Hercules Cement LP — Accidents
Total: 338 accidents | Fatalities: 1
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/21/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 23d restricted | Employee pulled muscles in neck & left shoulder while positioning compressor employee was replacing. |
| 03/31/2020 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 6d lost, 476d restricted | Employee fell from stationary ladder. Received lacerations to head & fracture to right leg. |
| 03/29/2020 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 3d lost | The employee fell on metal kitch (a tool similar to a garden hoe), resulting in a cut on lower left leg. |
| 03/18/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | Inspection hatch struck employee's knee, resulting in sprain. |
| 02/19/2020 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 6d lost | Employee got cement powder in right eye. |
| 01/21/2020 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Employee was watching another employee welding without any eye protection. |
| 12/18/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | While carrying a jackhammer to the next room the fitting broke causing the hose to swing and hit them in the groin. |
| 08/27/2019 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was working on a locked out fan. The employee wedged a wrench in the fan blades to keep them from moving while EE worked. The fan blades are being pushed by high air pressure in the system. W... |
| 07/16/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing guarding from a locked out machine. The guard had extended metal with rough edges on it. While the employee pulled on the guarding to remove it EE's hand slipped causing a cut on... |
| 05/28/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 4d restricted | Employee was replacing guard on 50 HP motor with help of second employee. During the next work day employee complained of left shoulder pain claiming it was from replacing the motor guard. |
| 05/26/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 89d lost, 65d restricted | Employee slipped on klinker ball causing them to jerk their leg in an awkward motion. This resulted in a sprained left leg injury. |
| 05/22/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | Two employees were pulling (120 lbs.) bucket off of forks of a forklift sliding it onto the chain to our reclaimer. While pulling the bucket one employee felt a sharp pain in lower back. |
| 05/10/2019 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | Employee bent over to lift a bundle of empty cement bags that were no more than 40 lbs. EE picked up the bags using back and felt a sharp pain from back right side to groin. |
| 04/22/2019 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 24d lost, 30d restricted | Employee was walking down slanted walkway next to a belt conveyor when EE slipped hitting left elbow and straining lower abdomen. |
| 01/14/2019 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was unclogging chute on hopper when small rock fell 3 feet from hopper, bounced off of belt below and hit employee in the mouth. Resulted in two teeth getting slightly chipped. |
| 11/15/2018 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 22d restricted | Employee was using a hand held grinder with guard in place on grinder and gloves on hands when the grinder slipped out of EE's right hand and landed on top of EE's left hand. |
| 11/12/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 55d lost, 30d restricted | Employee slipped and fell on marked wet surface causing EE to break left elbow. |
| 08/22/2018 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | Welder got welders flash by other welder. |
| 07/10/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | Employee stepped on a stone 4-6 inch diameter, rolled an ankle and fell on the ground. By 4 pm the employee was experiencing pain in left ankle and foot. |
| 07/04/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 173d lost | Miner slipped injuring left leg. |
| 07/03/2018 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 91d lost | Miner was ducking under a pipe and hit head, EE felt a pain in EE's back. |
| 06/08/2018 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 90d lost | Employee claims carpal tunnel syndrome from work activity. |
| 05/01/2018 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee received first degree burn to face while adding oil to hot bearing. |
| 04/24/2018 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee injured right thumb while working around a conveyor belt. |
| 03/13/2018 | OTHER | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | Material was blown into worker's face. |
| 03/07/2018 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | Employee was stepping off a crane when EE felt a pop in EE's knee |
| 03/05/2018 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While cutting rope, employee cut right leg with a box cutter. |
| 07/14/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 14d restricted | While pulling electrical wires through conduit employee hurt right shoulder. |
| 07/06/2017 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 11d lost | EE was on the property of the Stockertown Quarry and needed to pass a cement truck that was parked. As EE was passing the cement truck the driver of that truck pulled rapidly away from parking spot th... |
| 05/02/2017 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 176d lost | Employee stepped backwards off a platform and rolled ankle. |
| 03/31/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING MATERIAL WITH A SHOVEL AND HAD PAIN IN FOREARM. |
| 02/08/2017 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 6d restricted | EMPLOYEE AGGRAVATED PRE-EXISTING ELBOW INJURY WHILE USING A CHAIN BLOCK. |
| 02/03/2017 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 16d lost | Employee aggravated a pre-existing condition involving lower back. |
| 11/03/2016 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 38d lost | employee stepped on stone and felt pain in employee's knee. Employee did not lose time or have restrictions. On 12/20/2017 employee had surgery on same knee. |
| 05/13/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 168d lost | Employee was taking a break. During break EE was sitting with ankles crossed and elevated resting on a tool box. Left foot had fallen asleep. Got up to answer the phone and after taking two steps left... |
| 05/10/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 28d lost | Two miners on a ladder were lifting a hydraulic power cylinder weighing approximately 100 lbs off supporting stand the cylinder was resting on, the cylinder became unbalanced, slipped from one employe... |
| 03/23/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 6d lost | Employee discovered a crack in the welded base at the top of the ladder on the Dresser Haulpack truck. Employee parked truck at garage for repair. When descending ladder the weld completely broke an... |
| 03/11/2016 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 41d restricted | Employee rolled foot while descending steps and fractured 5th metatarsal bone |
| 03/04/2016 | STRIKING OR BUMPING | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | While tightening bolts inside #3 clinker cooler employee stood up and hit head. Employee was wearing hardhat at the time and did not seek immediate treatment. |
| 03/01/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 41d lost | Pouring cement with protective suit on, unaware suit tore, burns on both legs. |
| 03/01/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Pouring cement with protective suit on, unaware the suit tore, burns on both legs. |
| 02/19/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 16d restricted | The employee was shoveling material inside the reclaimer dome when EE strained EE's lower back. |
| 01/12/2016 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 142d lost | Employee strained lower back while shoveling material. |
| 06/24/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was removing a white board from a wall. The white board fell to one side and the partially removed screw at the top of the white board grazed the employees left forearm requiring stitches. |
| 06/22/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 69d restricted | Employee bent over to install a small metal cap on a port. As the employee stood up, he felt a strain in his lower back. |
| 05/05/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was holding a bar as another hammered the bar to loosen a shiv when a small metal fragment chipped off the bar and embedded into back of employees head. |
| 05/04/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 37d lost, 6d restricted | Employee was lifting a motor starter when he pulled his groin causing a hernia. |
| 03/05/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was working in the material storage building and got dust in left eye. |
| 02/13/2015 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 31d lost | While working on a drag chain the employee was using a 4 pound hammer, the hammer was deflected and struck him in the knee |
| 01/26/2015 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EE was rigging a rod head weighting approximately 800 lbs when the rigging slipped and the rod head shifted, hitting his finger between the mill stand and the rod head. |