Nevada Cement Co Cement Plant — Accidents

Total: 132 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/16/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 18d restricted Employee was moving too fast for the conditions. Slipped with EE's left foot and fell to left buttock. Caused swelling and the employee was taken to the ER. Was admitted over night for observation...
08/11/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SPUD WRENCH TO BREAK A BUTTERFLY VALVE LOOSE WHEN IT MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY CAUSING THE EMPLOYEE TO CATCH A FINGER BETWEEN THE SPUD WRENCH AND THE HOUSING OF THE RSV. THIS SPLIT THE...
03/05/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 66d restricted Employee was reaching over a table to install bolts into a probe flange while standing in mud. right foot slipped and EE felt a pop in EE's knee
11/21/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted employee was removing a guard with another employee when the second employee lost their grip and let go causing the weight to transfer to the injured employee causing a strain to the left bicep
09/26/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 17d lost, 98d restricted Employee stepped in a pothole, twisted right ankle and fell. This caused a sprain to the right ankle. Employee released to full duty. The sprain had not been getting better so was referred to an or...
08/26/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing up a ladder out of a pit and when employee was looking up dust landed in employee's left eye. The employee was prescribed a preventative antibiotic eye drop by urgent care.
06/16/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee got left foot caught by conveyor. Employee was taken to medical. Resulted in broken ankle and contusions.
01/16/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 59d restricted Employee was pulling on a pipe when unexpected movement happened it caught the employees right thumb between a flange and hanger bracket.
10/26/2023 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None While lighting the small torch in preparation to light main flame residual natural gas in the location caused a flash. Employee experienced 2nd degree burns to locations to the left side of face, nec...
06/17/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 6/17/2023 at approximately 10:45 am an employee reported feeling discomfort in the right arm. The employee was climbing a scaffolding ladder at the time the discomfort was noticed. On 6/20/2023, th...
05/02/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was being trained in a new task, changing out separator fan blades, when their right foot slipped and caught a fan blade resulting in a strain/sprain.
01/01/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 27d restricted Employee fell off of the ladder while climbing down from a wheel loader, missed/slipped a handhold, landed on EE's left leg and broke the ankle and leg.
02/09/2022 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee was taking a wagon full of parts and tools down a ramp when employee slipped and fell onto right side.
07/08/2021 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN USING A JACK HAMMER AND A SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN A BOLT FOR A LINER IN THE MILL. WHEN EE FINISHED EE NOTICED THAT EE'S ELBOW WAS RED, SLIGHTLY PAINFUL AND SWELLING
03/03/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cleaning on the ground level under the #2 & 3 finish mills, the employee got dust in right eye.
07/22/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 101d restricted Employee was swinging an 8lb hammer backhand to fit a piece of flat bar to a pipe. Did not position self properly for the task at hand.
07/08/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Was clearing chunks off of the top of the hopper with a shovel when product sloughed off and dust blew back into the employee's face and under safety glasses.
03/30/2019 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 58d restricted Mechanic was repairing primary feeder, guiding a bar with EE's left hand on top of the bar and running a hoist with EE's right hand. The bar moved unexpectedly and caught the mechanics left hand/fing...
11/03/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The employee received burns on their wrists and back of neck when they came in contact with cement dust off of dust collector bags during disposal.
10/07/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Vacuum hose plugged while cleaning spillage. Employee was attempting to clear the line by lifting it over head. Once the line was lifted over head ee felt a pop in the lower left side of back.
07/24/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 72d restricted Electrician positioned self in a manner that allowed a 10 lb inspection door to indirectly fall on left hand causing a laceration to index finger and a bruise to thumb. Laceration required stitches.
10/13/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was replacing a return roller and had to tap on it causing foreign material to drop from somewhere and landed in eyes.
09/07/2017 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 25d lost, 35d restricted Employee climbed onto the passenger side of the OTR truck while the engine was running, to wash the windshield when the right hand slopped into the air-conditioning belt/pulley. This resulted in a par...
07/12/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was pushing down on pry bar with a closed grip. The pry bar slipped causing the load to fall on top of the pry bar. Due to the closed grip the employee's finger was pinched between the concre...
03/16/2017 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was bent over and stood up stepped over a pipe and walked into a valve handle hitting employee in the face between eye brows required 10 stitches
02/01/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee picked up a 35# piece of steel with the left hand it hit a beam above and dropped on to the 2nd finger of the right hand. Splinted.
01/08/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted EE was lifting hydraulic Ram and slipped. EE re-grabbed it and felt a pop in left hand. The employee reported the swelling of left hand on 1/8/17 and decided EE did not need medical attention that da...
03/15/2016 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was unloading coal in high wind conditions when EE received coal dust in left eye.
03/03/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost During #1 Kiln outage employee was installing brick in the Kiln, the air flow through the Kiln blew brick dust around and the employee got some in right eye.
02/02/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 73d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO THE WAREHOUSE AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON SNOW COVERED ICE
05/21/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was scooping up a bucket of clinker with a 966 loader and felt a pain in his back that also affected his sciatic nerve.
05/05/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted Maintenance Mechanic was hooking up a trailer welder to a fork lift, the wheel of the trailer was against a rock when he pulled it to hook up felt a pain in his groin. After seeing the Doctor it was...
03/05/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was lifting a box off of the desk to move it to another area of her desk and felt a pull in her shoulder. She was taken to Concentra medical and returned to work the same day. Nature of injury wa...
02/05/2015 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 25d restricted Employee was standing & looking up at the feed end of #2 Finish Mill he collapsed for no reason hitting the back of his head. Did not loose consciousness and was transported to Renown Medical center...
04/24/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 395d lost Employee slipped on an uneven surface while shoveling debris into a wheel barrel. The employee struck his middle finger on the edge of the wheel barrel as he caught himself. The impact resulted in a...
11/27/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 67d restricted On 11/27/13, employee was carrying a bucket of parts and felt a sharp pain in the back of his right knee. Employee did not wish to seek medical attention at that time. On 2/24/14, employee was place...
10/23/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 72d lost, 36d restricted Employee bent down to open apron door on crusher when he felt pain in his left shoulder. On 11/14/2013 the employee was diagnosed with a shoulder sprain and was placed on restricted duty and prescrib...
08/22/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee twisted his upper body while holding a grate and felt pain and stiffness in his right knee. Employee was diagnosed with a knee strain.
05/20/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER OF A RAIL CAR AND MISSED A RUNG WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT. THE LEFT FOOT BECAME DISLODGED FROM THE SUDDEN DROP. THE EMPLOYEE HELD ON WITH HIS HANDS AND DID NOT FALL....
11/09/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Mechanic was operating a 4 1/2"" hand held grinder with a cutting wheel cutting a metal window frame. The cutting wheel stuck and kicked back coming into contact with the mechanics right hand/wrist re...
10/23/2012 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 11d lost Miner was conducting repairs on a screw conveyor. Miner failed to lock out tag out the screw conveyor. The miner indicated that the screw conveyor inadvertently started. Miner received severe injur...
09/22/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Miner was using a bar to dislodge build up on the feed shelf of #2 kiln. The miner was attempting to push the built up material off the shelf with the bar and smashed his RH middle finger between the...
08/29/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 31d restricted Miner was climbing up stairs and injured his right foot. Miner indicated that he had overstepped one of the stair platforms as he was stepping up the stairs. As the miner continued to climb the stair...
08/12/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was hitting the side of a hopper discharge chute with a bar. The employee lost balance and inadvertently smashed his right hand ring finger in-between the bar and chute. Employee received fin...
02/21/2012 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 250d restricted Laborer was unloading a coal rail car. He indicated that he had stepped down off a concrete platform onto the coal grizzly platform and sprained his left knee. The coal grizzly platform is approx. 4...
10/20/2011 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted A miner was operating a trackmobile that was struck by a rolling empty rail car that was found to have a faulty hand brake. After complaining of back soreness the next day the miner was taken to a med...
08/19/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Loading drill pipe into Atlas Copco L8 30 drill carousal with winch installed on drill mast. Sliding hook weight got caught on part of the mast about half way up. Man standing below at controls was st...
05/05/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 144d lost While jackhammering #2 kiln, equipment kept braking and having to jump in and out of bobcat put stress on my right knee. Long periods of running bobcat stressed right knee, at which point I was unable...
01/06/2011 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 79d lost, 3d restricted Employee was sitting @ the lunch table and a 2nd employee came up behind the 1st employee and slightly hit him open handed to the side of his head. Employee indicated that he has a headache and neck...
11/06/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS WAITING FOR ANOTHER EE TO EXIT A LADDER ON #1 KILN HEAT EXCHANGER. AS OTHER EE WAS EXITING THE LADDER, INJURED EE WALKED OVER TO THE LADDER LOOKED UP AND A 12"" CRESENT WRENCH FELL OUT OF OTHER...