Speed Cement Plant — Accidents

Total: 318 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/14/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE BULKHEAD ON LOADED BOXCAR. HE WAS USING DRIFT BAR TO ALIGN HOLE IN THE BULKHEAD WITH THE HOLE IN RECEIVING BRACKET. OTHER EMPLOYEE BUMPING BULKHEAD WITH HIS FORKLIFT TO PU...
07/01/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was working in BIC stacking bags and strained his wrist.
06/20/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 69d restricted #1 Can elevator chain had broken, using crane to pull chain out. When chain was out a counterweight was being pulled and employee's feet slipped and jerked his back and legs. Employee had cleaned gr...
05/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE CLIMBED ONTO BACK OF FLATBED TRUCK, INSTALLED PUMP AND WAS TRANSFERRING OIL FROM 2 55-GALLON BARRELS TO 24K CRUSHER. WHEN HE WENT TO STEP DOWN OFF TRUCK, HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL INTO TR...
04/03/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted While working on south reclaim belt, employee knelt down and felt pain in left knee.
03/18/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EMPLOYEE WAS UNCOUPLING A PUMP HOSE TO PUT WATER IN A DISCHARGE HOSE, WHEN HOSE CAME UNCOUPLED, HITTING EMPLOYEE IN HIS MOUTH BREAKING OFF PART OF FRONT TOOTH. ALTHOUGH THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 3/1...
02/17/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN A, B AND C MILLS DRIVING HEADS WITH SLEDGE HAMMER ALL DAY. PULLED MUSCLE IN HIS NECK.
02/14/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was welding and suffered welder's flash. Other employees welding behind him caused a flash from their side as well. Employee wearing welding hood which was not automatic and did not drop fast...
02/06/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted EMPLOYEE UNHOOKED A PNEUMATIC CYLINDER AND IT FELL DOWN ON HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER, PINCHING IT BETWEEN A STEEL ARM AND THE CYLINDER.
01/14/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EMPLOYEE USING SLEDGE HAMMER, WHEN SWINGING HAMMER LEFT HAND SLID DOWN HANDLE AND SPLINTER WENT THROUGH GLOVE AND INTO INDEX FINGER.
01/11/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was handling actuator around CKD system. This requires an awkward position in order to install. Employee strained his groin.
12/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee picked up piece of plywood on top of stack approximately 5' off ground. He pulled plywood off stack and attempted to pick it up twisting his upper body at the same time. He then felt sharp...
09/22/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee manually trying to adjust packing machine and pulled his back.
09/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE dumping the trash hopper from color mix floor. After dumping hopper, he was in the process of latching it back in place. Hopper will not latch without help. He was trying to latch the hopper back i...
08/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was dumping pigment into the pigment tank and his right shoulder started hurting him.
07/25/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EMPLOYEE ADDING TEMPORARY SUMP PUMP TO PUMP WATER OUT OF COAL SILO MCC ROOM. HE WAS STANDING ON PALLET TO AVOID STANDING IN WATER, SLIPPED OFF PALLET AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
07/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee pulled neck and upper back muscles while stacking bags in BIC.
07/18/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted WHILE CHANGING LP TANK ON FORKLIFT, EMPLOYEE LIFTED THE TANK AND FELT A TWINGE IN HER BACK.
06/27/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 239d restricted Working on the vac truck, hose sucked up chunk of rock and stuck to floor. Hose tangled up employee and threw her to the ground twisting her ankle causing her to land on her wrist.
06/13/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 21d lost, 79d restricted EMPLOYEE EXITING OVERHEAD CRANE, LOST FOOTING ON STEPS, HIT KNEE ON GUARD RAIL.
06/08/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 32d lost, 71d restricted EE WAS USING VAC TRUCK IN THE ABC TUNNEL. HOSE CAUGHT IN PILE AND JERKED FORWARD PUSHING HER THUMB BACKWARDS.
05/21/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was taking bolts out of the hopper door when his wrench slipped off of the bolt. When the wrench slipped the back of his left hand hit the barb and it went through his glove and through his k...
05/21/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 140d restricted Randy was moving a skid of spring plates, all but one were banded, and that one slid off. After setting the skid down he then took the lift and picked up the single one, while sitting it down on the o...
05/15/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was climbing out of Loesche Mill and tripped, he tried to catch himself and bent his fingers backwards. **** This was not reportable until he was seen by the Dr. on 05/24/2007 and put on rest...
05/15/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a hose on the Cat 777D in order to change a leaking O-ring of the steering system. When he removed the line residual pressure in the steering tank caused oil to come out of the l...
05/10/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Passing buckets up & down to make a small pour.
05/08/2007 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted While servicing a pick-up truck employee hit her left elbow on the lower control arm of the vehicle.
05/08/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 48d restricted Employee was working in the Loesche Mill area. A long steel choker and a metal rack were on the ground plus some loose rock and he slipped and fell.
05/08/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was using a hammer and chisel to remove an air pad from the simplex coal silo. A piece of the chisel broke off and went into his right arm.
05/01/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While putting clay and flyash into the clay grates some dust flew into employee's left eye. He washed his eye out and thought that he had removed the dust but on Wed. morning when he returned to work...
04/11/2007 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning up around #2 cooler and clinker dust flew in her left eye. It was very windy conditions.
04/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was stacking bags in the BIC and felt a burning sensation in his back, he then felt a tightness in his groin area.
03/02/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was getting into the skidsteer loader and his foot slipped on the bucket. As he slipped he felt a pain in his back. ***This was not reportable until he was scheduled for physical therapy on 3...
02/16/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted EE was coming down the ladder on the loader, he slipped and hit his back and his right side on the ladder.
01/26/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning clinker off of the reclaim grates when the lip of the loader bucket struck the concrete around the edge of the grates. The loader came to a sudden stop and her right hand struck...
01/25/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee was holding a grate for the clay grates while another employee used a 2lb hammer. The employee missed his mark and hit EE's right thumb with the hammer.
01/03/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was dumping bags of pigment into the tank. He felt strain in his left shoulder and neck.
12/18/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost EE was using the Vac Truck in the apron. As he was pulling the hose around the tail wheel, the hose went into a pile snapping his wrist and thumb forward. He had a hold of the stick attached to the ho...
12/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was stacking bags in the Color Plant; as he turned to stack a bag he felt a pull in his left shoulder. ***This was not reportable until 12/26/2006 when he was scheduled for Physical T herapy....
11/23/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee hurt his right shoulder while pulling dust collector cages and bags out of #2 cooler dust collector. ***This was not reportable until he was given Physical Therapy on 12/05/2006.***
11/03/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 153d lost Employee was walking down the steps on the east side of the Finish Room at the apron conveyor. The steps had clinker on them and she slipped and fell breaking her right ankle.
09/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was assisting in taking guard off tailwheel of #1 apron conveyor. He was straddling a water puddle to cross over when the guard came loose and landed on top of his left foot.
09/04/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost EE was hauling clay in the CAT 777 haul truck. He took the truck on top of the clay pile and backed towards the southwest corner of the clay pile. Either when the truck stopped or when he went to rais...
08/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was trying to get water on #1 water spray. The system has been worked on during shut down and some changes were made. They couldn't get water to flow through the system and had closed all the...
08/23/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 4d restricted Employee was inside #2 kiln removing the lower analyzer pipe. He and a co-worker picked up the pipe and his foot slipped and he felt pain in the middle of his back.
07/18/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted EE was removing tape from wires so that they could be reconnected to circuit breaker. He was using a knife to cut and remove the tape. In this process his knife slipped as he was prying on the tape an...
07/17/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 61d lost, 89d restricted EE was preparing to do a preshift inspection on a plant mobile man lift unit. As he was raising the lid on the engine compartment he felt a sharp pain and pop in his right shoulder.
07/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was in the process of emptying a sediment trap for the #2 kiln exit analyzer. Employee was extending his reach to open a dump valve and lost his footing straining his lower back and left side...
06/17/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing the west fly ash tank ladder to measure the tank level, about half way up the ladder his feet slipped off and he caught himself straining his right arm and shoulder. ***WAS NOT R...
06/14/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 31d lost Employee was vacuuming out the 160 dust collector when she fell off the ladder, which was approx. 2 foot from the ground, and hurt her right arm and back. ***THIS WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL SHE WAS SCHE...