McNeil Plant & Quarry — Accidents
Total: 237 accidents | Fatalities: 0
| Date | Classification | Injury | Days Lost | Narrative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/09/2008 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | The employee was placing bags inside the hydrate bagging chamber when a bag of lime dropped onto the line and sprayed hydrate lime underneath the employees safety glasses into both eyes. |
| 01/23/2008 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee was walking past kiln #1 firing hood when it blew back air and material. A piece of material blew behind his safety glasses and got into his left eye and irritated it. Prescribed eye med... |
| 01/17/2008 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 20d restricted | The employee was pulling ash ring off the wall of the kiln using a pry bar tool. He lost his balance, stumbled backward and landed on his back. |
| 01/08/2008 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee had his back to the wind and some debris blew between his face and behind his safety glasses. A small piece of material embedded itself in his right eye. |
| 12/20/2007 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | The employee requested medical treatment for pain in both wrists. The employee says that he experienced pain while using a grease gun to lubricate machinery. Squeezing the grease gun causes this pain.... |
| 11/30/2007 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was using a small hammer to loosen the flint from the limestone on the quarry floor. Employee struck a piece of flint to loosen the material, and some material struck his right hand between... |
| 10/17/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 7d lost, 24d restricted | The employee was picking up/moving a height adjustable jack stand. When he lifted it, the height adjusting mechanism slid and pinched his finger, cutting the tip. |
| 08/10/2007 | DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 1d lost | The employee worked most of the day clearing choked equipment sometimes close to the heater. He drank water. Reported feeling tired. Finished at 8:00 pm. At home felt very tired, nauseous, vomiting.... |
| 06/13/2007 | MACHINERY | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 10d lost, 15d restricted | The employee was working inside tunnel #3 on the #4 feeder. He was using an air hammer to loosen material in the feed chute. He was standing on a step. He stepped back off the step and lost his balan... |
| 05/25/2007 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 67d lost | ON 5/25/07, EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM RK#1 & #2 TO PICK UP THE 3RD SAMPLE. JUST BEFORE SHE GOT TO THE RAIL CAR TRACKS, SHE STEPPED ON A STONE AND STUMBLED BUT DID NOT FALL. SHE FELT PAIN IMMEDIATELY I... |
| 05/22/2007 | NONPOWERED HAULAGE | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 159d lost | THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A WHEELBARROW AND WENT TO PUSH IT OVER THE RAIL CAR TRACKS. THE WHEEL HIT THE METAL TRACK AND BOUNCED BACK CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE. HE FELL ONTO THE RAIL CAR TRACK AND... |
| 05/22/2007 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The emloyee was working his shift on 5/21/07, when he breifly removed his dust mask and by accident inhaled a good amount of Calcium Hydroxide (Hydrate). Some hours later he reported he was having tr... |
| 04/05/2007 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The EE was washing down a haul unit with the high pressure washer. He was laying on the creeper. He was wearing his safety glasses & face shield. He felt something scratch in his eye. He used eyewash... |
| 03/05/2007 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 10d restricted | The miner was squatting down while placing reflective tape on a trailer. He was bending both knees. When he stood up, he felt pain in his lower back. |
| 02/19/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 3d restricted | The employee was working under a vehicle when lime fell down onto his face, was blown under his safety glasses and into his right eye. He flushed eye with water. He asked for medical attention on 2/20... |
| 02/11/2007 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | The employee was pulling ash ring from the kiln when a blow back sprayed lime particles out of the firing hood and into his face, getting lime particles behind his safety glasses and into his eye. |
| 10/26/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 11d restricted | EE was assisting in the lift of a steel airlock plate. As he adjusted the choker, EE's left middle and ring finger became pinched between the choker and steel plate. The incident resulted in a fract... |
| 09/01/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 1d restricted | Employee was attempting to lift metal door back into place on the #2 scrubber fan system when he suspects the injury occurred. The laower back pain developed a few hours later. Employee was only on... |
| 07/06/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | While removing bagging hood, lime dust fell into the employee's eyes. |
| 06/06/2006 | DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Employee was determined to have a Standard Threshold Shift in his right ear. Safety Administrator was notified by audiologist on 6/6/06. Employee was notified and counseled on 6/7/06. Employee will... |
| 04/07/2006 | OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | None | Employee was cutting grass using a riding mower and came in contact with low hanging tree branches. Forearms were scraped and employee did not have reaction on arms until 4/8/06, reporting the illnes... |
| 03/20/2006 | OTHER | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | Employee was working on the pulverize lime bagging machine. While waiting for the bag to fill up, a gust of wind blew lime off of the bag, and into the space between the faceshield and hard hat, affe... |
| 03/01/2006 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 39d restricted | Employee was cutting a metal plate with an iron worker. Employee was preparing clamp to secure the metal for cutting, when his foot accidentally activated the clamp, pinching employee's left middle f... |
| 02/16/2006 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 36d lost | Employee was removing screw conveyor covers in order to clean out the screw conveyor. While moving the covers, employee strained his left leg and hip area. |
| 01/16/2006 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 1d lost | EE had just climbed down the ladder at the 4a belt when he stepped on a small rock on the catwalk. He lost his balance and fell into the hand railing, hitting the right side of his face |
| 01/11/2006 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | The employee climbed up the ladder to cut a door to attach the end of the bucket chain to the crane ball. He was standing on the ladder waiting for the crane ball to connect the bucket chain. As the c... |
| 11/14/2005 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 4d lost, 40d restricted | Employee was blowing off the deck around the coal belt and classifiers. As he performed this task, the employee backed up towards a flight of stairs. The employee fell down approximately 12 stairs t... |
| 09/30/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 14d restricted | Employee was pulling down door to lube shop when he felt slight pain in his lower back. Employee did not report the incident at that time because he thought it would go away. During the weekend, the... |
| 09/15/2005 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Employee was in the process of removing leaf springs on a tanker truck. As he was cleaning the U-bolts, lime dust came loose from the part and the wind blew dust into the employee's right eye. Emplo... |
| 07/06/2005 | STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 5d restricted | EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING INSIDE BALL MILL TO CHANGE LINER WHEN HIS KNEE STRUCK A BALL. EMPLOYEE ASSUMED KNEE WOULD HEAL AND DID NOT REPORT INJURY TO ANYONE. WHEN KNEE BEGAN TO HURT ON 8/15/05, EMPLOYEE R... |
| 06/14/2005 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING AT BAGGING MACHINE, REMOVING BAG. DUST ON THE BAG GOT INTO HIS TYVEK SUIT AT THE RIGHT KNEE CAUSING THE BURN. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING JEANS WITH HOLES AT THE KNEES AND WAS UNAWARE TH... |
| 04/08/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | Ee was lowering the rear end housing of a backhoe right axle. when his lower left thumb was cut by the bracket. |
| 01/17/2005 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | EE WAS STRETCH WRAPPING PALLETS OF LIME. WHILE PULLING PLASTIC FROM THE ROLL, EE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK |
| 01/12/2005 | MACHINERY | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | WHILE BLOWING OFF WITH PERSONNEL BLOWER, LIME DUST PARTICLES BLEW UNDER EE SAFETY GLASSES INTO LEFT EYE. |
| 01/04/2005 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 9d restricted | EE WAS WASHING A PICKUP TRUCK. AS HE BENT OVER TO USE A LONG-HANDLED BRUSH ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS LOWER BACK. |
| 12/20/2004 | OTHER | NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT | None | Wind blew lime dust into employee's left eye. |
| 11/17/2004 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 34d restricted | EE WAS REPLACING THE BOTTOM SPROCKET & SHAFT ON A KILN BUCKET ELEVATOR, USING THE HAMMERS TO LOOSEN THE SHAFT FROM THE SPROCKET. A METAL SLIVER CAME LOOSE FROM THE HAMMER, PUNCTURED HIS GLOVE AND BECA... |
| 11/04/2004 | MACHINERY | DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY | 2d lost | EE WAS TURNING LIME BAGGING MACHINE ON. HE PULLED DOWN HIS FACESHIELD AND WAS REACHING UP TO PUSH THE START BUTTON WHEN LIME DUST FELL INTO HIS EYE. |
| 08/04/2004 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 7d restricted | EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A 35-TON HAUL TRUCK. EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK WAS LIFTED, THEN DROPPED. THE TRUCK WAS LIFTED BY THE WEIGHT OF THE ROCKS THAT HAD STUCK IN THE TAILG... |
| 08/03/2004 | MACHINERY | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 19d restricted | EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP A DOZER TO FILL THE FUEL TANK. THE EMPLOYEE MISSED A STEP ON THE SIDE STEPS OF THE DOZER AND FELL DOWN ON HIS BACK * LEG. EMPLOYEE SUFFERRED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO HIS BACK AN... |
| 05/07/2004 | MACHINERY | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | 5d lost, 12d restricted | EE WAS CLEANING THE INSIDE OF THE HYDRATE MILL DUST COLLECTOR, WITHOUT LOCKING OUT THE EQUIPMENT. HE CAUGHT THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE AIRLOCK, CAUSING INJURY TO THE FINGER... |
| 03/24/2004 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 43d restricted | Employee claims that while repairing the cyclone air lock on top of hydrate bin #5, he placed a section of 2"" X 8"" wood across a guard rail support and a metal frame about 14 inches from the floor.... |
| 01/22/2004 | HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 61d restricted | EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT HE INJURED HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN A MANUAL GATE ON A SCREW CONVEYOR BY STRIKING IT WITH A HAMMER. HE FURTHER CLAIMS THAT WHEN HE SWUNG THE HAMMER, THE HAM... |
| 10/16/2003 | POWERED HAULAGE | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 12d restricted | EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT AFTER HE BACKED HIS HAUL UNIT TO THE CRUSHER DUMP HOPPER AND RAISED THE BED OF THE HAUL UNIT, A LARGE BOULDER IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK GOT HUNG-UP AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE M ATERIAL... |
| 07/16/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 2d restricted | EE CLAIMS THAT WHILE HE WAS SHOVELING LIME DUST FROM THE ROOF ABOVE #4 HYDRATOR, A GUST OF WIND BLEW SOME DUST IN HIS EYE. HE WAS TREATED AT PRO-MED CLINIC AND RELEASED TO LIGHT DUTY. PRESCRIP TION WA... |
| 07/09/2003 | NO VALUE FOUND | NO VALUE FOUND | None | EE CLAIMS THAT HE GOT SOME DUST IN HIS RT.EYE WHILE HE WAS DRIVING A BOBCAT LOADER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NO. 3 RECLAIM BIN. EE WAS SEEN AT A CLINIC AND RELEASED TO RTW FULL DUTY THE FOLLOWING DAY. HE W... |
| 07/03/2003 | ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES | OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 | 12d lost | EE BEGAN DISPLAYING SYMPTOMS OF POST TRAUMATIC STRESS AFTER HE OBSERVED A FELLOW EE GET HIS RIGHT HAND AMPUTATED IN A SCREW CONVEYOR. EE IS BEING TREATED BY A PSYCHIATRIST AND AN EE ASSISTANCE COUNSEL... |
| 07/03/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY | None | EE WAS CLEANING OUT LIME BUILDUP IN THE HYDRATE FINISHED PRODUCT SCREW CONVEYOR WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR RESULTING IN AMPUTATION OF HIS RIGHT HAND ABOVE THE WRIST. APPARE NTLY TH... |
| 05/27/2003 | HANDLING OF MATERIALS | DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY | 14d restricted | EE CLAIMS THAT HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK WHEN HE LIFTED A 50 LB BAG OF LIME FROM THE BAG WEIGHT SCALE. HE DECLINED TO SEEK MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HE WAS SEEN AT PRO... |
| 03/17/2003 | SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON | DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT | 2d lost, 5d restricted | EE CLAIMS THAT HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS RIGHT KNEE WHILE HE WAS DISMOUNTING FROM A FORKLIFT. HE CLAIMS THAT HE FELT HIS KNEE TWIST AT THE TIME HE FELT THE PAIN. HE HAD BEEN UNLOADING A TRAI LER OF... |