Mountain Cement Company — Accidents

Total: 158 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
05/07/2012 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was cutting a piece of metal on the shear his finger got smashed in between metal plate and shear deck.
02/20/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Operator was using a 4 foot long pry bar. As operator was prying on the bar, the bar slipped and hit him in the face. Operator sustained a fractured bone on the right side of his nose.
12/07/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was walking out of the warehouse, he stepped on a small patch of ice, his foot slipped and he felt a pull in his right groin.
10/10/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a tire from a trailer; the tire fell to the ground and caused something to flip up into employees left lower jaw, causing a laceration.
10/05/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 181d restricted At 10:30am 10/5/2011 in the truck shop, Employee was pulling on a pry bar as he was pulling on bar he felt a strain in his right shoulder.
08/30/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted On 8/30/2011 at approximately 1:15 pm welder repairman was cutting a piece of metal on the shear, employee marked the metal plate were it needed to be cut, then pushed plate into place to make cut, mo...
02/08/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 32d restricted Strain/Sprain right knee, employee was walking down a set of stairs and caught his right foot on the last step.
04/06/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted Employee's right ring finger was smashed between roller and housing of hopper wall.
03/04/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was installing a heat exchanger (10 Inch pipe), load shifted, smashing employees right wrist in-between heat exchanger and a two inch pipe.
02/28/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting the top off a plastic bottle and the utility knife slipped off the bottle hitting employee's right index finger.
02/25/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was pulling material out from underneath a belt conveyor with use of a metal rake, as he was pulling he felt a strain to his low back.
02/24/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Mill liner tipped over and landed on miner's right foot, just above steel toe.
01/27/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted Employee was moving a 55 gallon drum of oil, as he was pulling on the barrel he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder and arm.
11/17/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee slipped on the ice while walking down an alley way, instead of falling employee tried to regain his balance. The twisting and slipping employee did while trying to regain his balance employee...
11/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was pulling on welding lead, with left arm, and felt a strain on left mid back. (Strain/Sprain)
10/22/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 60d restricted Employee was stepping off a loader, one foot was on the ground as he placed the other foot on the ground he slipped on the snow, fell forward landing on his left wrist. Employee was taken to the hospi...
09/29/2009 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 83d restricted Sprain/Strain to right knee, employee was kneeling, as he stood up he felt a pop in knee.
09/21/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Cement fell from above getting into employee's eyes.
08/04/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Pulling on a pry bar, bar slipped employee lost his balance and fell backwards, twisting left ankle,light duty for two days
05/11/2009 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's left arm was pulled between roller and conveyer belt. Employee has a broken left wrist and a fracture in left forearm.
04/23/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost This is a reopened first aid case original case was 12/2/2007 strain/sprain to low back. Employee stated having pain in low back again over one year later, and decided he wanted to have his back ree...
03/30/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was removing a bearing and housing from a shelf, the bearing fell smashing employee's left middle finger. Employee sustained a small fracture to tip of his left middle finger.
03/02/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was drifting a screw conveyor into place with use of a come-long, employee reached down and pushed on the screw to help guide it into place, the screw shifted position, employees right pinky...
12/16/2008 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking down a set of stars, and caught his right thumb in a gap in the handrail. He broke finger nail and sustained a cut under the nail. He had to has three stitches inserted.
11/25/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a plastic thread protector off of a piece of pipe with a utility knife. Knife slipped off the plastic and cut employee's left index finger.
09/30/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was attempting to remove a liner bolt from a raw mill. Employee reached down to remove the bolt, an employee on the outside of mill tried to lossen the nut that was holding the bolt with an i...
09/11/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was attempting to open a lid on a 5 gallon bucket. He was cutting the seal for the lid off, pulling downward and toward his body, EE was kneeling at the time. the knife slipped off the plastic seal...
05/16/2008 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None During audiogram employee was diagnosed with a threshold shift in his right ear. (No single specific event that employee can remember caused this). Date and time above is when I received the informati...
03/12/2008 ELECTRICAL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Electrician sustained a small electrical shock from a 4160 motor. Power was pulled, but motor holds a small charge unless grounded. Electrician did not ground leads & when he reached in to disconnect,...
10/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was reaching into a hopper to pull a rock out of the way that was restricting material flow. While removing the rock another rock fell pinching his left ringer finger between rock and hopper....
10/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a piece of iron from a vise. When jaws of the vise were open iron fell onto employee's left pinky finger, causing a cut to his finger. He went to hospital after work and received...
08/17/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was air/arcing in the finish mill (B) and cement dust was blown up from the air/arc and got into employee's eyes.
03/15/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None We were pulling out the slide gate out of #4 cooler fan on K-2. I was laying down on the catwalk so I could put the bolts in to hold the slide. The fan started while we were securing the gate. That's...
01/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was attempting to pull out a full dust collector bag that had fallen into the dust collector's hopper. While lifting on the fallen bag EE felt a strain on left side, stomach area. He made an...
12/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted On 12/14/2006 at 6:30 AM employee was working on an air actuated slide gate, he was trying to open slide gate. His left thumb was pinched in between the slide gate's limit switch and the limit switch...
11/20/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 11/20/106 EE was working on A-Mill's dust collector changing bags. While he was in the dust collector cement dust got in EE's left eye. He tried to clean the cement out with company eye wash soluti...
11/20/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On (11/20/2006) employee was working on A-Mill's dust collector changing bags. While he was in the dust collector cement dust got in his left eye. He tried to clean the cement out with company eye was...
11/08/2006 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None One employee was in the separator changing blades and a small amount of cement that was left on the separator table and walls dislodged and fell onto an air-slide below the separator. The material tha...
09/19/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 63d restricted Employee was working on top of the screw conveyor housing which is 18""above the catwalk. He stepped off of the screw, leading with his left foot. When his foot touched the catwalk his knee popped the...
02/02/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 121d restricted Ee tripped on a pipe as he stepped backward. As he fell he grabbed a handrail to break his fall. Ee placed his entire body weight on his right arm & shoulder area. At the time ee stated he was fine &...
08/24/2005 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking from a front end loader to his haul truck. A second truck drove into the quarry area where the employee was walking. As the second truck driver was positioning himself, the truck...
08/20/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE A BUSHING INTO PLACE. MISSED TOOL THAT WAS BEING USED TO DRIVE BUSHING INTO PLACE CAUSING HAMMER TO STRIKE THUMB. FINISHED SHIFT, TWO DAYS LATER THUMB WAS STILL SORE/SWO...
08/13/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a pry bar to clear a blocked hopper. Pry bar rebounded and employee lost control of the hand tool. End of the pry bar ee was holding onto came back and struck ee's face. Impact caus...
06/04/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EMPLOYEE SUSTAINED CONTACT DERMATITIS ON HIS FOOT FROM EXPOSURE TO RAW KILN FEED MATERIAL & WATER FROM SNOWMELT.
03/28/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH WHEN IT SLIPPED, CAUSING EE TO STRIKE HIS HAND ON THE EDGE OF JACK. EE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER THAT REQUIRED 5 SUTURES TO CLOSE THE WOUN...
01/24/2005 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None EE was diagnosed with carpal tunnel to his right wrist area. Worker's compensation has determined that the carpal tunnel was work related illness. EE has worked in mining and heavy construction for hi...
12/23/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee lost his balance and he fell from a platform on the rear of a front end loader. When ee fell to the ground he suffered a contusion to his left hand and his coccyx.
07/22/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost EE states that he twisted his right knee when he slipped on a pile of coal that was spilled on a stairway. EE had his knee examined by an orthopedic physician, and was initially diagnosed with a sprai...
07/01/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted DUST MATERIAL BUILT UP ON THE BRIM OF THE EMPLOYEE'S HARD HAT. WHEN EE LOWERED A FACE SHIELD THAT WAS ATTACHED TO HIS HARD HAT THE DUST FELL DOWN ONTO HIS FACIAL AREA. DUST GOT INTO EE'S RT. EYE CAUSI...
06/02/2004 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A LARGE VOLUME OF HOT CLINKER WAS DEPOSITED ONTO THE HIGH TEMPERATURE CONVEYOR BELT IN THE CLINKER STORAGE BUILDING. THE HOT CLINKER IGNITED THE BELTING MATERIAL, CAUSING A FIRE. MOUNTAIN CEMENT COM...