Selma Plant Quarry & Mill — Accidents

Total: 320 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
10/21/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 107d lost The bargeloader had climbed from top covers of barge down to the bow deck of barge using the attached three-step ladder. When he turned to walk toward the starboard side, he tripped on the lid of the...
10/10/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Injured was using a 4' long bar to dislodge build-up material within Stage 4 North lower meal pipe located on level 7 of the pre-heat tower. The material was lodged approximately 3' above the door us...
09/19/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Dust fell from rim of hard hat as employee moved his head to look up. The employee was located on the 2.5 floor of the preheat tower when the incident occurred.
09/01/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was unlatching a 6"" square port at last stage before kiln & air cannon discharged hot air at him. He received 1st & 2nd degree burns to the right face, eye, neck & forearm.
08/12/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee was uncoupling 2 RR cars from each other. He grabbed the lever bar to release the coupler and it would not release all the way. He then grabbed the coupler itself at the same time as the le...
08/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee lifted up the face shield attached to his hard hat, and where the shield attaches to the bill of his hard hard, accumulated dust fell into his eyes.
07/22/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost Injury and 3 other workers had the task of moving the kiln's pusher block from the N to S side. Upon reaching the S side, the worker's, except for injury, let go of the block. He tried to steady the...
06/18/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Bumped head on kiln, fell side ways, hit finger on heat shield on air cylinger. 2 stitches.
06/09/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a piece of vac hose with utility knife. It slipped and punctured left forearm just above wrist area. Puncture app 1"" long and as deep as blade.
05/31/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost In the man lift on the ground floor using a sledge hammer to clean out FM#1 discharge aire slide, and got a pain in his lower back.
05/21/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was returning to the shop. While walking out of the Mill Building's SW roll-up door, he slipped on a mill ball. When he slipped, his left leg went in front of him and his right leg went beh...
05/19/2009 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee stated that he was working on top of the 3000 ton silo. Above him about 10 feet was a 5 pound wedge that came loose as they were doing an allignment. The wedge fell and struck employee in t...
04/24/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Injury was called to investigate why the #1 raw mill pump was not pumping and was standing apprximately 8' to the west of the pump when for an unknown reason the pump hopper split out spraying him wit...
03/23/2009 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 21d lost Alleged cumulative trauma injury to bilateral wrists. States has hand numbness.
02/12/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 45d lost While standing on blow pipe, his foot slipped between blow pipes and bent his toes backwards. He was carrying a candle-abra. This was approximately the fourth one he carried. He knew some of the can...
01/24/2009 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Injury was working on hard build up inside the waste dust silo with a chipping gun (most of the work above his head due to the location). He had been working on the build up for about 45 minutes. Aft...
01/20/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee received a puncture wound on the palm side of his right hand while installing insulation board over a CD weld pin used for anchoring the insulation.
01/14/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing his face shield after grinding on duct. A metal dust particle fell into his left eye.
11/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE was emptying two 32-gal. plastic trash cans with wheeled dolly for transporting from the Lab. He brought the cans to the Burner Floor dumpster to empty. While lifting one, dolly detached and fell t...
10/28/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employee was moving scrap pieces of steel out of the kiln when he felt a discomfort in his abdomen. Scrap pieces weighed between 30 & 50 lbs.
10/22/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 63d lost, 8d restricted Employee fell while stepping from structural steel onto a scaffold. Employee was using fall protection equipment but fell approximately 9 ft to a lower level before fall protection equipment engaged....
08/21/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted It was first reported on 21 Aug 08 by employee that he was experiencing swelling in his left hand on 21 Aug 08 at approx 10:30 AM. He said that another ironworker and he were trying to align bolthole...
08/11/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assigned to #2 clinker tunnel to assist with #1818 drag clean out. He arrived at the head pulley area and took the fastvac hose. The hose then surged causing him to fall against the dra...
08/05/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted Employee was tightening bolts on plunger valve ring when he felt a strain in his left shoulder. Employee visited Dr. on 8-8-08 initially, and was listed as a strain. Injury did not get better throug...
07/23/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE stated he had been working at the clay dome welding plates to anchor bolts for steel erection. He said he doesn't remember any foreign material entering his eye. This resulted in not realizing th...
07/23/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a port-a-power and a welded dog to fit up metal ductwork approximately 20' in diameter. The weld on the dog broke and port-a-power kicked out, striking his left index finger, causi...
07/14/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a hand held grinder. His hand was too close to the wheel and it grabbed his glove. His hand was pulled into the blade which resulted in a cut to his right index finger. There was...
07/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working, employee felt a burning sensation in his eyes. Later, he noticed a foreign object on his right eye.
07/07/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 1d restricted While unplugging chute, dust got in left eye.
06/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE said he was at the clay dome pinning and bolting the steel set over the apron feeder. He said as they were pinning the steel, the work was taking place on the platform around the apron feeder whic...
06/04/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking through work area where another employee was cutting steel using a cut-off disk. While employee #2 was cutting the disk bound up and jumped out of cut and struck employee #1 in l...
06/03/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tightening structural bolts pulling a wrench toward himself. The wrench slipped off the nut and he fell backwards to the ground as he was reaching back to catch himself his thumb got cau...
05/03/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE said he was working at the additive silos reaming holes. He stated that material had entered his left eye around his eye protection due to the wind. He said he thought he had removed the material...
04/29/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While repositioning an open step ladder with a powered cut-off tool in his left hand, the tool became energized, due to a faulty lock-off lever. The tool then slipped from the individuals hand, causin...
04/16/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was cutting and hanging steel throughout the mid day time frame. A metal fragment entered his left eye, but was not noticed until after work. All PPE was worn for each task performed. The fragme...
04/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 7d restricted EE was transporting mill balls with a forklift. One of the drums fell over. He tried to lift the barrel back onto the pallet and pinched his finger between the barrel and the forks on the forklift.
03/27/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 53d lost Attempting to empty a gypsum rail car from the top of a stair case platform. The load inside shifted and the rail car moved, bumping the platform and knocking it over. The worker sustained fractured...
03/11/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 53d restricted He was jack hammering a concrete plug on an existing storm sewer. The bit was stuck and while trying to remove it, the bit released causing the jack hammer back and it turned, smashing the man's left...
02/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 110d lost, 30d restricted Two employees were moving a piece of floor grating (4'x10') weighing approximately 130 lbs. One employee noticed a pain in his back after this task. This was initially diagnosed as a slight strain,...
02/21/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 92d lost While unplugging a chute, employee's right foot slipped twisting his right knee.
02/04/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a rope and well wheel to pull 6""x6"" steel plates to an uper floor. This activity caused a strain to his lower back.
01/24/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While walking in the plant, he realized foreign material somehow entered his right eye.
01/15/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was inside FB furnance #2 cleaning out the fused sand. As he was carrying out chunks of fused sand, some sand blew up under his safety glasses into his eyes.
01/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee lifted compressor up to put stand under it with stand in place he dropped the tongue and it struck the hitch on the pick up with his finger underneath it.
11/06/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was using a wedge and sledge hammer to put pressure against welds in the clinker cooler in order to free up walls of clinker cooler. He felt a strain in his right side (back and ribs).
10/16/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working in the crusher building, feed was taken off the crusher which caused an abnormal amount of dust to accumulate in the area where the employee was working. Over time his eyes became irrita...
09/22/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 130d lost Operator backed and stopped loader within 3' of kiln door. After operator stopped, EE stepped behind the loader to pick up wire cable and shackle. When he stood up, the loader inexplicably lurched b...
09/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 10d restricted Employee was unloading material from rail cars. This included lifting and placing a vibrator on the rail car hopper. By the end of this job, employee noticed stomach was tender and upset with a knot...
07/25/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using sledge hammer on the side of a rail car. While ""choking up"" and swinging the sledge hammer, his right pinky finger got smashed between the handle of the sledge hammer and a r...
06/20/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting metal liner from C-2 apron feeder, part of liner sprung free and hit right eye because liner had material behind it and had tension on it.