Logansport Cement Plant — Accidents

Total: 129 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/07/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE slipped and fell on EE's right hip
09/05/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was entering the building on EE's way to EE's office when EE tripped on the steps going up to the door. This was on Friday. We considered it first aid. On Tuesday EE went to the Clinic for an X-ray...
06/27/2025 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE experienced Heat Exhaustion due to temperatures in the 90's range
03/28/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted EE was removing a wire from the #5 rotary valve when the valve turned and pinched EE's left middle finger, removing the fatty tip of the finger.
06/29/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was working in #1 kiln baghouse helping to change bags. The employee was kneeling to pick a broom up off the tube sheet. While kneeling the employee overextended self trying to reach the broo...
10/19/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing silo hammer line valves when EE experienced a sharp pain in EE's Left shoulder. Employee reported the incident but did not seek medical treatment at that time. Employee tried hom...
03/23/2021 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking around the cooler fans when EE hit head on a yellow handle causing their head to lift slightly and caused a small laceration without complications in EE's upper lip.
01/31/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted Employee was on knees on FM1 beating the hatch loose on the secondary end so we could drop and pull this hatch to spin balls out. As employee was swinging down, index finger on right hand was pinched...
01/12/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 161d restricted Employee was pulling an unloading hose (4"" diameter) from Bay #2 to Bay #6 the hose caught on an I beam. IE turned to see what the hose was struck on, pulled hard, turned to continue toward Bay #6 an...
07/21/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted Employee was walking to EE's car after clocking out EE fell going to EE's car and dislocated EE's left pinky. There had been a heavy down pour minutes before the incident. Employee's pinky was put bac...
04/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 95d restricted EE was boarding 772G haul truck when EE felt a pop in right knee.
10/30/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 92d restricted Employee was helping to remove a door from the #1 kiln hood when the door shifted and caught a finger between the door and the door frame
06/25/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was moving a bucket of cement and when EE sat it down the cement splashed up and under EE's safety glasses and into EE's right eye.
04/27/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A brick broke and clipped the left pinkie of a brick layer breaking EE's finger tip
04/23/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 93d restricted While attempting to blow out debris from the direct burn line fuel splashed out onto my PPE and unknowingly on my boots. After a couple of hours my foot was tingling and would not stop. I pulled off m...
10/09/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was using a box cutter knife and placed it on a pallet of sand knee high with the blade exposed. The employee walked away and as ee walked back toward the pallet ee ran knee into the knife ca...
01/05/2017 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 39d restricted Employee was operating a 12 ton electric hoist. EE placed EE's hand on top of the block while the hoist was traveling up. EE's pinky finger on EE's right hand was pinched between the shiv and the cabl...
12/06/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted Employee was working to put mill rods into the raw mill when ee felt a sudden pain in left shoulder. The next morning the pain had increased and went to the doctor to be evaluated.
09/28/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee complained of back pain as a result of a reoccurrence of a previous condition. (See E-Document 2130606)
09/14/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 3d restricted Employee was using a standard metal sledge hammer to remove the teeth off of a loader bucket when a piece of the tooth fractured and struck the employee in the arm. The piece of metal hit the employee...
09/01/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was attempting to adjust a fan damper when the ladder they were on slipped and they fell to the ground. As the ladder came to a stop at the bottom the employee jumped to the right and felt a...
08/09/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee was working in the #1 kiln dust collector re-bagging. EE noticed arms becoming irritated so put on a long sleeve shirt to keep dust off. The following morning reported arms at the bend of the...
07/25/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was working on a pickup truck in the maintenance shop, helping another mechanic to lift the bed off of a 1/2 ton pickup truck. Employee stated that ee ""felt a ""pop"" in lower back but felt...
07/11/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee tripped and fell while measuring a silo. When EE lifted the cover, the silo was blowing dust out. EE turned head quickly to get out of the dust and tripped. EE fell forward onto the silo lid...
01/21/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was walking down a flight of stairs wearing cleated over boots when EE lost their footing. The stairs were made of a perforated grating for grip. The cleat caught in the grating and EE's mome...
01/19/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was attempting to seat a valve on a diverting plate by striking it with a hammer. EE missed intended target and EE's hand struck an adjacent piece of metal lacerating the pinky finger requiri...
10/07/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 116d restricted Employee was operating a 988F end loader. The air suspension compressor for the operators seat had a blown fuse. The repetitive bouncing through normal operation of the loader caused lower back pain.
08/05/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 99d restricted While doing routine work employee felt discomfort in left shoulder. He was sent to a health clinic for evaluation and was returned to work the same day with no restrictions. After continued discomfort...
08/02/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While pulling rods out of the Raw Mill an employee got their fingers pinched. The crew was using a cable sling to bundle mill rods together and hoist them out of the mill. As the sling came up the rod...
07/31/2015 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted A laborer was attempting to check an oxygen bottle to see if it had anything in it when he was burned. He was standing on the right side of the bottle and used his right hand to open the bottle. There...
04/24/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Employee reported a chronic pain in his left hand, possibly attributed to operating rocker switch for forward and reverse on 988H Loader. Employee was sent to physician, placed on restricted duty (avo...
01/27/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was walking between cooling tower & tank 7. The plant had endured numerous snowfalls and multiple days of sub-zero temperatures. Snow had been cleared but employee stepped on a patch of ice,...
12/10/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempted to open a diverter gate on #2 kiln clinker drag conveyor. The gate is operated by a 4' handle. When he applied tension to the handle, it broke free unexpectedly and struck him i...
10/30/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning debris from a Raw Mill feed hopper when the seat of his pants got wet from contact with material on the wall. Employee later complained of an irritation of his right buttock. Emp...
06/06/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Injured employee was removing a shaft from a speed reducer. As he drew the shaft out, he nipped the tips of three fingers on his right hand cutting the tip of his R middle finger, treated on site, sen...
06/04/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Driver was raising dump bed and truck and trailer turned over
06/03/2012 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A contract truck driver was unloading clinker, when the trailer tipped to the right,also turning the tractor over. Driver was wearing seatbelt,and climbed out of cab. Mine personnel administered first...
02/20/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee had filled a bucket w/ CKD dust. When he set the bucket down, impact w/the ground caused the dust to slosh out of the bucket, getting in his eyes. On-site personnel flushed eyes. Employee sen...
01/27/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning hard build up from the bottom of #1 Kiln Clinker elevator with small chipping hammer. Employee was wearing approved safety glasses, and dust mask. When he activated the handle on...
09/21/2011 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 49d restricted Employee was descending ladder from a haul truck and stepped off ladder on to a baseball sized piece of shot rock on the ground with his right foot. This caused his right knee to pop and immediately...
08/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted During the unloading of a Montana Minivan that was loaded with parts stolen from the storage barns an employee's right hand was pinched between the forks of a pickup truck and a clinker cooler spindle...
06/20/2011 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was using Flexane 80 putty to seal around bolts on the SPF hopper screws. Vapors being released from product caused some type of allergic reaction on the arms of employee. Employee noticed it...
02/18/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was exiting the hopper door on the #2FM, #1 DC screw when the stepladder he was using tipped over and he fell approx 5ft to the floor. He landed on his back and struck the back of his head on...
10/18/2010 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None There was fire inside the Pier 6 switchgear room on #1 kiln at 12:36 on 10/18/10 that took down the #1 kiln. The turbosonic compressor breaker caught on fire and tripped the main feed in the sub at P...
10/08/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a chain hoist to lift the cover from a hoist gearbox on the P&H crane. When the cover broke free from the gearbox, the beam above jumped slightly, causing dust to fall into the empl...
08/17/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was replacing gudgeon shaft and hangers in a 9"" conveying screw. He was using a bar to lower the screw back down into the housing. The bar slipped and caught his right index finger between t...
05/17/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was at the top of the ramp, shaking out gallon plastic bags that are used for lab samples, and he accidentally hit his right index finger on the top of the handrail. A few days later his fin...
03/25/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was packing cement and one of the packing spouts activated on its own causing a stream of cement to hit the employee and dust entered the employee's right eye. Employee's eye is red and irri...
01/19/2010 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using an air powered impact wrench and a universal joint and a 1 5/16"" socket. While reaching to remove the bolt his finger energized the trigger of the wrench and the socket flew off t...
12/25/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was standing beside the electric water pump while it was running when the 2"" ball valve came apart on top of the pump. He was sprayed with water and then the cam lock end of the discharge h...