Permanente Cement Plant & Quarry — Accidents

Total: 197 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/25/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was moving a pump with a bar in his hand. While trying to wedge the bar to move the pump, the bar slipped moving forward striking the employee on the left hand.
12/24/2007 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 13d lost, 15d restricted The employee was checking the triple gates on the coal mill. He climbed up a ladder, leaned over to look in to the mill then felt a sharp pain to his low back.
12/20/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 50d restricted Employee was diagnosed with bi-lateral carpel tunnel syndrome.
10/02/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was working in the Pre-Heater tower to clean tipping valves when the left hand middle finger became caught between the hand rail and the tipping valve weight.
09/29/2007 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 21d lost, 151d restricted The employee was removing bliver mill bowls from the bliver machine. While lifting the bliver bowls the employee felt a strain in the wrist.
09/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost While moving boxes and furniture from second floor office to first floor office employee began feeling pain in neck, shoulder and back.
08/16/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted While trying to pry a screw out of a pump with a 5' bar, the bar slipped off the fulcrum point causing a strain to the right shoulder.
08/05/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While overhauling Unit 7FKI a pipe slipped and fell on employee.
06/28/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While attempting to bend a metal tab on a Clinker Cooler door using a four pound sledge hammer, the hammer hit the edge of the door, deflected and hit the worker's left thumb. The impact resulted in a...
06/27/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While placing a wrench on a cam nut the wrench slipped and fell to the deck where the employee's hand was located. The wrench struck the employee's right hand.
06/26/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Installing head liners in the ball mill, employee lost footing while hooking liner to the hoist and strained his upper back. Employee was placed on restricted duty for 2 days.
06/12/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Clearing belts with blower. Put hand on belt. Fan moved catchig finger between pulley and belt.
03/18/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee pinched left hand middle finger palm side when he was placing a lid on the airslide. The finger got pinched between the two flanges. Employee was placed on restricted duty.
03/06/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee placing gear guards on the mill gear when he felt pain in his lower back. Clinic diagnosed with strain to the lower back and placed on restricted duty for 2 days.
03/02/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Employee was walking down the stairs when he slipped and fell to the bottom.
02/26/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing liner in the mill when the liner slipped and pinched skin on palm side right hand pinky finger. The employee elected to voluntarily go home.
02/24/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing liner in the mill when his foot slipped causing strain to the lower back. Employee was released to modified duty but declined the modified duty position.
02/24/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was cutting rubber backing for shell liners with a razor knife when he slipped and cut his pinky finger of left hand. Employee received 9 stitches.
02/14/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted While prying a gearbox off of a shaft, the bar slipped pinching the employee's finger between the bar and weighfeeder.
02/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing liners in the mill when a foreign body got in the left eye. Foreign body was removed from the employee but he still was still complaining. He was taken to the clinic where a ru...
01/13/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner adjusting a ball mill liner in the mill, when the liner swung to the left, pinched left index finger between the liner and the diaphram which caused a fracture. Miner was placed on light duty on...
01/09/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Contractor suffered a broken left leg and right heel when he inadvertently stepped back off mill pier while installation of raw mill bearing housing was underway. Employee fell approximately 15'5"". E...
01/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY None Miner removing liner in the ball mill, when it slid down and landed on his right foot behind the steel toe. The miner was informed on 1/3/07 that there was a fracture of the right 5th metatarsal. Mine...
12/23/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Miner initially reported on 12/26/06 that slag went through his left sleve on 12/23/2006 & his elbow was swollen. Miner stated that the alledged injury might have happened at a different operation. Mi...
12/11/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 13d restricted A co-worker was pulling a drive chain back into position when the chain slipped out of his hands striking the injured worker in the right elbow.
11/28/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was using a jack hammer when the hammer slipped causing his finger to become caught between build up of the hammer and the hammer handle.
11/12/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted After the employee had changed a belt his hand became caught between the belt and the pulley.
11/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner got struck by flying debris,(foreign body) on the left knuckle of index finger, as the operator of the jack hammer was chipping material. Miner received one stitch.
10/30/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 21d lost Miner was assisting two other mines in sliding a 2' X 6' X 1"" steel plate three feet away from dry grass. Miners were repositioning plate so that cutting sparks would not make contact with, and ignit...
10/25/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing liners in the mill with a sledge hammer when a piece of hammer head chipped off hitting employee in the forehead. Employee received stitches.
10/19/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was performing an electrial inspection/repair when he struck his right elbow on the edge of a hydraulic panel.
07/25/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was walking down the stairs when his foot slipped off the step. The employee held on to the stair rail but felt pain in his low back.
07/19/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While cleaning under Palblizer; employee's foot slipped striking a metal cross beam. Injury became reportable after extensive medical treatment.
03/30/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 21d restricted The employee was moving empty pallets when he felt pain in his low back.
02/03/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 35d restricted The employee was using a jack hammer when he slipped and fell, striking his left shoulder. Injury was not reported to employer until 2/13/06.
12/07/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 59d restricted While walking along a wet/muddy conveyor path, ee slipped and twisted his leg/knee.
05/19/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None DESCALING IN THE PRE-HEAT TOWER, EMPLOYEE WAS POKING, DUST AND POWDER FROM THE PLUG GOT TRAPPED BETWEEN POKING SUIT AND SKIN RESULTING IN A CHEMICAL BURN. INITIALLY REPORT ONLY, DIAGNOSISED 5/23/05 ON...
05/18/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While pulling hose from bottom part of oraface - high power water gun hit kick plate knocking cement material loose which fell underneath safety glasses causing corneal abrasion in left eye. Went to d...
05/07/2005 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None DAYS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, PRIOR TO THE FAILURE AN EMPLOYEE CLEANED THE ROADS COVERING THE DRAIN PIPE FOR THE LAKE. AS THE WATER CRESTED THE DAM GAVE WAY.
04/29/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE DESCALING 5RC BY WATERBLASTING FEED SHELF CHEMICAL DUST GOT UNDERSLEEVE. INITIALLY A REPORT ONLY, EMPLOYEE WENT TO DOCTORS ON 5/16/05 BECAME REPORTABLE WITH DIAGNOSIS
04/06/2005 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 303d lost While using a chipping gun to knock off build-up on the rails to the 7 FK pump, the employee strained his left shoulder.
03/19/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost Employee was lifting transformers 7.5KVA from building to truck and truck to building. While pulling transformer out of back seat of truck, sprained muscles in elbow & shoulder. Initially first aid -...
02/13/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE WAS CHIPPING SLAG OFF OF A WELD, WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS DOING THE SAME. A PIECE OF HOT SLAG WAS KNOCKED OFF BY THE OTHER EE AND HIT THE INJURED EE IN LOWER LEFT EYELID
02/10/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE was 2-3 feet away when an object used to pull a metal I beam to the steel: broke loose and the object hit the ee on the right hand.
02/04/2005 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 193d restricted EE WAD DOING HIS ASSIGNED TASK OF CLEAN UP. EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CARRY OUT A PIECE OF I-BEAM. EE HAD SEEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CARRY THE I-BEAM ON HIS SHOULDER. EE THOUGHT THIS WAS AN EASIER WAY OF CAR...
12/14/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While trying to open a waste bin container ee struck himself in the chin causing a small contusion/laceration requiring 2 stitches.
12/02/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost While unplugging the 1st stage cyclone, ee walked into hot material around where they were unplugging-resulting in 2nd degree burn to right ankle. ee diagnosed 12-6-04.
09/05/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost While washing down work area, hose twisted out of employee's hands - striking him on right side of face near eye, knocking off safety glasses.
08/12/2004 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE CHECKING 8BC-1 TO 8BC-2 DISCHARGE; WHEN GOING DOWN THE STAIRWAY EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON MAT 4, LANDING ON HIS TAILBONE. DUE TO MEDICATION ON DOCTOR'S VISIT OF 9/13/04, THIS HAS BECOME REPORTABLE.
07/30/2004 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Ee was installing bearing on drive. He hit the adapter to align it and a metal chip came off and lodged itself into his chin.