Midlothian Quarry and Plant — Accidents

Total: 293 accidents | Fatalities: 3

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/29/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was attempting to free a stuck gate by pulling on it. When the gate broke loose, he got his hand caught by the air cylinder.
07/26/2013 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted Employee was walking up a set of stairs when he felt a sharp pain in his left groin area.
07/10/2013 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was using a hand drill to tighten wire holding a scaffold plank in place. The tip of his glove got caught in the wire and pulled finger into drill bit. Drill bit cut the 2nd finger of his rig...
07/01/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving a cooling fan when base of fan came loose, striking his hand.
03/29/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was getting samples on the pre-heat tower when hot dust blew up his coat sleeve causing burns to his forearms and left hand.
02/21/2013 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 49d lost Employee was attempting to free a bag of cement from a conveyor without proper lock out and got his arm caught between belt and roller.
12/30/2012 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was cleaning spill next to a conveyor belt. He stated he got too close getting his hand caught between the troughing idler and the belt.
11/28/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was cleaning chunks off of grizzly bars in the clinker cooler with a jack hammer bit when he felt a sharp pain in his right elbow.
10/18/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Filling bags with portland cement when bag busted open causing cement dust to get into employee's eyes
10/18/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was walking down a set of stairs when he stepped on a rock causing a fracture to his left ankle.
04/26/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 42d lost, 89d restricted Employee was carrying a fan shaft up stairs when he felt a burning sensation in his back.
03/20/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee was cleaning the tower and opened a port for inspection. Hot material came out of the port and hit the employees protective hood. Particle dust got under the hood burning the employee on...
02/09/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted The employee was digging out a chute at the CV1 head pulley with a bar. He hit his right hand on a bolt sticking out of the chute causing a contusion to the right hand.
01/16/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted The employee was cutting metal rails out of the 700 tunnel. A piece of metal fell on his left foot causing a contusion.
11/09/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was unhitching a trailer from a truck. He thought the trailer stand was down. It was not. He tried to keep the hitch from hitting the ground and smashed his finger between the hitch and the g...
07/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted The employee was moving a catwalk. He ran into an I-beam smashing his left pinky finger resulting in a broken bone.
05/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 278d lost While six maintenance personnel were replacing three grizzly bars in the #5 Clinker Cooler, they came in contact with hot dust and air and suffered serious burns. Before entering the cooler, productio...
05/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While six maintenance personnel were replacing three grizzly bars in the #5 Clinker Cooler, they came in contact with hot dust and air and suffered serious burns. Before entering the cooler, productio...
05/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 278d lost While six maintenance personnel were replacing three grizzly bars in the #5 Clinker Cooler, they came in contact with hot dust and air and suffered serious burns. Before entering the cooler, productio...
05/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 16d lost While six maintenance personnel were replacing three grizzly bars in the #5 Clinker Cooler, they came in contact with hot dust and air and suffered serious burns. Before entering the cooler, productio...
05/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 278d lost While six maintenance personnel were replacing three grizzly bars in the #5 Clinker Cooler, they came in contact with hot dust and air and suffered serious burns. Before entering the cooler, productio...
05/19/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 278d lost While six maintenance personnel were replacing three grizzly bars in the #5 Clinker Cooler, they came in contact with hot dust and air and suffered serious burns. Before entering the cooler, producti...
05/11/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was removing a blade from the separator. The blade fell striking the right forearm causing a laceration. The blade was worn and had sharp edges.
02/10/2011 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted Employee was filling can with fuel and spilt some fuel on pants. The employee then got too close to a smaller container that was lit. His left pants leg caught on fire causing burns to left leg.
11/18/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was walking down a catwalk, he twisted his ankle and felt a pull on the backside of his right knee resulting in a sprain knee.
06/02/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted Employee was opening the hood of a vehicle and strained his left shoulder.
03/30/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted After cleaning an air lance with a 1/8th inch rod that was in a vice, the employee went to loosen the vice and slipped on a rock. He tried to catch himself on the vice. He missed and hit his left hand...
01/25/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 79d restricted The employee was helping another employee move a plate. One side of the plate fell and caught his finger between the initial plate and another plate sustaining a fracture to the left index finger.
01/21/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 115d restricted Employee was walking from the main office building toward the parking lot. The employee tripped on the uneven flagstone and fell on the left arm sustaining a fracture to the left humerus.
12/02/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was leaving the 780 Conveyor headed toward the Storeroom, while riding in the Gator he felt something irritating his left eye. Employee's diagnosis: foreign body removed from his left eye...
09/16/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was leaning over the catwalk welding a fan frame at #2 Pier on #5 Kiln and strained his back.
06/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was unloading coal from rail cars and some coal got in his eyes. Later that evening he sought medical treatment because his left eye was irritated.
05/06/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was mixing lime with water for a heat test. He went to dump the sample and the mixture blew out of the container knocking his safety glasses off and getting into both eyes causing chemical co...
11/25/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 148d restricted Employee was walking and stepped on a rock twisting his left knee. This caused a knee sprain.
09/18/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 90d restricted Employee was moving a heavy grinding head with a contractor. They stood it up on its side and the contractor spun it around. The employee still had his hand on it and when the head turned it pinched h...
09/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Employee was working when his arms started itching and he started to have trouble breathing. Doctors diagnosis: Chemical dermatitis and industrial asthma.
09/08/2008 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 10d lost, 1d restricted Employee noticed on the completion of her shift that the skin on her chest was irritated. She had been cleaning in the Millroom during her shift. Physicians diagnosis was Chemical Dermatitis.
08/12/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Large piece of angle iron fell from 35' above.
07/24/2008 POWERED HAULAGE INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES None Lack of altitude fatal plane crash on mine site.
07/11/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was helping to remove a roller cover. He stepped in front of the cover to see why it would not move when the cover broke free and pinned him between it and the hand rail. The employee suffere...
07/10/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Employee was walking down stairs in the Clinker Barn. When he reached the floor he stepped on a piece of Clinker and sprained his ankle.
07/08/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was inside Tank 10 cleaning when he slipped and fell in debris. While being pulled out of the tank he lost his footing and fell again. Employee sustained contusions to the chest and left elbo...
06/06/2008 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 50d restricted Employee was working in the bagging area and felt a shortness of breath and a skin rash. Employee suffered asthma and contact dermatitis.
05/14/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was aligning two bolt holes on a screw shaft. He stuck his left middle finger in the bolt holes and asked another employee to turn the shaft. This caused a laceration of the left middle f...
04/04/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning debris on top of the clinker silos. A gust of wind blew debris in the employee's eye resulting in conjunctivitis of the left eye.
03/27/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted While installing a chain, the employee was pulling a chain, while other employees were pushing on the chain. The chain released, catching the employees leg between the chain and the chain frame.
03/23/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee was resetting a guard when the guard slipped and caught his finger between the guard and the frame. Employee required sutures.
03/04/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 149d lost Employee was repairing the load out chute from a manlift. He was lowering the chute to the manlift basket level, supporting it with both of his arms. He asked the manlift operator to move the manlift...
03/04/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee was sitting in a Bobcat with his foot hanging out the front. He had the bucket up because he was catching dust. He hit the joystick and the bucket came down on his foot causing a laceration t...
02/14/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was pushing in the wall of a rock feeder with a porta-power and a piece of pipe. The pipe slipped and hit the employee on the forehead. The injury required sutures.