Giant Cement Company — Accidents

Total: 242 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/30/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted EE was re-stacking bags of cement. Turning while lifting, his right foot slipped and he felt pain in his lower right leg.
04/16/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was restacking cement from a broken pallet and felt a pain in his wrist.
03/25/2007 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An unplanned ignition occurred in the East coal mill dust collector. The automatic Co2 system discharged and fire was extingushed in less than 30 minutes. MSHA was notified timely and later conducted...
01/24/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was riding passenger in a vehicle and as the vehicle went through a mud hole the employee hit his head on the ceiling and hurt his back.
01/14/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was walking between two rows of bricks and tripped on a metal band that was sticking out from under a pallet. The employee caught himself on his hands as he fell thus injuring his wrist.
01/06/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted EE was walking down a flight of stairs and slipped on the last step and fell.
12/01/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted While unloading vacuum hose from a flat bed truck, employee placed a piece of hose on the ground. When he began to remove another piece of hose from the truck the employee fell over the piece that was...
11/28/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was stepping off of a ladder on a front end loader and stepped on a rock and fell twisting his ankle.
10/03/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 174d lost Employee was cleaning around a pan conveyor, when he went to exit the area he struck his head against a cross beam.
09/20/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was climbing a ladder and lost footing, left hand went between the guard and a cover on a machine. Employee's hand came in contact with a slow moving conveyor thus lacerating three fingers on...
06/15/2006 HOISTING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was riding a passenger elevator when the elevator stopped moving between levels. The employee climbed out of the top of the elevator to get to the stairs inside the elevator shaft. The elevat...
05/12/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was was walking to the crane and slipped and fell catching himself on his right hand.
04/21/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was attempting to unplug a rotary feeder with a 48"" pipe wrench. The employee did not feel any discomfort at work but later started to feel pain in his neck/shoulder area.
04/03/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injured employee was walking on a catwalk and slipped and fell injuring his right forearm
03/27/2006 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was observing/instructing maintenance on removing a thermal couple and and an air blaster that goes to the thermal couple went off. When this happened the employee got some cement dust in his...
02/19/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working to dislodge some material from a hammermill and looped a cable around a boulder of marl. The cable caught in the hammermill and pulled through the employee's hand. Resulting in t...
01/22/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was shutting the door on the Raw Mill and accidently caught his finger between the door and the machine housing
11/03/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee stated that he was attempting to move a ladder. When he did, the ladder caught him off balance. He attempted to catch the ladder but it pulled a muscle in his left shoulder.
07/27/2005 FIRE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 225d restricted Attempting to extinguish a fire the employee entered into hot meal dust and burned his lower legs and feet.
07/15/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS STRIPPING CABLE WITH POCKET KNIFE. HE WAS PULLING KNIFE TOWARDS HIMSELF. THE KNIFE CAUGHT ON CABLE AND WHEN HE PULLED HARDER IT FREED THE KNIFE AND CUT HIS HAND.
05/31/2005 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee walked into a pipe about six (6) feet high while doing lubrication rounds. The employee lost no time and was able to perform his regular job function.
05/06/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 85d lost, 25d restricted Employee opened an door on an elevator and a build-up of material forced the door back on the employees leg
04/27/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A head pulley was plugged with material and an employee was getting ready to clean the material out. The affected employee reached in from the opposite side to test the hardness of the material when t...
04/13/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A kiln dust seal was leaking dust near the location the employee was working. The kiln dust got in his eyes and the employee apparently rubbed the dust in his eyes.
01/18/2005 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Employee was going around a piece of machinery and struck his head on a cross section of angle iron
01/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving a heavy shaft . It shifted & cut his right index finger.
12/21/2004 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee has shown a reportable standard threshhold shift . He has been sent to audiologist for exam . A medical determination as to whether this shift is work related has not been made but is being...
12/14/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 37d lost OVERHEAD BUCKET OF CRANE HIT THE HOPPER EE WAS WELDING IN. A PIECE OF MARL FELL OFF OF THE TOP OF THE HOPPER AND INTO THE HOPPER, HITTING EE IN HIS RIBS (LEFT SIDE).
12/07/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 7d restricted Muscle strain in neck while operating a bobcat.
11/19/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking between the trench and fly ash silo to plumb a line for boards. Employee's right foot slipped as weight was being put on the left leg, causing him to fall on his right side. Emplo...
11/16/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Bed of Dust Haul truck hit conveyor belt and turned haul truck on it's side.
10/20/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost HAUL UNIT PASSING ANOTHER, OPERATOR LOST CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS OPERATOR ERROR. SPEED, OVER STEERING AND THE BOWEL IN THE HIGH POSITION WERE THE CAUSE.
10/13/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reached into his tool bucket and cut his middle finger on his right hand . He had left his knife open in the tool bucket .
08/30/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee slipped on clinkers & twisted his right knee
08/27/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tightening bolts with a socket wrench. The wrench slipped off of the bolt and struck the employee in the mouth.
08/24/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost EE TWISTED RIGHT KNEE WHILE WORKING ON UNEVEN GROUND. THIS WAS NO REPORTED WITHIN 10 DAYS AS EE DID NOT THINK HE WOULD BE GOING TO THE DR. KNEE STARTED BOTHERING HIM;EE WENT TO DR 8/30/04. EE DID NOT...
08/10/2004 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Kiln was slowed down and the bullgear lubricant overheated probably due to the change in heat profile which can occur when kiln is slowed. Fire was inside of the bullgear guard and took around two hou...
08/07/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee stepped off of frame of belt and turned ankle
07/30/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS CARRYING A CONVEYOR COVER WHEN HE DROPPED IT ACROSS HIS FOOT, CAUSING LACERATION.
07/20/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee bumped elbow stacking bags. He did not go to a doctor as he thought the soreness would go away. He went to the doctor to be checked on 11/23/04. We were not certain that that the elbow prob...
07/17/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employ was climbing down a ladder & cut his right thumb .
07/04/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee opened air slide cover and hot cement spilled out onto employee
06/23/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 12d restricted employee aligning hitch for motor grader. This accident was reported at this time because employee decided to seek medical attention.
06/19/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removing wheel from marl crane shaft, wheel fell over and pinched employees left hand fracturing two fingers.
05/17/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting an air hose with a bandsaw when it lacerated the left hand.
04/26/2004 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stepping through doorway, did not put his head low enough to clear doorway. Bumped his head, straining his neck.
03/23/2004 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A SUBCONTRACTOR WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH WHEN THE SLAG OFF THE TORCH FELL BELOW THE WORK AREA ONTO SOME MATERIALS. THE MATERIALS BEGAN TO SMOLDER, CREATING A SMALL FIRE. NO INJURIES WERE ASSOCIATED W...
03/19/2004 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE'S LEFT KNEE HAS BEEN BOTHERING HIM & HE HAS GONE TO A DR. EE STATES THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT, JUST THAT HE FEELS HIS KNEE IS BAD DUE TO BENDING & CLIMBING THAT HE DOES AT WORK. THE 3/19/04 I...
03/10/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee twisted knee on 3/10/04, he did not think he needed medical attention. He went to the doctor on 5/26/04 and was returned to full duty same day. Knee continued to hurt employee, went back to...
03/05/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While using a cutting torch, a piece of hot slag fell into his right ear.