Speed Cement Plant — Accidents

Total: 318 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/19/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Injured employee was holding an extension ladder for another employee.(rung latches were not fully engaged) When employee put his weight on the ladder, the ladder started to collapse, pinching injured...
03/19/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE using 16' extension ladder(extended out two rungs-10'overall)to access a cover plate on mill feed pipe. EE was on 2 or 3rd rung of ladder (approx 2'-3' high) Rung lock wasn't fully engaged, ladder...
03/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Monday, March 12, employee was experiencing lower back pain attributed to heavy lifting & pulling he had been doing installing electrical conduit and wiring over the past few months. Employee was sent...
02/27/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting a steel plate. While he was cutting the flame of the torch stirred up dust or scale, which got behind his cutting goggles and in his right eye. eye was flushed on site, employee w...
02/22/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was cutting drag bars out of a chute. Space was small and cramped, so he was bent at the waist to gain access. He felt a pain along his belt line and reported it to his supervisor. Employee w...
01/12/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Over a period of days, employee was jack hammering hard material to remove it. Employee experienced pain in his right elbow area.
12/07/2011 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was welding 2D cement line at Silo 59. Employee was holding welding hood in his left hand (hard hat did not have clips to attach hood) and started welding with his right hand. He was having...
08/31/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee tripped over a pallet of material in the Brick Shed and fell backwards to the ground, striking his left elbow on the ground, resulting in a laceration to his elbow requiring 4 stitches.
04/10/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 96d restricted Climbing into mill from ground, employee reached the top few ladder rungs when the ladder slipped out from underneath him. Employee caught himself from falling through the hole by having his arms out...
02/01/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 43d restricted Employee was completing a job using the vacuum truck. As she was returning to the truck she caught her foot on the vacuum truck hose and safety valve resulting in her falling to the ground, striking...
01/27/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted Employee was crossing a belt to access a work platform on the other side of the belt. This platform is rarely used; work on this belt is normally done annually. As employee was stepping down, his co...
12/28/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee was preparing to remove a large piece of metal from a compressor room and removed the safety bar across the back of the door in order to open the door and removed the metal. The employee pro...
12/16/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was walking from his vehicle to the locker room before the start of his shift. He slipped on ice and fell backwards, striking his head, neck and shoulder on the ground.
09/24/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in clinker cooler area and dust blew into his right eye.
09/02/2010 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee struck left shoulder on stationary piping resulting in shoulder, cervical and taperzius strain.
08/12/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee stepped down from a 19"" work platform and twisted his left ankle.
07/15/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 67d lost, 35d restricted Employee tripped over the leg of another employee and injured his right knee.
06/30/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working overhead cleaning out 2D dust collector pipe, when dust/material blew into his left eye.
06/28/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While replacing bearings and buffing a fan shaft, employee felt something in his left eye. Prior to that the ee had been using a bench grinder on part of the fan
05/25/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was packing cement bags on packer when one of the bags burst resulting in the employee getting cement in his eyes.
02/15/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 39d lost Employee was exiting a Bobcat loader when she slipped on ice and snow on the foot step of the Bobcat, resulting in a sprain to her right knee.
01/30/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was welding from an awkward working position inside a feed chute. Employee took a scheduled break for lunch and when he was returning to the job site he felt a sharp pain in his hip and leg.
01/12/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee was in the process of removing the center differential from a 988 Loader. As he removed the guide bolts, the section moved forward slightly, catching his hand between the impact wrench and t...
01/12/2010 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was prepping trunnions for installation on Kiln #2. While walking in the work area the employee tripped and fell over a cross tie that had been put in place to keep the trunnion from moving....
12/17/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees were welding on the screw in the shop. The next morning the employee had pain in his eyes. Diagnosed with welder's flash burn by physician.
12/01/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee welding at the 495 belt chute, working off a ladder with steel beam above him. He raised up on ladder and hit the beam, compressing his neck.
11/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was pulling up a 36"" by 24"" piece of 1"" used grating from the incline belt walkway and he felt a pain in his right hand.
10/14/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost Employee walking from parking lot to locker room for start of his shift. As he tried to step across a stream of flowing water with his left foot he felt a pain in his right knee and was unable to walk...
09/28/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 191d restricted Employee installing muffler on gas engine of service truck. Truck bed is about 4 ft off ground, employee used set of rolling stairs to access the truck bed. After changing muffler, employee was desce...
09/09/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee repairing door at East 2D FK Compressor. While kneeling on left knee he was scraping cement debris off hinge and frame. When he stood up he felt pain in his knee and could feel stiffness from...
08/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tying up sagging cable under catwalk along #1 kiln. While tightening the wire, some material flaked off and fell behind his safety glasses into his left eye.
07/04/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee trying to remove large chunk from 2D gypsum hopper above scale belt. He was using a sledge hammer and jackhammer bit as a bar. While hitting the bit to break up the chunk, a fragment broke o...
06/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee doing cleanup of accumulated piles of material at #2 Cooler Fan area using skid steer. When he was exiting the skid steer, he stepped into bucket and felt pain in ankle. He commented that he...
06/14/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee removing rock from screen deck in Quarry, when rock from hopper above the screen came down and hit thumb on left hand, catching it between two rocks and cutting it.
05/04/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee replacing glass inspection window on horizontal drive of #2 cooler. While trying to separate glass from the metal frame, employee tapped glass with wrench causing glass to flip out of frame a...
04/28/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee using air lance to clear material from 2C feed chute & was in process of using sledge hammer to get clinker to move. The head of sledge hammer slipped on the chute, causing hand to come in co...
04/07/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee using 12' ladder to remove bags on AAF #3 room. Ladder was against 2 bags. Ladder spun left and employee fell on left side 2 rungs up ladder. Dust was knocked onto employee, hardhat and glass...
02/03/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 179d lost Employee exiting backhoe, as he was stepping to the ground he slipped on ice, falling and hitting his left shoulder and right thigh.
01/27/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Ice had built up on steps and handrails at west side of warehouse. Salt had been put down earlier, but with the amount of ice and sleet it was hard to keep up with removal. Employee fell and hit his...
01/17/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 19d lost, 14d restricted Employee using 2 pipe wrenches to loosen coupling on frozen pipe line. Working overhead on ladder and felt pain in his stomach area.
01/09/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee was tightening a lateral line on North Filter Bed using a pipe wrench. The wrench slipped, smashing his left index finger. He broke the tip of the finger and required 6 stitches on underside...
01/08/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working overhead jackhammering out old refractory in No. 2 Cooler. Discharge air from hammer blew material back toward employee and dust got past safety glasses and faceshield and into l...
10/28/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 55d lost, 43d restricted Employee raised bed of CAT 777 to allow access to fender. Raising the bed causes the front of truck to sit 4-6"" higher. When employee stepped down he felt twinge in his right knee. *THIS INCIDENT WAS...
10/26/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted Employee was greasing loader at start of shift, grease gun stuck on one of the grease fittings and when he pulled it off his elbow hit the edge of the bucket. ***** THIS INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTABLE UN...
10/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was troubleshooting 2D clinker scale, he laid drawings on frame metal & slide gate panel. Attempting to move the drawings with his left hand he hit a sharp piece of protruding metal cau...
09/11/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee punching lumps at Silo 47 and had installed check valve on one of the air lines of silo. He looked up towards the cone and bumped something to cause dust to fall. Dust fell between glasses an...
08/26/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was removing pipe from roll press oil cooler. He had wrench on fitting and when he applied pressure the nut broke loose and he hit his thumb on the pump base. Employee did not report inciden...
08/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 64d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS STACKING BAGS IN THE COLOR PLANT. HE TURNED TO PLACE A BAG ON THE PALLET AND FELT A PULL IN HIS GROIN AREA.
08/01/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted EMPLOYEE LOOSENING A NUT WITH RATCHING BOX END WRENCH. WHILE USING A STEADY PULLING MOTION, THE NUT BROKE LOOSE AND HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AT THE JOINT.
07/17/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee trying to close bulkhead on loaded boxcar. He was using drift bar to align holes with bulkhead and receiving bracket. Another employee using forklift to push bulkhead in. Drift bar slipped a...