Knoxville Cement Plant — Accidents

Total: 224 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/02/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee was changing air conditioner filters in the Coal Substation. He bent over to pick up the filter and as he returned to a standing position he felt pain in his lower back.
05/23/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee was attempting to move a weight on the track of the Radial Stacker Belt. As the employee was moving the weight he began to feel discomfort in his lower back.
05/13/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee was operating the 830 Sweeper Truck. The rubber break-away piece on the main brush skid-runner became partially unattached. The employee attempted to pull it the rest of the way off. His...
05/13/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was using a wrench and extender bar to reverse the screw. Injured and the witness had their body weight pressed against the extender bar when the wrench broke. The two employees fell, their b...
04/19/2005 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The incident occurred when a large rock was dumped from the loader bucket into the bed of the truck the injured employee was operating. The rock was large enough in size to cause significant jarring o...
03/23/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE was moving a 6"" vacuum hose into position to clean up around the masonry packer when the hose became hung up on an obstruction. EE pulled on the hose to dislodge it and when it came loose, stepped...
03/10/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The injury occurred at the intersection of the packer discharge conveyor and the incline conveyor. A flapper plate catches the bag as it comes off the discharge conveyor. It was at this point 2 bags b...
03/03/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 27d lost The employee had just started all of the Quarry mobile equipment. He turned away from the D-9 dozer and began to walk back towards the garage. As he was walking he tripped on a rut approximately 3-4 i...
02/25/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 56d lost, 13d restricted This incident occurred on the bottom deck of the VIC screens. This area is considered a confined space and has very limited means of entry and exit. The employee was working with three other employees...
01/21/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 24d lost While off from work due to a non-work related illness the employee complained to his doctor about numbing sensations in his right hand. The doctor ordered an EMG, which showed the symptoms were due to...
11/04/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was packing T-S masonry on the masonry packer. He raised his shield to look around and check the pallets on the palletizer when a bag blew up, blowing material into his left eye. He immed...
10/08/2004 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was using a grinder with a wire brush to get silicone off the edge of airslide in the Maintenance Shop and the injured ee was helping him. As injured ee turned away, a foreign object was...
09/13/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 19d restricted The employee was in the Maintenance Shop working on a gear box. He was using a hammer and a block of brass to remove the shaft from the housing. While striking the brass block the employee missed the...
09/01/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee struck his head, directly above his eyebrow on a pipe.
07/26/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted The employee was working in the clinker elevator pit. In order to access the north elevator slide gates he had to pass under a concrete beam. The clearance from the ground to the beam is approximately...
07/06/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted The employee had positioned the vacuum truck and had stretched out the hose in preparing to vacuum out the area. The hose became disconnected from the truck and fell to the ground. The employee bent d...
06/24/2004 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None The employee was weed-eating when he was exposed to poison ivy.
06/21/2004 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 11d lost, 36d restricted On 6-5-04 the employee was squatting down to check a railcar when his left knee popped. No medical treatment was required. On 6-21-04 the employee squatted down to pick up trash when the same knee pop...
04/22/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was rebagging a dust collector when dust blew into his eyes. He attempted to wash out the particles but was not successful. The employee was wearing safety glasses and a dust mask.
03/23/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted The employee was squatting under the back of the D-9 Dozer. He was unhooking a clevis and cable. While he was squatted the employee felt a pop in his right knee.
03/19/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost The EE was working to clean rock out from the belly pan of a dozer. This task required the EE to lie on a piece of cardboard and move around underneath the equipment. While working on the dozer EE be...
03/16/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was working with another to remove the cover of the #6 Syngyp screw conveyor. The sections of the cover have handles on each end to assist in removal. Injured & co-worker had removed one sect...
03/10/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE WAS WORKING WITH 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES TO REMOVE THE CRUSHER/DRYER ELEVATOR MOTOR FROM THE MOTOR HOUSING. A CHAIN FALL WAS BEING USED TO MOVE THE MOTOR APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET. THEY EACH TOOK TURNS PULL...
03/02/2004 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON THE MAIN BAG HOUSE - WEST COLLECTING SCREW. THE SCREW WAS CHOCKED UP AND HE WAS DRIVING THE SLIDE GATES OUT TO DUMP THE SCREW. AS HE WAS STRIKING THE GATE HANDLE WI TH A HA...
01/06/2004 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 69d restricted The employee spent the morning cleaning around the tail pulley at the rock reclaim. After lunch he began shoveling at the Crusher/Dryer around the guards and air-lancing the rotors. At 2:00 P.M. he re...
12/19/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted THE EE WAS WALKING TO HIS CAR FROM THE BATH HOUSE WHEN HE FELL ON A WALKWAY THAT HAD SNOW & ICE ON IT. HE HIT HIS RT. SHOULDER. HE COMPLAINED OF PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER & NECK. THE EE DID NOT SEE K MEDIC...
12/11/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted THE EE IS UNSURE OF WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED. THE ONLY THING HE CAN THINK OF IS WHEN HE LIFTED A FEW CEMENT BAGS (94 LBS) OFF OF THE GAP PLATE TO THE CATWALK.
11/12/2003 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE WIND WAS BLOWING AT SPEEDS CLOSE TO 30 MPH THIS PARTICULAR DAY. CEMENT DUST BLEW UNDERNEATH EE'S SAFETY GLASSES & INTO IS EYES.
10/20/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted EE WAS LIFTING A MASONRY BAG (70 LBS) OFF THE INCLINE CONVEYOR THAT WAS TURNED SIDEWAYS WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
10/10/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 60d lost, 75d restricted EE HAD BEEN WORKING IN THE RAW MILL SEPARATOR. THE JOB INVOLVED MOVING SEVERAL LARGE PIECES THAT COMPOSE THE UPPER TABLE. EACH PIECE APPX. 250 LBS. PIECES HAD TO BE MOVED ON ELEVATOR THEN OFF ON 7TH F...
09/25/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EE WAS CLEANING UP ON THE PREHEATER. HE WAS PUTTING MATERIAL INTO THE OFFICE DOOR. DUST WAS DISTRIBUTED EITHER BY THE PREHEATER PUFFING OR BY CLEANUP ACTIVITY. THE DUST UNDER THE EE'S FACE SHIELD...
07/20/2003 MACHINERY NO VALUE FOUND None THE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ABOVE THE COAL MILL AT THE COAL INLET DUCT. HE WAS BENT OVER IN AN AWKWARD POSITION. AS HE TRIED TO STAND UP STRAIGHT HE FELL ONTO HIS KNEES IN PAIN.
06/26/2003 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted THE EE WAS CHANGING FILTERS THROUGHOUT THE PLANT. WHEN HE EXITED THE 8TH FLOOR SUBSTATION, HE TRIPPED ON AN AIR HOSE IN THE DOORWAY. AS A RESULT, HE SUFFERED A STRETCHED ACL INT HE LEFT KNEE.
05/30/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost THE EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSPECTING THE SWIRL CHAMBER DISCHARGE. HE OPENED A 6 INCH PORT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SWIRL CHAMBER DISCHARGE. AS HE OPENED THE PORT COVER, AN AIR CANNON FIRED AND HOT K...
05/28/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost ON ABOUT MAY 28, 2003, THE EMPLOYEE SAID HE WAS REMOVING A PACKED BAG THAT HAD FALLEN OFF A PALLET WHILE ON THE PALLETIZER PALLET LIFT. HE FELT A PULL IN HIS BACK WHEN REACHING OVER TO PICK UP THE BAG...
04/25/2003 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS TORCHING A PIECE OF STEEL AND A PIECE OF HOT SLAG WENT INTO LEFT EAR.
11/13/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EE WAS REPLACING THE GUARD ON THE TAIL PULLEY OF THE FINENESS CONVEYOR BELT. THE TAIL PULLEY IS PLACED CLOSELY TO A HANDRAIL AND SUPPORT BEAM. THE EE STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON EITHER THE HANDRAI L OR SU...
11/10/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost THE EE WAS WATER BLASTING WITH A 12 FT LANCE THE WEST SIDE ORIFICE TO THE PREHEATER. WHILE DOING SO HE EXPERIENCED SORENESS INT HE CHEST AREA.
10/24/2002 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE WAS PACKING MASONRY BAGS. PROBLEMS AROSE WITYH THE PALLETIZER. THE EE TURNED OFF IMPELLOR DRIVE ON PACKER AND RAISED FACE SHIELD TO LOOK DOWN THE LINE. THE PACKING SPOUT RELEASED MATERIAL, THE MATE...
10/18/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None THE EE WERE PERFORMING REPAIRS ON THE CURSHER ROTARY. BOTH EE WERE WITH THEIR BACKS TO ONE ANOTHER. THE INJURED EE WAS WEARING ALL REQUIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (SAFETY GLASSES, HOOD) BUT STI...
08/19/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted THE EE WAS WALKING UP THE STEPS TO THE PACKER FLOOR. HE TRIPPED ON THE TOP STEP HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE FLOOR GRATING.
07/19/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 10d restricted THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE SCREEN ON THE VIC. AS HE HANDLED THE SCREEN OFF TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INSIDE THE UNIT, THE INJURED EMPLOYEE FELT HIS ARM SNAP AND POP. THERE WAS A LOT OF BUILDUP IN THE ARE...
07/16/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 56d lost THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON THE 7TH FLOOR MILL ROOM. EE AND OTHER WERE ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE OIL IN THE ELEVATOR HEAD WHEEL-RAW MILL. OTHER LIFTED THE 6 GALLON BUCKE OF OIL APPROX. 40 LBX. H EE WHO...
06/03/2002 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO UNPLUG WEIGHFEEDER. HE TRIED TO PUNCH IT OUT, HOWEVER, NOTHING CAME OUT. HE THEN TURNED THE VIBRATOR ON. APPROX FIVE MINUTES LATER WHILE CLEANING DEBRIS OFF GROUND OFF GROUND, T...
05/29/2002 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE WAS WEEDEATING AND GOT INTO POISON IVY.
05/23/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WASCHANGING LINKS IN THE CRUSHER FEED ELEVATOR. HE WAS USING A TORCH. THE CHAIN WAS SWAYING BACK AND FORTH, AND EE WAS ALSO MOVING WITH THE TORCH. WHEN THE CHAIN STOPPED, THE EE FAILED TO S TOP AND...
04/29/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT THE TORCH THAT WAS IN THE PRIMARY KNOCKOUT CHAMBER FOR THE TERTIARY AIR DUCT. WHEN HE PLACED IT IN THE DUCT, THE FLAME FLASHED BACK ONTO EMPLOYEE'S ARM.
04/23/2002 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS GRINDING KILN SHELL WHEN GRINDER JUMPED BACK & LACERATED EE'S THIGH.
03/17/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING THE FLOW ON #1 BLENDING SILO DISCHARGE. HE STEPPED ACROSS DISCHARGE CHUTE TO CHECK THE AIRLINES. WHEN HE STEPPED BACK ACROSS, HE TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN TWISTING HIS ANKLE. HE IS U...
03/03/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A BOLT ON THE MILL DOOR. THE DOOR WAS PLACED ON SAWHORSES. AS HE AND CO-WORKERS WERE LOADING THE DOOR ONTO THE FORKLIFT, DOOR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN METAL SAWHORS...