Glens Falls Plant — Accidents

Total: 164 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/03/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted The employee was entering the electric shop doorway carrying a UPS, weighing approximately 40lbs. The UPS slipped from the employee's hands and landed on his right foot.
10/28/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 44d restricted The employee was assisting in moving the sample splitter table using a plastic pallet. It got stuck in the doorway. The employee pushed on the table legs, and his right hand got caught between the m...
09/25/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted The employee was pulling on a 4"" vacuum hose to reach a pile of material. While pulling on the hose the employee rotated his waist from far right to left - when he did this his left foot slipped on...
07/08/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 56d restricted The employee was changing a light bulb. The locking mechanism on the 8' step ladder buckled causing the ladder to fold up. The employee fell to the left side landing on a 3' safety railing causing a...
05/15/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee alleges that during the operation of replacing 2 screen plates (50lbs. each), he felt a twinge of pain in neck and left arm, which resulted in further treatment.
11/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted The employee was removing and replacing grizzly bars from the cooler at the clinker breaker. The employee felt pain in his left shoulder. This was not previously reported as the employee did not seek...
10/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was descending 4 steps at the end of the packhouse worm screws Alley #1. He stepped on the bottom landing and his left ankle twisted underneath his weight. After which he felt a sharp pain...
10/08/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While removing bolts from the burner pipe, the employee felt a pain in his upper back on the left side.
09/09/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted The employee was using a 20 pound sledge hammer to remove finish mill 1 doors, when he felt a pain in his lower right side of back.
07/07/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted The employee was rapping out silo 29E with a sledge hammer when the hammer veered off the silos and the employee felt a pull in his lower back.
06/18/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee pulled on the hopper to latch it and felt something pop in his left shoulder
05/12/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 77d restricted The employe was pulling wire from the local disconect. The wire became stuck. In the process of moving back to untangle the wires, the employee lost his footing and grabbed the side of the dust coll...
02/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was removing the separator fan housing when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
01/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee lifted a bucket with chains in it, felt pain in back
07/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 55d restricted The employee was walking on the side of the truck scale watching a truck pull in to load and tripped on the supersucker hose coiled up on the floor.
04/18/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee used a metal bar to loosen tight valve. Bar slipped and struck employee's forehead.
02/28/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted The employee was trying to unplug a 6"" FastVac hose with a 5' pipe. While swinging at the hose he missed it and struck the inside of his right foot, causing a contusion.
01/26/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 139d restricted Employee slipped on ice. Dislocated rt shoulder.
01/18/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 66d restricted Employee slipped on icy surface. Sprain/strain r knee
09/28/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted The employee was walking down the steps from the parking lot to the locker room building. It was raining heavily and the employee's left foot slipped off the wet bottom step and he twisted to catch h...
09/13/2006 HOISTING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted The employee was relocating an Acetylene bottle when his left hand became pinched between the elevator door and the Acetylene bottle, causing a contusion to his left hand.
09/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee was replacing Roller Mill Roll bearing cover; weld on pick eye broke and caused cover to strike employee on left forehead, causing a laceration and contusion to forehead.
09/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was removing a temporary cable from under the kiln. The employee twisted and felt a pain in his back.
06/20/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was dumping cement bags into a hopper. While dumping the bags the employee strained his left wrist and forearm.
05/03/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was grinding welds in the kiln. The grinder caught his left hand, causing a laceration.
03/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted The employee was loosening the knuckle on a line blind valve to make a bin change. While changing the bin the employee felt a twinge in his lower back.
02/06/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cutting a weld using a 4"" hand-held cutting wheel. The wheel broke apart and a piece of the wheel came off through the employee's glove and caused a laceration on his left hand.
10/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted The employee was opening Elevator A boot door to complete a mechanical repair, when fine dust material flushed out of the door and entered boot, causing a burn to the left foot/ankle.
09/08/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The employee was working on the bucket elevator. While lifting bucket elevator with chain fall the employee allegedly felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder.
07/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was breaking open a cement bag, when his arm hit a sharp edge on the saddle that the bags sit in when loading - causing a laceration to his lower right arm.
05/09/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was opening railcar covers for loading. As EE traveled length of the RR car, lanyard began to extend downward. Lanyard got stuck at attachment point of cable. Lanyard began to deploy. Once fully...
05/05/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 10d restricted The employee was removing a clogged 6"" line from the Fast Vac (vacuum truck). While lifting on the line, the employee felt a sudden pain in the lower right side of his abdomen that traveled down to...
04/30/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was cleaning up dust in the elevator pit. While cleaning, some of the dust got into his boot (the employee was wearing half socks), causing a burn to the inside of the right ankle.
03/10/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted The employee was helping to remove the 1935 drag chain. Not realizing the chain was caught on a piece of angle iron, the employee looked into the opening on the west end of the Polycom to see what t...
12/23/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost The employee was working with an air operated heavy impact wrench to tighten a nut. The tool came off while rotating and struck employee's right hand. Injury is now resulting in Lost Time effective...
11/02/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was walking down the stairwell in the Polycom Building. The employee slipped on clinker nodules and twisted his left ankle.
10/12/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was walking towards the east exit door of the yard break room area when he tripped on a pump sitting on the floor and twisted his right knee. Per call to company on 1-6-04, he fell agains...
09/27/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted This employee is not on the payroll of Glens Falls Lehigh Cement. He is employed through Keena Temp Agency. The employee was shoveling material into a 5 gallon bucket, when he felt a sharp pain in h...
07/29/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Note: This employee is not on the payroll of Glens Falls Lehigh Cement. He is employed and paid through a Temp Agency. The employee was cleaning up at Off-spec 2 area when he slipped on clinker and f...
07/28/2004 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee was working to empty material from off-spec 2 silo, and was securing a small door on the NE side of the bin, when hot material flushed out the door onto the employee.
04/16/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 57d lost, 19d restricted The employee felt a sharp pain in his right groin area while lifting an Oxygen bottle to put it into the bottle rack on the truck.
03/03/2004 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost The employee was climbing into the Bobcat and slipped due to muddy conditions, which resulted in a Left Knee strain.
01/20/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee's left knee allegedly locked up and twisted when walking on finish mill floor, carrying tools to truck. This report is just being filed as no lost time occured until surgery date of 7/16/04.
01/04/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EMPLOYEE WAS JACKHAMMERING IN THE COOLER, WHEN DUST GOT INTO BOTH EYES.
12/13/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON 953 BELT. AS HE PULLED ON THE BELT HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.
12/06/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost THE EE WAS WALKING THRU THE PARKING LOT DOWN A SMALL SLOPING SIDEWALK INTO THE PALNT. THE EE ALLEGEDLY SLIPPED ON SNOW FALLING ON HIS BACK, NECK AND BACK OF HEAD.
11/24/2003 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted THE EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WALKING UP THE STAIRS TO THE PACKHOUSE, CARRYING HIS TOOLBOX. THE EMPLOYEE RAISED HIS LEFT LEG TO STEP UP AND HIT HIS TOE ON THE STEP FACE, CAUSING EXTREME P RESSURE...
11/10/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 153d lost The employee was using the Fast Vac to clean up piles of coal on the 2nd floor of the Coal Mill. The employee allegedly received a static shock; dropped the hose and went to backup. When the employe...
07/28/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 134d lost THE EE BENT DOWN TO UNLOCK SWITCH GEAR: LIFTED UP ON SWITCH TO RELEASE LOCK, AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN MIDDLE LOWER BACK.
07/21/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost THE EE WAS LIFTING BROKEN CEMENT BAGS OUT OF THE HOPPER THAT IS USED FOR WASTE CEMENT, AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK.