Hunter Cement Plant — Accidents

Total: 156 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/08/2026 POWERED HAULAGE FATALITY Fatal Third party delivery driver of raw materials was found deceased trapped between the frame and dump bed of EE's I-Bar owned and operated delivery truck. The driver was located on the West edge of the i...
10/03/2025 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Distribution employees were moving railcars in the Canyon and noticed a grass fire, fire department was called after it started spreading. No injuries and no damage to any equipment. Fire put out in a...
06/20/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trouble shooting an FK pump and got dust in EE's eye causing EE's eye to get scratched. Prescription eye drops were prescribed (no work restrictions)
12/18/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was walking back to the main office in the main parking lot and stumbled causing them to fall, they landed on their right hand and fractured it ""boxer's fracture"".
10/30/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was working on K1 tower plug and some material got on EE's neck causing a minor burn.
10/22/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None 2 employees got stuck in K2 freight elevator, non-injury incident
06/24/2024 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None 4 contractors (Alfarro's Scaffolding) got stuck in K2 elevator, non-injury incident
04/18/2024 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None employee got stuck in K2 tower freight elevator, non-injury incident
12/20/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 128d lost, 1d restricted Exiting loader and slipped on last step of ladder and fell on ground causing a fracture to upper end of humerus
09/21/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was removing cutting edge from belly pan of a 631 scraper. While removing the last bolt the edge popped off the pan, fell & struck the employee in the hard hat & safety glasses. The impact caused a...
03/03/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was cleaning and got some dust in right eye, washed eye out that day. Went to work next day and said eye was irritated, took employee to clinic and they washed the eye out. No prescriptions...
02/22/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured party parked in a tight parking space/caught tip of right index finger in the truck door smashing the finger nail / EE received two numbing shots to the tip of finger to enable finger nail...
12/05/2022 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Tire chip chute plugged and caught the conveyor on fire. Approx 10 - 15 ft of the belt burned
08/27/2022 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted EE squatted down to look under burner floor ramp when EE's knee popped. Diagnosed with knee sprain.
11/12/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost Employee was hooking up vibrator to rail car and a finger got pinched between the bolt on the vibrator and the railcar while they were tightening the bolt causing a laceration and a fracture to the ti...
01/08/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing final liner from the mill. The hammer dislodged a fragment of the line, the fragment struck the employee's right thigh causing a laceration.
10/28/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was installing drive belts and the tip of EE's right pinky finger got pinched between the drive belt and sheave causing a laceration and a fracture to the tip of EE's right pinky finger
08/24/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unplugging an air slide and got dust in EE's eye. Prescribed eye medication
07/26/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was working on a temperature probe and got dust in EE's eye. Was prescribed eye drops
05/20/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was lancing the tower and felt a pain in back. The employee was taken to the doctor on 5/21/20 and diagnosed with a chest wall strain.
01/22/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was inspecting rollers on conveyor on Finish Mill 3 while it was running. There are two tracks running above and below and while inspecting the one below EE accidently placed EE's hand above and t...
10/31/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to open a damper on a dust collector and hit self in the forehead with a pry bar causing a small laceration. The employee received 6 stitches.
09/19/2019 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Clinker coming out of K1 cooler was hot and caused the tripper belt to catch fire
09/09/2019 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d restricted Employee was making/installing hot boxes on the tower, EE left at the end of EE's shift and when EE got home EE called EE's supervisor and told supervisor EE thought EE might have gotten overheated. W...
08/09/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Plant hand told our contractor to pull up chain and buckets with a rope. The ropes became untied from the other rope used and smashed the right, middle finger.
05/08/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost EE was working on the clinker breaker. They were trying to remove the clinker breaker hood when D ring that the comalong was attached to broke off and struck them on the left leg. There were superviso...
04/24/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was making a chute to empty out slag bin and cut right pinky finger on a piece of tin. The employee received five stitches.
03/26/2019 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None Build up in the pulverized coal bin was exposed to oxygen during an outage and it started smoldering.
12/14/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While holding tension on the cable while it was spooling back to the drum on a Grove GMK 5225 the employee raised hand to high and pinched right thumb between the sheave and the cable retaining pin. E...
09/28/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 117d lost Employee received chemical burns to left foot after hot material sloughed onto lower leg while cleaning in the Dog House. Material entered into employees left boot. Employee continued to work then f...
03/14/2018 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None We brought up coal mill A and the merrick belt caught fire. Belt burned up and a little damage to belt structure. There were no injuries
12/02/2017 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee was reinstalling a 4160 breaker when an arc flash occurred causing burns to the hands, face and arms.
07/13/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in dusty environment. The concrete dust irritated employee's skin on arms and back causing a rash.
06/30/2017 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Individual cut 2"" X 2"" X .25"" angle utilizing a shop band saw. Transported two 4-ft sections (12.76-lbs) by truck to the work area. Subject individual remained static, in a shaded area, for the n...
05/11/2017 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost On 5/11/17 employee cleaning tank with high pressure washer. Water stream from high pressure washer contacted their foot causing a laceration.
01/18/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was helping change out a dust collector bag on #2 Magaldi. Dust got into right boot. Employee did not think anything of it, so did not report it. Employee went to the doctor on Saturday Janua...
05/23/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was repairing lights in the Clinker Barn at Hunter Cement. Clinker dust fell from an overhead beam striking EE's hardhat & going under safety glasses into right eye. EE was given first aid at the p...
03/18/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted On 3-18-16 employee was knocking in a thermal coupling and sprained EE's right wrist. It turned into an MSHA reportable on 3-30-16 when it was found EE had a fracture.
01/22/2016 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS GRINDING EE WAS WEARING BOTH SAFETY GLASSES AND A FACESHIELD. EE FELT SOMETHING IN EE'S EYE AND RUBBED IT WITH EE'S HAND EE FLUSHED EE'S EYES FOR 15-20 MINUTES, WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING IN THERE...
09/27/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was trying to get a diverter gate to switch and when it did his finger got pinched between the pry bar and the housing causing a laceration/fracture to the tip of his left ring finger
07/01/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted On 07/01/2015 employee was trying to stand up base plate and it began to fall pinching his left hand in between it and the hand rail causing bruising and swelling. It did not turn into a reportable un...
05/31/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was washing off a skid steer and got some water in his eye causing a minor infection
02/18/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted At 11:15 am the employee stepped on a finish mill ball in the finish mill area spraining his ankle. He tried walking it off on his own thinking it would get better but around 3:30 PM he was taken to t...
01/27/2015 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was cleaning a diverter get at the top of K2 buffer bins, when he finished he started to leave the area and ran into a beam with his head
01/24/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was walking back from break and slipped and strained his right knee.
10/03/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted On 10-3-2014 the employee was cleaning up some material with a shovel and strained his lower back. He did not go to the doctor until 10-4-03.
09/25/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None This was NOT an employee or a contractor. This was a CUSTOMER. He was closing the lid on his tanker and slipped and fell.
06/28/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 140d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS UNPLUGGING A FEEDER IN THE RECLAIM TUNNEL. WHEN MATERIAL BROKE FREE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A CLINKER BALL STRAINING HIS RIGHT KNEE
06/09/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 260d lost, 27d restricted Miner was cleaning a roller shim for roller placement. He unhooked his lanyard to move to a new location and did not stay 100% tied off. He tripped and fell backwards from the platform to the ground 1...
05/29/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was pushing a roll into the roller mill with port-a-powers. As employee released a port-a-power to insert a spacer the roll came back pinching three fingers on his right hand causing lacerati...