New Braunfels Plant — Accidents

Total: 141 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/28/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Miner was raking ash at kiln hood when a piece of ash hit the end of the rake causing the rake to hit the miner on the chin. Miner sustained a laceration requiring stitches.
05/27/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Miner was using a pipe wrench to remove an incline water strainer, and when the fitting broke, the wrench to slam against an I-beam pinching the right-hand pinky finger.
11/01/2024 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 74d restricted On 11/13/24 the miner reported pain on the right knee as a result of a workplace incident that occurred on 11/01/24. Miner was sent for medical evaluation, was placed on restricted work activities an...
09/22/2024 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 136d restricted While operating a Kubota RTV, the vehicle hit a pot hole and jolted the miner who sustained a back sprain.
08/03/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 11d restricted Miner was on top of the rail car opening the lids and strained ligaments of lumbar spine.
08/01/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted On 08/01/2024 miner was changing a drive belt using a wrench when injury occurred to shoulder joint. On 08/06/2024 miner was issued restricted duty by medical clinic.
03/08/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE got debris on right eye while standing next to another miner who was power washing.
01/26/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted While walking on a flat surface, miner twisted left ankle causing a potential foot fracture.
02/27/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee 1 was holding wrench while employee# 2 was pushing on wrench to loosen leveling nut for column. Employee #1 's finger became caught between the wrench and the concrete pad that the column set...
12/16/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Miner works in bagging department and is unsure what may have caused is right forearm to hurt starting on 12/16/2020. The miner informed supervisor on 12/21/2020 and was sent for medical evaluation....
10/30/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 161d lost Injured employee was in a boom lift using a cutting torch. The worker turned the torch off and draped it over the handrail. The acetylene valve knob bumped against the mid-rail of the basket opening t...
09/25/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 103d restricted Miner was descending from a ladder, lost footing and used right arm to hold the ladder to prevent a fall. Miner sustained a sprain of the right shoulder rotator cuff. Physician put the miner on rest...
07/17/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Miner was operating a forklift moving bagged product on a pallet inside the packing warehouse and hit a structural post with the front of the pallet. The miner reported feeling back pain after the inc...
07/16/2020 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 67d restricted Miner was walking on the concrete sidewalk and lost their footing as they stepped on a 2"" rock. The employee began to fall and caught themselves on a nearby parked piece of equipment. The employee...
12/23/2019 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Occupation Illness EE went to clinic 12/23/19, diagnosis ""Allergic Contact Dermatitis"" due to contact with Quicklime on both hands and left wrist. Was prescribed medication. 12/26/19 EHS Manager too...
12/11/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None A voluntary health based audiometric exam provided by the company to a miner who has only worked in a job identified to be below the required action level of 85 dBa and is therefore is not enrolled in...
07/18/2019 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted On 07/18/19 miner reported to supervisor that they were using a wrench to tighten packing on the pressure vessel discharge at the hydrator, and when they pulled the wrench upwards, they felt a pain on...
07/03/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted On 07/03/19, employee was working with broken bags of hydrate lime in the packing department. At the end of EE's shift EE felt a burning irritation on the upper bilateral inner thighs. On 07/10/19, t...
11/05/2018 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Miner was reaching for the emergency stop cable on the bagger mesh conveyor which was at waist level just a few inches away, and as ee started leaning sideways at the waist ee felt a sharp pain in low...
10/01/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Miner was using a come-along wench to extract a probe from kiln transfer chute. The wench strap slipped and got caught on a T-pipe connector, causing the T-pipe to break-off, go airborne, and hit the...
06/06/2018 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While driving a forklift the driver hit a dip in the road and caused the forklift to jolt. This created pain in the left leg and lower back of the driver.
04/24/2018 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was getting a sample of quicklime in the silos galley way. As the employee walked, fugitive area dust got into the employee's eyes underneath their safety glasses. The employee was taken t...
09/07/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE stained neck while lifting air cylinder.
09/07/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EE hurt lower back lifting air cylinder.
08/31/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was raking ash when a rock hit the opposite end of the rake causing the rake handle to jump out of the EE's hand and strike the EE on the right hand thus causing a contusion to right ring finger.
07/04/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was removing a compressed air hose from a wall hook when the hose Chicago coupling hit the miner's upper front teeth.
06/01/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 77d restricted Employee was dismounting a forklift, slipped and strained right leg.
03/03/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 97d restricted An employee was climbing down from the loader when right foot slipped off the top step at the rear left side of the loader. Medical attention was not immediately sought, but was later diagnosed with a...
01/05/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was accessing the top of a customer trailer to close lids. EE bent over to close the lid. With left foot on the rail, the rail broke, caused employee's left knee to come into contact with a...
12/01/2016 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was splicing a flexible PVC pipe with a utility knife. While making the cut, the pipe moved causing the knife to deflect onto the workers left hand. Worker was seen by medical personnel and r...
11/14/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 76d restricted Worker was descending stairs; while holding the hand rail and walking down the stairs, left hand, little finger was caught between hand rail and structure steel beam jamming and bending it.
11/01/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted Worker was reaching to pull a 50lb bag of gypsum when lower back began to hurt.
08/12/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was walking down stairs and caught boot on stair; employee was diagnosed with a sprained knee.
07/03/2016 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Employee got off of shuttle wagon and was walking on flat ground to apply hand brakes to railcars, when ankle gave out. Employee sought medical treatment for pain and was placed on restrictions for a...
02/24/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The kiln pre-heater was clogged. In the process of clearing the clog, a hot pebble bounced of the clearing rod and landed on the neck of the injured worker. The pebble caused a 1st degree burn on the...
02/18/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 17d restricted A load out employee was loading gypsum into a customer trailer when they felt a pop in their back.
11/16/2015 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None An employee came into the office noting he was itching all over, he had welts all over his body, and had weakness in his legs. The employee was taken to a local clinic and was treated for an allergic...
10/16/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was rolling balls of aluminium foil to calibrate crusher, when the box of aluminium foil fell off the table. The employee went to catch the box, when the blade side of the box cut the employ...
10/01/2015 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was sitting at the operator controls, in the control tower, and was bitten twice by a spider on the wrist.
09/14/2015 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 2d lost Employee was experiencing tightness in the chest and shortness of breath during his lunch break. Ambulance was called and employee was treated for a personal health issue.
05/06/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Lime dust puffed up when a sample bucket was dropped. The dust got into the eyes of the worker. This caused irritation and discomfort.
12/29/2014 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While walking up a staircase on a silo, the employee banged his left knee on the staircase railing because he got too close to it while he was walking.
10/03/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The EE started work at 1900 10/3. At 0100 saturday the EE felt a pain in his low back from lifting rail car doors. The EE returned to work at 1900 10/4 with no complaints of pain and while lifting oth...
08/20/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 83d lost, 44d restricted An employee was carrying a 72# shaft and bearing set from a screw conveyor up a flight of stairs. He felt a burn in his groin and was found to have a hernia.
06/23/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 06/23 the employees was working in the cooler pit below the kilns raking scale at the time he was wearing a tight fitting respirator. While raking he received minor lime burns. On 07/13 he requeste...
12/31/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Miner was walking on some uneven ground and sprained his ankle.
10/15/2013 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While removing plywood from overhead in the pre-heater, a rock fell and struck the injured person on the lower back.
05/30/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were executing an oxygen bottle change on the service truck then bottle got stuck. Force was applied to the cylinder to get it un-stuck. At the same time force was applied at the front o...
02/05/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Miner using a-frame ladder to make repairs, stepped off ladder and missed bottom step. Miner' s foot landed awkwardly and caused strain to left groin muscle.
08/03/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Closing doors on coal railcar hopper, miner lost balance and twisted left knee.