LIMA PLANT — Accidents

Total: 19 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/29/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Employee was doing maintenance in a primary crusher hopper. EE was installing new bolts in the structure under the hopper when EE stepped in a hole and twisted right knee.
12/22/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 87d lost, 67d restricted While lifting a railroad tie to place in the rear of a maintenance truck, employee felt a shooting pain in right bicep with tingling in fingers.
08/31/2022 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee fell down steps trying to get feeder shut off to stop overloading conveyor belt.
11/04/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 160d lost Serious injury occurred to worker inspecting Dust Collector at the National Lime & Stone Plant. The worker was accessing the catwalk to inspect Dust Collector to see if there was any material in it be...
02/16/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 107d lost Employee was dismounting the front end loader when EE slipped and fell injuring right shoulder and hip.
06/17/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 30d restricted The injured employee and another employee were carrying a piece of wooden blocking when the injured employee tripped, causing him to fall. His fingers were pinched between the block and the floor.
10/23/2012 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 50d lost Employee caught toe on metal plate laying on the floor as he turned to walk and felt pain in his right knee. Case was not reportable until Dec.20 when employee had surgery.
02/13/2012 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None A refuse bank failure occurred at this site causing a front-end loader and articulated haul truck to be forced over a high wall berm and to fall to benches below the level they were working at. No one...
02/02/2012 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None On February 2, 2012, contractor R. D. Jones Excavating Inc. reported to National Lime and stone that material that was being excavated had slid out from the toe of the excavation and engulfed the trac...
12/16/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 1d restricted Employee was placing a guard on the back of a flatbed truck when he pinched his finger between the guard and truck, amputating the tip of his left long finger.
06/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving conveyor idlers and pinched his finger between two idlers. Note: This injury is reportable due to blood being drained from under his finger nail.
06/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was manually rolling the crusher reel over to check it. Pinched his finger between the reel and the crusher wall, lacertaing his finger. Wound required stitches to close.
06/02/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Was holding a bolt with a wrench while another tightened it. The other employee's wrench slipped off and struck him in the mouth, chipping a tooth.
10/23/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trimming a piece of skirt rubber when the knife slipped, cutting his left hand. Thw wound required 4 stitches to close.
01/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reached into a container of welding rods and cut his finger on the rim of the container. Employee received stitches in finger.
01/20/2004 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BEARING OFF THE SCREEN SHAFT USING A CRANE. THE BEARING SWUNG UNEXPECTEDLY, PINCHING HIS RIGHT PINKY FINGER BETWEEN THE BEARING AND THE ADJACENT SHAFT.
05/22/2003 NO VALUE FOUND NO VALUE FOUND None May have come into contact with poison ivy while working at the plant. outcome of litigation determined that this case should have been reported.
07/13/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WAS RE SPLICING A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE WENT TO REPOSITION HIMSELF, HE PUT HIS KNEE DOWN ON THE UTILITY KNIFE.
04/19/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHKLE ASSEMBLING CONVEYER BELT, PINCHED FINGER CONVEYER FRAME AND TROUGHING ROLLER.