Mojave Plant & Quarry — Accidents

Total: 250 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/22/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 162d lost, 23d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE DISCONNECTING THE ELECTRICAL WIRING FROM SPRING LOADED RETRACTING WHEEL, THE WHEEL GOT AWAY FROM HIM & AS THE WHEEL BEGAN TO SPIN HIS FOOT WAS STRUCK BY THE SPOKE OF THE WHEEL CAU...
06/09/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ANNUAL HEARING TEST SHOWED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS.
02/06/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 97d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE CLOSING DOOR ON RISER DUCT IN PREHEATER TOWER, HE STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WITH A HAMMER. WENT TO DOCTOR AND XRAY SHOWED A FRACTURE OF THE TIP OF THUMB. REFERRED TO ORTHOR.
01/10/2003 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EMPLOYEE FILED A WORKER'S COMPENSATION CLAIM FOR LOSS OF HEARING.
01/08/2003 NO VALUE FOUND DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 338d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE USING HIS ARMS AND SHOULDERS TO CLEAN PREHEAT TOWER HIS SHOULDER BEGAN TO HURT. HE DID NOT REPORT IT BECAUSE SHORTLY AFTER THIS HE SMASHED HIS THUMB AND WAS PLACED ON LIGH T DUTY...
09/15/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATES THAT WHILE LIFTING A CLEANING SCREEN WITH A PIECE OF PIPE THE SCREEN LEG FELL HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION TO THE HEAD. SUTURES REQUIRED.
09/12/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATES THAT WHILE SETTING A BOX OF WELDING ONTO THE TRUCK BED, HE DID NOT NOTICE THE JAGGED EDGE AND CAUGHT HIS HAND ON IT CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION. REQUIRED 2 SUTURES.
08/19/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE LIFTING A LINER ASSEMBLY OUT OF THE ROLLER MILL HE FELT PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP. HE REPORTED THE INCIDENT 8-20-02. HE SAW THE DOCTOR ON 8-20-02 WITH NO FINDINGS. TOLD TO RETU RN 8-26...
08/12/2002 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE PORT-A-VAC TRUCK, HIS FOOT CAUGHT ON THE FUEL TANK STEP CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE GROUND TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING TRUCK FACING...
06/19/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ANNUAL HEARING TEST SHOWED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS.
06/19/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ANNUAL HEARING TEST SHOWED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS.
06/19/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ANNUAL HEARING TEST SHOWED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS.
06/19/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ANNUAL HEARING TEST SHOWED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS.
06/19/2002 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None ANNUAL HEARING TEST SHOWED A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS. THIS EE HAS A REPORTABLE HEARING LOSS DATED 08/08/00. COPY ATTACHED.
06/03/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS PULLING SOME TAPE OFF FROM INSIDE AN ELECTRICAL PANEL, WHEN TAPE CAME OFF OF WIRE HIS HAND FLEW BACK & STRUCK THE EDGE OF THE PANEL LACERATING THE BACK OF HIS LEFT WRIST. SUTURES REQUIR ED.
05/15/2002 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING A FORKLIFT BETWEEN THE MILLS AND PACKHOUSE THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. MAY 16, 2002. HE THEN WANTED TO GO TO...
04/08/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted WHILE PICKING UP A SIX FOOT STEP LADDER, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE SAW THE DOCTOR ON 4/8/02 & WAS REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIST WHO ON 4/11/02 PLACED HIM ON MODIFIED DUTY UNTIL FURTH ER TEST...
04/04/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WORKING IN THE MILL BUILDING WHEN HE FELT SOEMTHING IN THE EYE.
02/28/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE USING A RAZOR KNIFE TO CUT AIRSLIDE FABRIC HIS KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF RIGHT THUMB CAUSING A LACERATION.
02/26/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HELPING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE REMOVE A BEARING HOUSING, THE OTHER EMPLOYEE MOVED THE HOUSING PINCHING INJURED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN BEARING HOUSING AND PAN FEEDE...
02/10/2002 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE USING AN AIR LANCE TO UNPLUG A SCREW CONVEYOR, THE DUST BLEW BACK INTO HIS FACE GETTING DUST IN HIS RIGHT EYE. THIS CAUSED EE TO GET ALKALI DUST BURN TO RIGHT EYE.
01/18/2002 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATES THAT WHILE USING A FOUR LB. HAMMER TO REMOVE A SHAFT FROM A SCREW CONVEYOR, HE STRUCK HIS LT. LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE HAMMER HANDLE AND THE LID ON THE SCREW CONVEYOR. HE WAS USING HIS LT....
11/09/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE STATES WHILE PERFORMING NORMAL WORK DUTIES OVER SEVERAL YRS THAT HER WRISTS HAVE HURT & NOWTHEY HURT ALL THE TIME & WANTS DR TO LOOK AT THEM. WENT TO DR. & WAS SENT TO SPECIALIST THAT SAI D THAT SH...
10/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 117d restricted EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE WATCHING ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INSTALL A LIFTING BOLT IN A ROLLER HUT ASSEMBLEY, THE LIFTING BOLT SLIPPED OUT OF THE EMPLOYEES HAND HITTING EMPLOYEE ON THE RIGHT RING FIN GER CAU...
07/26/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED IN THIS PLANT SINCE 1979.
05/02/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED IN THE PLANT SINCE 1969.
04/16/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 112d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE MOVING AND HANLING APPROX 700 COOLER GRATES WHICH WEIGH APPROX 65# EACH HE LOST SOME FEELING IN HIS HANDS. HE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 5-9-01 AND WAS SENT TO THE DR. THE DR. RETU...
04/14/2001 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS GRINDING WHEN A PIECE OF SLAG ENTERED THE LEFT EYE.
03/23/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE WATCHING EMPLOYEE STEEL GEAR FROM A WATER TRUCK, HE WAS STRUCK IN THEFOREHEAD WITH A PIECE OF STEEL FROM GEAR THAT WAS BEING REMOVED. THEY WERE USING A STEEL HAMMER TO REMOV...
03/21/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. EE HAS WORKED IN THEPLANT SINCE 1972.
03/08/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 108d restricted EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE REMOVING A SURGE TANKTHAT WEIGHS APPROX 100 LBS FROM AN OIL TANK, HE FELT A POP IN HIS BACK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF THE OIL TANK BENDING OVER. HE SUFFER ED BACK...
01/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None AFTER EE GOT OUT OF PICKUP TRUCK HE CLOSED THE DOOR ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER CAUSING A LACERATION.
01/04/2001 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. EE HAS WORKED IN THIS PLANT SINCE 1977.
12/05/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. EE HAS WORKED IN THIS PLANT SINCE 1968.
10/17/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. EE HAS WORKED IN THIS PLANT SINCE 1976
08/08/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. EMPLOYEE AHS WORKED IN THIS PLANT SINCE 1967.
08/08/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED IN THIS PLANT SINCE 1970.
08/08/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. EMPLOYEE HAS WORKEDIN THIS PLANT SINCE 1961.
08/08/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED IN THIS PLANT SINCE 1968.
08/02/2000 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A SPACER BY TAPPING IT WITH HIS HAMMER. HE MISSED THE SPACER AND STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WITH HIS HAMMER CAUSING A CHIP FRACTURE TO THE TIP OF HIS LEFT THUMB.
08/01/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 52d lost EE STATES THAT WHEN HE STARTED HIS NEW JOB IN JULY 2000, HE STARTED TO FEEL A LITTLE PAIN IN HIS SHOULDER AND THOUGHT THAT IT WAS DUE TO USING DIFFERENT MUSCLES. HE SAID GOT WORST AND REPORTED IT ON 2...
07/31/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS, THIS EE HAS WORKED FOR CALIFONIA PORTLAND CEMENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS AT THIS PLANT. THIS A CUMULATIVE HEARING LOSS.
06/13/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. THIS EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED FOR THIS COMPANY FOR OVER 30 YEARS AT THEPLANT. THIS IS A CUMULATIVE HEARING LOSS.
05/09/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE REMOVING A GUARD FROM THE CHAIN DRIVE OF D3-BE1 ELEVATOR, HE LIFTED THE OF THE GUARD AND HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS LEFTY INDEX FINGER. THE EE...
04/03/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE LIFTING AND CARRYING A BLAST GATE UP A STAIRWAY, HE FELT A PULL IN HIS GROIN BUT DID NOT TELL ANYONE OR THINK IT WAS ANYTHING. HE CONTINUED TO WORK 4/4/00 AND 4/5/00. HE T HEN MAD...
03/13/2000 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None CUMULATIVE NOISE INDUCED HEARING LOSS. THIS EMPLOYEE HAS WORKED AT THE COMPANY FOR OVER 31 YEARS
03/08/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATES THAT WHILE WATCHING ANOTHER EE MODIFY A WATER LANCE THAT HAD JUST CAME OUT OF THE PREHEATER TOWER, HE GRABBED THE END OF THE LANCE CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO PALM OF RIGHT H AND. TH...
02/10/2000 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE HELPING ANOTHER EE ADJUST THE LOAD CELLS ON THE KILN, THE WIND WAS BLOWING AND BLEW SOME FOREIGN MATERIAL INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE WASHED OUT HIS EYES AND FELT IT WOULD BE AL RIGHT....
02/09/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE STATES THAT WHILE GRINDING OFF WELDS ON A LINER PLATE, HE FELT SOMETHING GET IN HIS RIGHT EYE. HE WAS LYING ON HIS BACK AND GRINDING OVERHEAD. HE WAS FIRST USING A FACE SHIELD AND THEN SWIT CHED OV...
01/01/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE STATES THAT WHILE BREAKING DOWN A POWERSHOT TUBE TO BE RECHARGE, SHE SAID THAT AFTER SHE THOUGHT THAT THE PRESSURE HAD BEEN BLED OFF THE TUBE, SHE PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE END OF THE TUBE. B ECAUSE...