Mojave Plant & Quarry — Accidents

Total: 250 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/18/2009 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 1d lost Incident report was reported on Monday 07/20/2009. Employee was treated for dehydration by medical facility.
05/21/2009 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee stated that he was working in an area that caused discomfort (ringing) in his ears. Employee supplied company with a letter from his doctor listing a requirement of restricted duty on 6-1-20...
04/28/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 298d restricted The plant received information on 2/26/2010 that medical charges were received for treatment conducted in January of 2010 for a condition that was identified by an employee that was a result of a 4/28...
03/12/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 287d restricted Employee states that while he was helping another employee to to move some hydraulic jacks around on a pallet for shipment, he was squatting down and felt pain in lower back.
03/11/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee stated that while he was walking down a flight of stairs his right knee started to hurt.
12/26/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 38d lost, 40d restricted Employee was coming to work. While driving on the entrance road which was icy, he went into a curve and lost control causing him to hit an oncoming cement truck. He was transported to the hospital wit...
12/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was removing plow bolts on a loader bucket wear plate and he placed his hand on the head of the bolt to keep it from spinning. The bolt did spin cutting through his glove into his palm on his...
08/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted Employee states that while he was going to get into a pick-up truck, he pulled on the door handle and the door stuck and he strained a muscle in his chest and shoulder. He was released to work without...
08/13/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 220d restricted Employee states that while he was climbing into the grader, he felt pain in his lower back.
05/22/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 54d lost, 212d restricted Employee was operating a 9"" drill when he the compressor went bad causing a lot of smoke to exit the engine compartment. He deployed the fire suppresion system which caused more smoke and he then exi...
05/19/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was removing bucket teeth from a 992 cat loader. He had removed the nut and was hitting the tooth with a sledge hammer when a piece of tooth broke off striking him in the leg. The piece of st...
10/16/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was talking to two other employees, he said he felt dizzy and then he fainted and fell to the floor face first. He received a broken nose and some loose teeth from the fall. He was take...
10/15/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 75d restricted Employee was unplugging a chute and while he was hitting the chute he had his hand resting on the air ram for the diverter gate and when the plug broke free the diverter gate opened causing the air ra...
09/13/2007 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None While changing out the burner pipe on the discharge of the kiln, an ignition of coal in the preheat tower causing an explosion in the preheat tower. Dust blew out the burner pipe opening.
08/02/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a hydraulic jack to spread open a drive link for a pan feeder. A spacer slipped out from the jack hitting employee on the upper lip causing a laceration that required 4 sutures.
07/06/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working under a chinker material drop box when the air cannons went off causing hot material to fall from 10 - 12 feet landing on the employee and causing 2nd degree burns to his left for...
07/06/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 70d lost Employee was working under a chinker material drop box when the air cannons went off causing hot material to fall from 10 - 12 feet landing on him and causing 3rd degree burns to his arms.
03/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were removing brick liner of pre-heat tower - stage 4 vessel riser duct - using chipping guns and jackhammers, when second stage scaffolding collapsed causing employees to fall to tower floo...
03/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were removing brick liner of pre-heat tower - stage 4 vessel riser duct - using chipping guns and jackhammers, when second stage scaffolding collapsed causing employees to fall to tower floo...
03/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were removing brick liner of pre-heat tower - stage 4 vessel riser duct - using chipping guns and jackhammers, when second stage scaffolding collapsed causing employees to fall to tower floo...
03/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were removing brick liner of pre-heat tower - stage 4 vessel riser duct - using chipping guns and jackhammers, when second stage scaffolding collapsed causing employees to fall to tower floo...
03/08/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 186d lost Employee states that while he was holding onto a piece of conduit, while cutting with his other hand he felt pain in his left shoulder. He did not report this until 05/01/07 and went to the doctor on...
01/18/2007 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d lost Employee states that a contract employee hit him with a bolt in the testicles that bruised them and he became very upset and his blood pressure went high and he was told to see his doctor. His doctor...
11/14/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a pittman arm from a clinker cooler using a 1 1/2 ton com-a-long. When the arm came off the shafts, one end dropped down onto the hand of the employee causing a laceration to his...
10/06/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states that while she was walking down a stairway carrying a computor monitor, she got to the midway platform and had a misstep and fell down onto the grating lacerating both of her legs just...
10/03/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 104d restricted Employee states that he has been having trouble with his left hand for several months. This employee lost his right hand in a accident about 20 years ago. He has had a number of other accidents to his...
07/06/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Annual hearing test showed a reportable hearing loss.
07/06/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Annual hearing test showed a reportable hearing loss.
07/06/2006 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Annual hearing test showed a reportable hearing loss.
06/20/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted While the employee was removing a wear sleeve from the crankshaft of a 773 cat truck, he was using a torch to heat the sleeve, the flame caused the vapors from the cleaning solution to flash causing a...
06/12/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 33d restricted Employee was cleaning around an elevator with a port-a-vac truck. He used his hand to push a small pile of cement away from the elevator when his finger went into a hole that had developed in the elev...
06/06/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted While trying to get a hopper to feed, employee was hitting the hopper with a 12# hammer. He missed the hopper and his hand hit the chute causing a fracture and laceration to his left pinky finger.
03/20/2006 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 27d lost, 8d restricted Employee was using the overhead crane to move a 6""x7' long steel shaft. The shaft had a groove cut in each end for a keeper ring and also had two steel bushing on the shaft. When he lifted the shaft,...
01/29/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None I/E was using a chain hoist to lower a nose casting into the bucket of a skid steer loader. The casting caught the pocket of his jacket while it was on it's way into the hopper, pulling him down onto...
01/04/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was opening a hopper door, hot dust came out and fell into the top of his glove causing 1st and 2nd degree burns to his right hand and wrist.
10/12/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was at base of the bucket elevator floor , when a co-worker dropped a 7/8"" nut on the inside of unit where employee was working. The nut struck employee on the right index finger. Employee d...
09/18/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 188d lost While employee was climbing down a fixed ladder his foot slipped off the rung and he caught himself with one hand, causing pain in his left shoulder. He did not want to go to the doctor until 10/10/0...
07/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Employee states that while he was lifting a 5 gallon bucket of chlorine tablets, his back started to hurt. He did not want to go to the dr at this time. On 7/19/05 he said that his back was still hurt...
07/15/2005 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was standing by the side of his cart when the wind blew the door shut on his left thumb. Employee did not request medical treatment until 07/21/05. The doctor took x-rays that were negative a...
06/08/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was moving steel plates with a hoist when one began to fall toward her, falling on her leg.
02/11/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee states that while he was using a hammer to remove a bearing his right elbow started to hurt. He did not want to go to the doctor. On 5/18/05 he said his elbow was still hurting and now wanted...
12/05/2004 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WIND BLEW METAL PARTICLE AROUND SAFETY GLASSES AND IMBEDDED IN EYE
11/02/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF AN AIRSLIDE, MIS-STEPPED AND WENT TO THE GROUND, LANDING ON THE LEFT KNEE.
09/24/2004 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 181d lost EE HIRED IN 1994 WITH PRE-EXISTING BACK INJURY IS CLAIMING A CONTINUOUS TRAUMA TO HIS BACK FROM 9/94 TO 7/24/04. THIS EE HAS NOT REPORTED ANY INJURIES TO HIS BACK NOR HAS HE FILLED OUT ANY ACCIDENT RE...
06/24/2004 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 244d restricted Employee called into work and complained of back pain on 6/25/04 but not work related. He went to his doctor on 7/2/04 and was refered to a spine specalist who on 7/9/04 said that his injury was work...
01/19/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO VALUE FOUND None EE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS WALKING UP A STAIRWAY HIS FOOT HIT THE TOP STEP TRIPPING HIM UP CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE GRADING WITH HIS KNEE CAUSING A LACERATION.
11/25/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 113d restricted EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS LIFTING 5 GALLON BUCKETS OF CEMENT, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AT THAT TIME. ON JAN. 5, 2004 HE SAID HE WANTED...
10/08/2003 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE WALKING DOWN CATWALK HE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
09/18/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 173d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE HE WAS KNEELING DOWN TO PICK UP A WELDING LEAD, HIS LEFT KNEE HIT A PIECE OF UNISTRUT CAUSING A CONTUSION. EE DID NOT WANT TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND WAITED UNTIL 9/22/03 TO SEE A DO...
08/05/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 19d lost, 34d restricted EE WAS PICKING OVERSIZED ROCKS FROM B3-BC1 BELT CONVEYOR & THROWING TO THE GROUND WHEN HE FELT A PAIN IN STOMACH. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 08/25/03 AND SAID HE WANTED A DOCTOR TO LOOK AT H IS STOM...