MARTIN MARIETTA MAGNESIA SPECIAL — Accidents

Total: 177 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/01/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Vac Trk Opr. was cleaning spillage in N/S Lime Tunnel when overhead 4"" vac hose came off the attachment. Loaded hose knocked off safety goggles and caused lime to impact his left eye requiring medica...
09/24/2013 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 12:15AM, maintenance shutoff #5 Coal feeder to inspect drive belts. When the #5 Coal Mill suddenly had an internal coal dust ignition. The force blew dust up thru the feed hopper and blew o...
08/01/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted On 8/4/2013, EE reported that he injured his rt. shoulder working 8/1/13 to closed the #2 Baghouse By-pass slide/gate. Resulting in medical,pt, and temp. restrictions until recovery is complete. RW
07/20/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Agg Truck Drivr was going to drive R25 Haul Truck, #14-0339. After checking out the truck, while @ the N. Quarry Shanty @ approx. 7:15 AM, he was stepping back out of the cab, he slipped off and fell...
07/13/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 277d lost, 1d restricted Utility Equip. Op.,EE walked out of the locker-room into the hallway when he slipped on water from an overhead A/C unit. He fell onto a concrete floor causing an injury to his back and right hand requ...
07/10/2013 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None An ignition incident occurred during the relighting of #4 kiln after an electrical storm. The Raymond coal mill was cleaned out of coal dust but when the mill was started, coal dust remaining in the m...
07/09/2013 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None The conveyor belts in the lime tunnel which move material from production to storage caught on fire. Estimated damage is $30,000.
05/28/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted #7 Kiln Leadman was mounting the plant made 40# steel bracket in front of the #7 Kiln firing hood during shutdown to attach Ind. Kiln gun to trim coating. While handling the Tee shaped bracket it sudd...
02/14/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Mason/Labor was walking down #6 Stairway carrying a box of dust suits. A sudden gust of wind caused him to grab the hand railing with his Rt. hand to catch his balance. He gripped the railing catching...
01/05/2013 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At 1:15PM a fire was reported in the MGO warehouse by plant operators that required both a Fire Dept.response & reporting to MSHA @ 1:28PM. The fire lasted beyond 30 minutes until extinguished @ 3:22P...
12/31/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 65d lost, 32d restricted Lime Loader was coming back down the East Lime L/O Decline conveyor walkway and stepped down with his right foot at the Sampler area stairway when his rt. knee suddenly gave out. Continued working and...
10/10/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE's were installing flap gate to a loadout chute when the pry bar one EE was using slipped causing IEE's finger (right tip index) to be mashed.
09/30/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Loader was stepping onto the top walkway of a Covered Hopper car. While stepping onto the higher front entry step of the car he tripped and fell forward onto the top of the car on his left side requir...
08/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted EE fell down on concrete when rope snapped being used to pull conduit. EE fell on top of another EE when rope snapped.
08/21/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Another EE fell on top of EE when rope snapped being used to pull conduit.
05/14/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was lifting 10 pound bolts overhead and felt pain between his shoulder blades.
03/30/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was stacking concrete forms & L index finger was caught between 2 forms causing a laceration requiring stitches.
03/28/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Repairman working with co-worker were tightening ram cylinder head bolts on #6 preheater using a torque wrench. After handling the wrench and other tools off the ram floor level, EE reported that his...
02/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Equipment Cleaner was brought a large rotary feeder to the truck wash station to clean prior to storage by Repairman. While cleaning the inside of feeder, EE reached inside the housing to advance the...
01/24/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding to cut rebar when the grinder snagged causing it to shift, in turn causing the employee's right middle finger to be smashed. He did not report the injury until 01/25/12.
01/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted EE was repo. a 35' section of hose on the 5th floor of N. Lime Loadout. At approx. 11:00 while reaching over and pulling the hose closer to the work area he felt a sharp pain in his lower back. A co-w...
01/09/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Repairman was working with 2 co-workers replacing a broken elevator chain pin on top of the elevator. At approx. 3PM he felt a pain in his mid back area while swinging a sledgehammer to drive a new pi...
12/21/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None QC Lab Tech was getting #4 Kiln Lime sample @ approx 11 PM & slipped going into NW corner doorway. She later reported her rt knee was sore & continued working throughout her schedule w/o incident. On...
12/16/2011 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was attached to a 30' tall rebar cage @ the 10'-15'(foot) height. For an undetermined reason the cage collapsed bringing worker down with it. A rebar struck him in the mouth & cut his upper lip...
12/16/2011 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Worker was attached to a 30' tall rebar cage @ the 10'-15' (foot) height. For an undetermined reason the cage collapsed, bringing worker down with it. A rebar struck him over the left eye and across t...
12/16/2011 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted After returning from break, the 3 employees proceeded to climb back up the structure. The employees had on all required safety equipment. Once the employees reached about the 15 foot level, the comple...
11/14/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Contractor foreman was cutting a 10"" cast iron ductile water pipe using a gas powered saw. At approx. 1:35 the non metallic saw blade suddenly broke and pieces flew out from under protective guard. E...
11/07/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EE and 2 other repairmen were removing the #1 ESP discharge hopper covers after unit shutdown to cool. Hot dust flushed down from inside the hopper and fell onto EE's lower left leg and safety shoe ca...
02/01/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE parked the vac. truck and was dismounting from the driver side when he stepped down with his left foot facing the unit when his foot slipped off the access step causing him to swing into the cab fl...
01/30/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 72d restricted Switchman alleges that while walking over to the center scale track to cut the end rr car away from the train, he tripped and fell causing an injury to his left side. He reported the event to the Co l...
12/14/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 121d restricted H.R. Manager was walking away from the office to get her car and slipped and fell on the paved visitor parking area west of the office. When her feet went out beneath her she reached back with her lef...
11/02/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 55d restricted Labor EE was walking from the foreman's office to the storeroom at approx. 7:10 AM. While walking east of Maintenance shop he caught his left foot on a pallet & fell onto his left side causing an inju...
09/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted PM Repairman was standing on the ground recording his work in front of the #4 Kiln dust pump. While reaching in to touch the electronic recording button on the drive guard, he began to step to his rig...
08/06/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted Electricians were replacing the #6 thermocouple on the Mag plant calciner. At 10:30am ee was pulling to remove the old unit from the housing when it let go suddenly causing him to slip and fall from h...
06/24/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 135d lost Storeroom Supervisor was walking back into the NW corner door of the storeroom at approx 1:20 PM when he lost his balance and fell onto the pavement in front of the storeroom. He went down onto his ri...
06/18/2010 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None On 6/18/10 at approx 5:15am, normal operating The #5 coal mill experienced a minor explosion. Upon inspection, a pair of plant pliers were found damaged in the reject chute wheel barrow, Pliers entere...
02/10/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted Electrician was walking away from the 5/6 Kiln Bldg. outside the West ground area to join his co worker waiting 25' away in the shop truck. When he stepped down with his left foot in front of the #5 s...
02/02/2010 MACHINERY ACCIDENT ONLY None A loud noise originated from the area of the coal fan for #5 kiln. Upon inspection, it was determined that 13 out of 42 housing bolts had failed on the fan housing. There were no injuries and no fire...
12/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted Leadman was closing up the #5 preheater prior to startup for the next shift. EE began to close the 2'x2' cast door on the west of the ram floor and had to reopen it to remove access planks inside. Whi...
12/01/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted On 12/1/09 EE was attempting to unplug wet screen system. While standing on the screen he reported twisting his rt.knee between the spray bars. Testing diagnosed osteoarthritis until 3/5/10 arthro.exa...
11/05/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 58d restricted EE was spotting an air compressor for the secondary crusher jobsite on level ground west of bldg. While ee was using the trailer jack stand to raise and lower the hitch off the receiver at the hitch...
09/17/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE was walking away from the shop. At the same time, a pickup was coming from the other side of the shop & from behind EE. The driver was avoiding another EE as he rounded the SE corner of the shop. H...
08/31/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 67d restricted Repairman was working on new 4 deck lime storage screen with several co-workers. At spprox. 9:45 AM he reached up with his left hand to give a wrench to another repairman, and he suddenly lost his bal...
07/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Repairman injury was working inside the north shop preparing a section of pipe for #4 kiln grizzly discharge. While lifting the pipe to reposition on floor stands, he used his right foot to slide the...
05/20/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Setting up for a job on #6 Kiln Burner Pipe and parked they're truck along the East side of the Bldg. next to #6 Cooler. At approx 2:40am injured was handling a welding lead cord from the back of the...
10/28/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was standing on #6 driver pier inspecting the trunion thrust roller. While looking up a sudden gust of wind blew dust/debris into his face and a particle went under safety glasses into right eye. F...
09/22/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Electrician was using his retractable utility knife to cut tape off the SW Diester screen drive motor during a shutdown. While power was locked out, he was holding the knife in his left hand to cut aw...
09/15/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working on the drive pier on #4 Kiln to adjust the up-hill thruster, metal particle flaked off the kiln. Strong wind conditions blew the particle in behind the safety glasses worn by Repairman....
08/03/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Injury was helping a crew of employees clean out #5 preheater. While using a sledge hammer to strike a steel spud bar held by co worker, Other ee and another ee missed the head of the bar. Instead the...
07/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted While changing a screen on the west Deister screen, the repairman was attempting to move a screen section on the discharge landing. The screen slipped and fell on his foot.