Hercules Cement LP — Accidents

Total: 338 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/19/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WELDING BROKEN FRAME ON 1035 TRUCK. EE WORE SAFETY GLASSES WITH SIDE SHIELD, INSTEAD OF GOGGLES.
07/11/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted STACKING PALLETS. FELT BACK PAIN. AVERAGE WEIGHT OF PALLET 25 LBS.
07/06/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost REMOVING LOESCHE MILL #4 ROLL CYLINDER. SHAFT BROKEN. TOOK BOLTS OUT OF SPLIT CLAMPING NUT AND TAKING HALVES OUT. EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK. GENERAL WORK AREA IS CRAMPED. CLAMPING NUTS WEIGH AP...
06/16/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None CHIPPING SLAG OFF OF WELD LEFT HAND DECK OF 980C LOADER. TIGHT QUARTERS INSIDE OF DECK ALLOWS LIMITED USE OF FACESHIELD. FACESHIELD AVAILABLE AND SHOULD HAVE USED.
06/16/2001 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost WALKING ACROSS PARKING AREA WEST OF LAB. GUST OF WIND BLEW SAND UP AND UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES.
06/08/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost TWO EES WERE CUTTING 6"" CHANNEL WITH BANDSAW (6"" CHANNEL @ 10.5 LBS. PER FT.). WHEN REMOVING A 13.5 FT. SECTION W/ELECTRICK HOIST, THE MATERIAL STAND SLIPPED. EE REACHED FOR THE END THAT WAS S LIPPI...
05/15/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CLAINM PETITION FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION FILE IN BEHALF OF EE BY ATTORNEY. EE ON DIABILITY LEAVE SINCE 5/2001 FOR NON WORK RELATED MEDICAL PROBLEMS. PETITION FOR LONG AND CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO LOUD...
05/14/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost USING WOMA GUN, EMPLOYEE PLACED HIMSELF IN AWKWARD POSITION, MAKING HIM UNABLE TO CONTROL WOMA GUN.(PREVIOUS INJURY 2/12/00-USING WOMA GUN).ON 4/09/01 EMPLOYEE AGGRAVATED OLD INJURY, RESULTING IN LOST...
05/09/2001 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost CHANGING NW IDLER WHEEL ON CRANE IN STORAGE BLDGAFTER SETTING WHEEL IN PLACE, EE WAS TIGHTENING UP NUTS TO SECURE WHEEL. FELT SOMETHING POP IN GROIN AREA. REFERRED FOR HERNIA SURGERY.
05/01/2001 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 174d lost, 31d restricted WATERING QUARRY ROADS WITH VOLVO WTR TRK HIT A POT HOLE TRAVELING AT APPROX 10MPH OR LESS
04/12/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost EE WALKED OFF OF THE ALAMAK ELEVATOR ONTO WET DUST CAUSING HIM TO SLIP & FALL. PAIN IN RIGHT KNEE WHEN WALKING & CLIMBING STEPS.
04/10/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS MAKING WELD REPAIRS TO HANDRAIL AT #1 KILN. AS HE WAS GRINDING THE WELD DOWN WITH HIS GRINDER, A PIECE OF METAL RICOCHETED INTO HIS LEFT EYE.
03/16/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost EE WAS CHECKING QUARRY PUMPS. HE STEPPED OVER A 12"" PIPE AND SLIPPED ON MUD, WRENCHING HIS BACK WHEN HE SLIPPED.
02/27/2001 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE WALKING BETWEN THE MILL AND KILN ROOMS, WIND GUST CAME UP AND BLEW DIRT UNDER EMPLOYEE'S SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.
02/20/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None ATTEMPTING TO CHECK THE FLUID LEVELS OF THE ELEC TRUCK. HE DID NOT HAVE THE HOOD COMPLETELY OPENED AND WAS NOT WEARING A HARD HAT. WHEN HE STUCK HIS HEAD INTO THE HOOD COMPARTMENT, HE BANGED H IS HEAD...
02/12/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None LIFTING UPPER DISTRIBUTION PLATE SECTION (APPROX 80 LBS). PLATE SLIPPED OUT OF EE'S HAND. HE ATTEMPTED TO REGRAB IT AND FELT PAIN IN HIS 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS. **EMPLOYEE USED CHAIN BLOCKS TO LI FT THE...
02/01/2001 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None OVER TIME WORKING IN MILL ROOM, EMPLOYEE DEVELOPED A RASH ON HIS NECK & THE INSIDE AREA OF BOTH ELBOWS.
01/05/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO DOME AT NORTHWEST DOOR AND SLID ON ICE. ICE AT DOOR ENTRANCE COULD NOT BE AVOIDED.
12/21/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS BEING TRAINED ON THE PLANT TRUCK CLASSIFICATION. WHILE CLIMBING THE LADDER TO GET INTO THE CAB OF THE 35 TON CAT, HE STRUCK HIS KNEE (LEFT) ON A STEP OF THE LADDER.
12/08/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE CLEANING EE WALKED UNDER SPRING BELT STRIKING HELMET, JARRING NECK & CHIPPING TOOTH
09/23/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 21d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING IDLER, REQUIRED EXTENDED REACH, CAUSING PAIN IN LOWER LEFT BACK AND LEFT LEG.
07/21/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AS AMATERIAL UNLOADER. WHILE CLOSING DOOR ON RAIL CA RWITH BAR, THE BAR POPPED OUT JARRING HIS SHOULDER. SOME RAIL CARS ARE IN VERY POOR CONDITIOIN.
07/18/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING BAGS OFF VENTURI INSIDE DUST COLLECTOR; ONE OF THE BAGS WAS FULL AND AS IT RELEASED FROM THE VENTURI THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT IN THE BAG JARRED HIS SHOULDER AS HE KEPT THE BAG FROM FA...
07/12/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost WHILE RETRIEVING A BROKEN BAG FROM THE #3 PACKER BELT, EE HIT HIS ELBOW ON SHARP EDGE OF GUARD CUTTING HIS ELBOW.
06/30/2000 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 9d lost, 10d restricted WHILE INSTALLING NEW LINERS TO THE HAZEMAG HOPPER, EMPLOYEE HAD TO BURN HOLES THROUGH STEEL TO ATTACH LINER WITH BOLTS. THE BURNING TIP WOULD BECOME CLOGGED WITH SLAG & NEED TO BE CLEANED OR CHANGED....
06/22/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE AND COWORKER WERE HITTING HAGMAG KEEPERS TO FREE THEM UP SO THEY COULD REMOVE THE CRUSHER BAR. EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GOGGLES AND GLOVES BUT A PIECE OF SHRAPNEL HIT HIM AND BECAME EMBEDDED I N HIS C...
05/08/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING THE SLOPING DUCT PORTION OF KILN #3 USING A HIGH PRESSURE WATER GUN. WHILE CLEANING WITH THE WATER GUN, HOT DUST BLEW BACK AND BURNED HIS RIGHT EAR.
05/04/2000 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost WHILE LIGHTING A TORCH, GAS LIT BUT OXYGEN DID NOT. HOSE BLEW AND SENT A FIRE BALL AT EMPLOYEE'S ABDOMEN.
05/03/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE USING A CHIPPING GUN TO REMOVE SCALE FROM #4 CEMENT COOLER, A PIECE OF DIRT ENTERED UNDER THE EMPLOYEE'S GLASSES AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE.
05/01/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A SPROCKET ON THE SPEED REDUCER IN A BENT-OVER POSITION. HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE BOTH LIFTING AND INSTALLING SPROCKET AT THE TIME. BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE SP EED REDUC...
04/28/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ELECTRIC WELDER BY HIMSELF AND FELT THE PULL IN HIS BACK.
04/28/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 44d lost WHILE BACKING UP TO LOADER, REAR TIRE SUNK INTO THE MUD CAUSING TRUCK TO HIT THE LOADER ARMS. TRUCK JERKED AND EE WAS THROWN AROUND IN THE CAB. OPERATOR DID NOT GET THROWN OUT OF SEAT, BUT H ELD ONTO...
04/06/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING OUT OF SCREW CONVEYER TROUGH WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT KNEE.
03/27/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE MOVING PALLETS, CAUGHT HIS HEEL ON EDGE OFPALLET.
03/04/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None STEPPED OFF 3' PLATFORM LADDER, HITTING BACK AGAINST BLASTER. *SHOULD HAVE USED A LADDER SUITABLE FOR THE JOB INSTEAD OF A 3-STEP LADDER. **FIRST AID ONLY UNTIL EE REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT. ***EE W...
02/15/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost USING HIGH REACH TO REPAIR HEAT TRACE ON WATER PIPES. HAD RIGHT HAND ON CONTROLS OF HIGH REACH AND LEFT HAND ON RAILING WHEN RAISING BASKET INTO PIPES. PINCHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN PIPES AND BASK ET.
02/12/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 42d lost ORIGINALLY NOT MSHA REPORTABLE: RECURRANCE AGGRAVATION 4/2001. USING HIGH PRESSURE WATER (WOMA GUN) ON K3 SLOPE GUN IN PORT OVERHEAD HEADLEVEL. GUN JUMPED WHILE PULLING TRIGGER. 3,000- 4,000 PSI
01/28/2000 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost SEARCHING FOR KEYS TO BOBCAT, WHEN SAFETY BAR FELL AND HIT BACK OF HEAD. WORK ORDER FOR REPAIR OF SAFETY BAR WRITTEN 12/99. CLARKLIFT WAS WAITING FOR PARTS. EE WAS UNAWARE OF PROBLEM. POOR COM MUNICAT...