped off of the pin and beca...
03/04/2019 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None During jackhammer operations using pneumatic pressure, a threaded nipple separated from the threaded end of a Chicago fitting allowing the hose to escape the whip check and strike an employee in the f...
12/19/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted An employee was walking along the rail tracks where repairs were being made on an earlier shift, they tripped and hit a knee on railroad track that was set aside to replace existing track. The injury...
11/30/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 5d restricted While replacing a thermocouple on the preheater tower, a nearby air blaster activated causing the employee to be hit in the face with hot air.
11/14/2018 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 73d lost On 11/14/18 while exiting the dozer the employee stepped on a lump of marl and twisted an ankle. On 02/25/2020 the employee had surgery on the ankle from injury that occurred on 11/14/18.
10/17/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES 25d lost A customer truck (over-the-road truck driver) was finished getting tractor trailer loaded, customer walked up to the hatch closing station and closed the hatch. Customer then walked down the stairs fr...
04/09/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Metal burr came off of a sledge hammer striking the employee in the leg causing a half inch laceration.
02/16/2018 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 181d restricted While installing an electric motor on equipment I.D. 351-BE-10, the employee was standing on the outer casing of the bucket elevator to set the motor in place. The employees were using a metal beam to...
02/16/2018 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 73d lost, 71d restricted While installing an electric motor on equipment I.D. 351-BE-10, the employee was standing on the outer casing of the bucket elevator to set the motor in place. The employees were using a metal beam to...
02/16/2018 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 190d restricted While installing an electric motor on equipment I.D. 351-BE-10, the employee was standing on the outer casing of the bucket elevator to set the motor in place. The employees were using a metal beam to...
02/02/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted The employee was walking into the electric shop and tripped on the step. Employee reached out to catch themselves and cut a hand on an adjacent sink.
11/14/2017 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None An inspection door to the Fly Ash silo chute was opened for inspection. When the inspection door was opened; material began to rush out of previously empty chute dispersing material causing limited vi...
08/28/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While closing the access door to the raw mill reject chute, the employee was hit in the left small finger requiring three stitches.
03/24/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted As the employee was riding on a rail car, EE observed a forward car to begin derailing. Upon seeing the forward car derail; the employee jumped off of the car EE was riding. EE injured knee upon landi...
03/16/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Went to cross over a discharge pipe (PVC) and did not realize that a patch of ice had formed on top of the pipe. Placed foot onto the pipe to step over it and slipped. The employee injured their wrist...
12/08/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 293d restricted Material on a pallet that the employee was walking on slid off of the pallet. This caused the employee to fall causing a contusion on a finger and a sprain in back.
12/05/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted While the employee was repositioning a 94 pound bag of cement strained a muscle in abdomen
12/04/2016 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 200d lost The employee was using an air lance while on a scissor lift. The scissor lift tipped over while the employee was in the basket. The impact caused the employee to suffer from broken bones in arm and pe...
09/15/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While walking from 471-DB-04 to the electrical room; the employee tripped and injured ankle.
07/27/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 3d restricted The employee was going to the pumps in the quarry to check their status. EE stepped over a pipe and observed a snake in the shadow of the pipe. As EE turned to get away from the snake, EE caught boot...
07/01/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was walking to a loader to begin operation. The ground was still wet from rain where the loader was parked. As the employee approached the loader (approximately 3' from the loader) EE sli...
06/03/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 106d restricted The two employees were making adjustments to the nuts at the top of the separator. They were using a chain-fall to keep tension on the separator. A link in the chain-fall broke hitting two employees.
06/03/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 77d restricted The two employees were making adjustments to the nuts at the top of the separator. They were using a chain-fall to keep tension on the separator. A link in the chain-fall broke hitting the two employe...
05/31/2016 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None Observed the employee inspecting the skid steer. After a moment, EE could not speak properly or use their left side effectively. EMS was called immediately. EE was taken by ambulance to emergency serv...
04/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 136d restricted While closing the hand brake on a railcar, the employee pulled a muscle in employee's shoulder.
04/01/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 13d restricted The employee was attempting to dislodge material from the cooler; wearing an aluminized suit in addition to standard personal protective equipment. Heat from the cooler caused a burn on EE's arm.
03/11/2016 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None The Dorchester Fire Department was alerted at 2:59pm of a fire in the Giant Resource and Recovery Solids building. The fire was reported out at approximately 3:15pm while a call to MSHA was being made...
02/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While unloading a sheet of plywood from a stack of plywood the employee lost control of the plywood and dropped it on EE's foot from waist height. The employee was wearing steel-toe boots at the time...
01/15/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost The employee was working in a secondary containment for grinding aid; behind 2nd Bank Silos. The employee slid awkwardly while standing in the dry containment area and injuring EE's left foot/ankle.
12/10/2015 HOISTING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted The employee was riding in the personnel elevator attached to the 3rd bank silo. The employee complained of lower back pain from the elevator coming to an abrupt stop. The employee did not seek medica...
11/11/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted The employee was using a torch to cut a bolt. When the bolt was cut it fell into the employee's glove causing burns to his hand.
11/03/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While walking along the cooler area of the plant, the employee sprained his right knee. This resulted in the employee being placed on restricted duty.
10/30/2015 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 101d restricted While walking through the cab of the locomotive on October 30, 2015, the employee bumped his left knee against part of the cab. This resulted in a contusion on the knee and the employee having restric...
10/21/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Elevated temperatures were discovered in a rotary feeder in the coal system. The fire supression system activated; and all material was pushed out of the rotary feeder. No flame or smoke was identifie...
08/25/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While the employee was shoveling material into a wheel barrow he felt a pain in his front left rib cage. It was determined to be a strain causing the employee to work at a restricted capacity.
06/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While exiting a Caterpillar 980M front loader the employee slipped while exiting and bumped his left elbow on the loader causing a laceration that required sutures.
05/08/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 483d lost, 279d restricted The employee slipped and sprained his left knee while working on the BC-05 conveyor from the associated catwalk.
04/14/2015 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Material in a shredder ignited. the conveyor (BC-10) system was stopped and the fire suppression system for the area was activated it malfunctioned. The fire traveled along the conveyor (BC-10). The...
03/10/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 113d lost, 14d restricted The employee stepped off of a platform for the north roller at the vertical raw mill and twisted (sprained) knee.
02/24/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 88d restricted The employee was in the process of changing a tire. He picked the replacement tire up and felt a burning sensation in his arm. He set the tire down and when he looked at his arm there was a knot in th...
02/03/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted While walking out of the administration building; descending the north stairs the employee felt a sudden sharp pain in his right knee. He did not know the cause of the pain; there was no loss of balan...
12/02/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was moving a box from a shelf to the floor and felt a pain in his arm. The injury has been identified as a partial tear of the left bicep.
11/24/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 44d restricted The employee was driving a utility vehicle through the facility. The utility vehicle impacted a large rock at the corner of an intersection and tipped over causing injury to the employee's middle fing...
10/28/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The third finger on the left hand of the employee was pinched between material being moved and a hand rail causing a contusion. On 11/16/2014 the employee returned to the Occupational Medicine Clinic...
10/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working on a brake harness, the employee's hand was pinched between two parts of the harness causing a laceration.
10/03/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 162d lost, 23d restricted The employee was operating a forklift. He drove over a crack in the floor and had sufficient pain to stop and call for assistance.