LEBEC CEMENT PLANT — Accidents

Total: 223 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/02/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 17d restricted Employee was getting out of a piece of equipment and slipped. EE came down approximately 2' landing on right ankle.
01/29/2016 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost EE was jackhammering a dirt pile. While lifting the jackhammer out of the pile, ee strained back.
01/07/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was holding a ladder for a co-worker while ee was installing a ballast cover for a light fixture. While the co-worker was adjusting the east side so a bulb would fit the west side came loose...
09/24/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 192d lost climbed down a ladder and stepped off of slab and rolled ankle
08/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 120d lost EE was walking near 51-PU-11 and slipped falling to the ground. He strained his right knee.
05/18/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 20d restricted While installing liners in a MILL a liner was lowered and rested on mill balls after disconnecting rigging the liner slipped on mill balls and fell over on a mans foot.
04/06/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While lifting a piece of steel onto its edge the ee strained his back
01/23/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a come along from a forklift and set of cribbing. Forklift shifted and employee's right middle finger got lacerated.
01/20/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was lowering a blastline into a column when his left 4th and 5th fingers became caught between the pulley and the rope. This resulted in lacerations to these fingers. The employee's wounds were imm...
01/05/2015 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted EE was jackhammering in the clinker cooler and turned to his right straining his back.
12/28/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Miners was walking down a dirt slope and fell to the ground
11/21/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE was running a vactor truck and the hose became plugged. In an effort to unplug the vactor hose he hit it against a wall. Dusty material on the wall fell down and got into the ee's eyes.
11/06/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted EE was struck by a fan while trouble shooting the starting system of the skytrac forklift.
07/26/2014 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Two employees were going up to the top of the shipping silo when the elevator stopped at aprox 8:05 pm. The elevator earthquake safety switch bar fell onto the emergency shut off causing the elevator...
07/16/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted The EE was putting the pin gate in on 41WF06 with a hammer. He was in an improper position for the task and hurt his back.
04/09/2014 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None EE was going up the elevator and it stopped in-between floors. The up normal and bottom final contacts were found to be dirty causing the elevator to stop.
03/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 56d restricted Employee was trouble shooting a motor which he had locked out and pinched his finger between the pulley and drive belt.
12/12/2013 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Diagnosis from the DR. said to be an Acute reaction from lack of vitamins, sleep, and dehydration caused his body to go into convulsions. the employee apparently was going through alcohol withdrawals...
10/17/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal The miner was in progress of storing electrical cable into a cable tray. The south bracket some how came loose. When the south side of the cable tray came down it struck the ladder on the east side ca...
08/30/2013 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted EE was swinging a hammer at a return roller on a belt conveyor and missed it. This caused his hand to in between the roller and conveyor belt.
11/06/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE was prying on a door and the pry bar slipped. When the bar slipped it pinched his left index finger in between the pry bar and the kiln hood causing a cut to the tip of his finger.
08/09/2012 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was stung by a bee on 8/9/12 and reported the incident the following morning after some swelling had occurred overnight. He was taken to the doctor and then placed on light duty activity on 8...
06/07/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Miner was installing a motor when he hurt his back at aprox. 10:30 am on Thursday the 6/7/12. He did not report it until Monday 6/11/12. He thought it would just go away. He was sent to the Dr. on the...
02/03/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted EE was driving a pin into the drive track of the drill. After striking the pin with a hammer a small sliver of metal from the pin entered EE's left hand.
01/27/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 357d lost IE. Fell while walking on level dry concrete.
01/21/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 361d lost IE. Was stepping off the second to the bottom run of a step ladder and fell to the ground.
11/17/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee stepped on a rock causing a sprained right ankle.
04/28/2011 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on a dust collector and dust blew into his eyes causing minor irratation. EE was given some eye drops for his eye.
02/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted EE was lifting a screw conveyor cover and strained his back.
11/18/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 153d restricted EE was walking from the quarry break room to the quarry operator shack. The EE slipped and fell hurting his left knee and left wrist. On 12/29/2010 the miner was put on restricted duty.
09/11/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 63d lost, 21d restricted Miner was performing maintenance on a motor grader at the shop and strained his neck.
06/30/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was checking the position of 41TV12 NOTAM and walked toward 41FG01 NOTAM. There was a rake laying on the catwalk, employee tripped over the rake and fell down.
03/31/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was working on electrial project. He was pulling on a large bundle of wiring when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back area. Subsequent diagnosis indicated that EE suffered lower lumbar s...
03/19/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was operating D-9 Dozer in Quarry. He complained of soreness in the area of his tail-bone. Apparently employee developed a boil in tail bone area possibly due to bouncing of dozer in rough...
01/27/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 358d lost Delivery truck driver driving for Kim Trucking, Victorville, CA was delivering guard rail material. He climbed onto the rear of his truck to remove edge protectors from the load when he fell backward...
10/28/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Maintenance shop mechanic was installing new handrail section on haul truck. As he was pushing and pulling hand rail into mounting holes, he felt a pain on his left side. He at first denied medical...
09/23/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting skirt rubber with a utility knife. As he was cutting the rubber, he cut through the rubber faster than he anticipated and the knife slipped and cut his lower right thigh just abo...
06/22/2009 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A small fire occurred in the NTDF feed system located on the mezzanene level of the pre-heater tower, just below the 4th floor. There was minimal damage and no injuries involved with this incident....
04/05/2009 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 314d lost About 12 noon Injury,other ee and another ee were adjusting the tarps on top of the outside clinker pile. Other ee and Injury were working together trying sand bags to the tarps to weight them. As ot...
03/26/2009 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A fire occurred on 54-BC-01 and associated transition chute to shacker conveyor (alternate fuel tire fluff feed system). Maintenance was modifiying a guard that the MSHA inspector had issued a citati...
01/23/2009 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Around 12:45 AM on January 23, 2009, a kiln push occurred. Hot clinker came out of the cooler and at 1:13 AM a fire was reported on 62 belt stacker 02 that required off site fire services to be calle...
09/05/2008 ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT ONLY None Unplanned brush fire, lasting longer than 30 mins, ignited by overhead powerline.
09/01/2008 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 3d restricted Employee bent over to pick up a light fixture and could not stand up. He was diagnosed with a sprain lumbar region.
08/22/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 1d restricted Employee was using a chipping hammer to clean a screw conveyor. He was working overhead and slipped on some loose material causing him to twist and sprain the lower back.
08/12/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was adjusting the tires on the clinker reclaimer. As he walked around the reclaimer employee slipped on the clinker and twisted the left ankle causing a sprain.
06/26/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling on a coupling with a porta-power and was hitting the coupling with a sledge hammer to jar it loose when a piece of the coupling broke loose and struck the employee in the face. T...
05/26/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was using a keyboard and the right hand became swollen with numb fingers and a burning sensation. Employee was given prescription medication and instructed to wear a wrist brace and returned...
04/18/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee removed a safety lock and turned on the air on, an air blaster that had the discharge end disconnected. The blast of air struck the left arm and caused an open wound.
04/13/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 15d lost Employees instructed to use JLG lift to install and tighten bolts on expansion joint. Employee untied safety harness, climbed out of JLG basket & climbed over onto an unsecure platform to allegedly lo...
04/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Accident happened at 42BE02 while removeable take up support bar was in the process of being removed. His finger got pinched between bar support holes in elevator housing. EE received medical treatmen...