Newberry Cement Plant — Accidents

Total: 87 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
03/01/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was washing out buildup from the pre-heater tower calciner with the woma gun, when a large slab of buildup fell from above on the end of the woma gun, causing the gun to slam employees right hand l...
09/04/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a lid on a new material tank, wind was blowing, material from job site blew into employee's eye.
04/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE and co-workers were unloading duct work off the boom truck. When the duct was lifted, it swung off the truck and pinned the EE between the duct and a golf cart parked in the area bruising EE's left...
04/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE alleged that he was lifting an 80 lb gas bottle when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.
03/25/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working in the Raw mill with over head cutting taking place. EE went to put on a pair of gloves to remove some metal from the area that had been cut away from the job taking place over head. Wh...
02/22/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was washing the calciner and a piece of buildup fell on the end of the lance that was being using raising the back of the lance up and striking the EE under the chin causing mouth to slam shut and...
09/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 69d lost, 55d restricted EE alleges that he was lifting a D-ring on a 4-way chocker, when he felt pain in his groin area.
08/10/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was discarding a bag of garbage that contained a peace of metal siding. When he attempted to throw bag into the dumpster it reflected off the side of the dumpster and bounced back. The piece...
06/14/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 70d restricted Employee was stripping forms. He slipped and fell backwards and the form fell on his leg. He did not report injury till 3 days later when he was crawling on rebar. He complained to Supt. about some pa...
05/22/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 82d restricted EE was walking beside rail road track, checking in rail cars that had come in the previous night. While walking on rail road gravel, EE twisted ankle, falling to the ground.
04/26/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 282d lost EE was lifting a 100,000 lb A-Frame with the 100 ton Link Belt crane using two 7,300 lb nylon chokers. one of the chokers slipped shifting the load to one choker which broke allowing top of the A-Fram...
03/05/2007 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 32d restricted Employee's thumb was caught between forklift cage and handrail as he was attempting to hook cable choker around forklift to remove welding machine from upper deck of rail loadout.
02/18/2007 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing dust buildup from around lower door of calciner. EE said it was a very windy day and when he was removing the material it blew back into his face and eyes. The dust high of lime...
11/17/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was supervising calciner wall fabrication on 3rd floor of preheater tower, wind was blowing at high gust causing dust to blow into face.
05/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 276d lost EE was installing under table plates. The plate was bumped by another employee and fell in the mill through the beam opening. It struck EE knocking him down. EE got back to feet, came out of small doo...
05/06/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was reinstalling cover plate on roller pair. He was holding plate with one hand and installing bolt with other when it rotated and struck him on the arm.
10/13/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None ROBOTRAC HAD BAGGED DOWN FROM BEING OVERLOADED WITH COAL. EE WAS USING AN AIR LANCE TO FREE MATERIAL. BELT SURGED PULLING AIR LANCE AWAY FROM HIM. EE LOST FOOTING LOSING HARD HAT. AIR LANCE HIT SIDE O...
08/05/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 219d lost THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A LARGE PNEUMATIC WINCH BROKE FREE FROM ITS ANCHOR. THE WINCH PINNED THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AGAINST AN I-BEAM STRUCTURE. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED CRUSHING INJURIES TO HIS LOWER...
04/05/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE UNLOADING MILL SCALE AT RAIL UNLOADING, EE CLIMBED INTO CAR TO REMOVE MATERIAL THAT WAS BRIDGED ON THE WALLS OF THE RAIL CAR. WHILE ENTERING RAIL CAR EE STEPPED INTO HOLE IN MATERIAL CAUSING TO...
03/07/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While putting belts on the coal mill fan, employee was rolling the belts on when his glove got hung between the belt and sheave at which time the tip of his left middle finger was pinched causing him...
01/23/2004 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 35d lost, 197d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A RAIL CAR OF MATERIAL. HE HAD CLIMBED ON TOP OF RAIL CAR TO CHECK IF 3RD POD WAS EMPTY, AT SAME TIME RAIL CAR WAS OFF BALANCE AND STARTED TO ROLL. EMPLOYEE JUMPED OFF OF CAR LA...
11/26/2003 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted WHILE PERFORMING AN INSPECTION OF THE FEED SHELF LOOKING FOR MATERIAL BUILD UP ANOTHER EE SET OFF AN AIR CANNON WHICH BLEW HOT DUST OUT OF PORT HITTING EE IN THE FACE.
10/31/2003 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted EE WAS HOLDING BULL PEN WHILE CO-WORKER WAS HITTING THE BULL PEN TRYING TO KNOCK OUT WEDGED BOLTS OUT OF TABLE LINER. CO-WORKER MISSED BULL PEN SMASHING HAND WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.
02/10/2003 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 57d restricted EE WAS TAKING A BUSTED BAG OF CEMENT OFF OF CONVEYOR WHEN HE DROPPED IT ON THE DECK, CEMENT POWDER BLEW UP IN HIS FACE, GETTING SOME MATERIAL IN HIS LEFT EYE.
12/16/2002 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted PLACING PART OF LOADER THAT HE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE ON TO REMOVE BEARING. PART SLIPPED AS HE TRIED TO CATCH IT HIS FINGER (LEFT RING) WAS PINCHED BETWEEN THE PART AND PRESS.
11/19/2001 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING A METAL PLATE AND HAD ONE END PROPPPED UP, SEVERAL INCHES, WHILE POSITIONING THE OTHER THE UNATTENDED END FELL AND HIS END PINNED HIS FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER METAL EDGE.
08/07/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 41d lost, 24d restricted WALKING ON GRIZZLY OF COAL HOPPER, FLOOR LEVEL, AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.
07/23/2001 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost EE WAS STEPPING ONTO A LADDER, TO CLIMB DOWN, AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OR CAUGHT ON TOP RUNG CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS BACK.
06/17/2001 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 258d lost THE EE WAS INSPECTING A REGULATOR INSTALLATION WHEN A 2"" HOSE/CLAMP CONNECT DAME LOOSE AND THE PIPING/REGULATOR STRUCK HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. THE SYSTEM WAS PRESSURIZED W/APPROX 80 PSI.
02/19/2001 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost EE WAS SHOWING TWO OTHERS LOCATIONS WHERE BOLTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR TIGHTENED WHEN THE DRAGCHAIN CAUGHT A TRACK GUIDE SECTION IT BROKE THE BOLTS THAT HELD IT IN PLACE AND THE SECTION SNAP PED OUT...
10/17/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE WAS USING A HAND HELD GRINDER TO GRIND METAL FROM A RECLAIMER BUCKET. THE BUCKET WAS RESTING ON THE EDGE OF THE SHOP TABLE. IT FELL FROM THE TABLE & THE GRINDER STRUCK HIS RIGHT HAND.
09/02/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING EQUIPMENT ACROSS AN AREA OF WET CONCRETE AND KILN DUST ON THE CONCRETE CREATING A SLIPPERY CONDITION. HE SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT ELBOW STRUCK THE CONCRETE SURFACE, CAUSING T HE CUT...
08/26/2000 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE SECOND RUNG OF A ACCESS LADDER AS A HAMMER DRILL WAS PASSED DOWN TOHIM. HE WAS NOT READY TO RECEIVE THE DRILL & AS HE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH THE DRILL HE FELL TO THE FLOOR AND...
08/26/2000 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNPLUG THE OUTLET OF STAGE ONE AT THE PREHEATER WITH AN AIR LANCE ANDHOT DUST BLEW OUT OF THE ACCESS PORT. HE WAS WEARING SHORT CUFF GLOVES & DUST BLEW UP THE SLEEVE OF THE...
03/01/2000 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE WAS AIR LANCING MATERIAL IN A FEED HOPPER & THE HOSE CONNECTION AT THE BALL VALVE, CAME APART THE LOOSE END OF THE AIR HOSE WHIPPED & STRUCK HIM ABOVE HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF THE HOPP...
02/14/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted EE WAS CLIMBING OFF A RUBBER TIRED CRANE AND MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP. HE FELL APPROX. 30"" AND HIS HEELS AND THEN FELL TO THE GROUND ON HIS BACK.
02/02/2000 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost THE EE WAS LOOKING UP AT THE TOP OF A SILO AND STEPPED BACKWARDS OFF THE CONCRETE BASE OF THE SILO. HE FELL APPROX 18"" - 2' TO GROUND LEVEL, LANDING ON HIS BACK / LEFT SIDE.