Sumterville Cement Plant — Accidents

Total: 71 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/03/2026 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Operator not paying attention to surroundings.
06/12/2025 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Miner was appx. 30' away from a capacitor that failed resulting in an ARC flash. Miner denied any injury and refused medical evaluation. On July 8, 2025 miner reported ringing in left ear and shortnes...
05/22/2025 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 257d restricted At time of injury employee was operating an electric winch. Employee was operating pendant controller guiding the winch cable onto the cable drum with right hand as the grinding cylinder was being hoi...
10/29/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 78d restricted During training, Miner was at top of training scaffolding stairway. Miner's L foot slipped while egressing stairway, R foot stayed in place. Miner's L hand was on handrail & kept Miner from falling t...
08/15/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 53d restricted A maintenance technician was working in the Raw Mill replacing the chain on the chain feeder. Employee and a co-worker were utilizing a chain come along to release tension on the tension spring of the...
06/12/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was working on a lime feed hopper when the lime powder unexpectedly blew out of a port getting under safety glasses into miner's left eye. First aid provided on site. Miner was transported to cl...
06/07/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 261d lost Removing tires from reject cage, entered the cage to remove reject when tire fell striking right shoulder/neck. Miner reported to the supervisor. Clinic contacted; EE was put on self-care. Miner state...
01/23/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Employee lifted a GCT lance into place from floor level. Felt a pop in L bicep with pain. Pain subsided. Employee did not report injury until 01/25/2024. On this date Employee was seen at clinic for i...
07/20/2023 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was wearing a welding hood and safety glasses. While chipping welding slag with hammer the slag went up underneath safety glasses hitting left eye. First aid in form of flushing occurred at faci...
02/03/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was troubleshooting reclaimer in preparation for maintenance work. As miner was egressing from reclaimer miner rolled left ankle. Miner was driven to clinic where miner was Dx with a ligament sp...
12/22/2022 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 4d restricted EE's hand was pinched and lacerated during a task in which a barrel tipper was being used to straighten a barrel. The barrel slipped and pinched EE's hand.
12/01/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was using a fixed blade knife to cut rubber T pieces to place in gaps on loadout scale. EE was cutting the rubber when the knife went through the rubber and lacerated L hand/index finger. First...
11/07/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was working above a welding operation. Miner believes they received welding burns to eyes from reflection off of steel. Reported next day that eyes were light sensitive, they went to clinic and...
05/17/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was using an air lance when material came back at EE. Miner got cement dust in EE's left eye. First aid was provided by flushing EE's eye. Miner went home, EE arrived back at work the next day w...
04/22/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted On 4/25 employee reported that during the previous scheduled shift, while working with other employees to move trailing cable for drag line, EE felt a sharp pain on left side of EE's lower back. Emplo...
02/04/2022 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was descending from top of cement silos elevator when elevator stopped approximately 70 feet in the air. Local fire department was contacted and assisted worker out of elevator and down ladde...
02/06/2021 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None On Saturday February 6, 2021 the foreman on duty noticed emissions from the coal mill venting system and in communication with control it was decided to inert the system with CO2. Out of due caution,...
05/13/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Miner was connecting a 2"" air hose from the finish mill air system to a portable compressor. Miner was in the process of connecting the cable whip check when a second employee turned on the air valv...
03/08/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were lowering a piece of metal which was attached to a come-along and the employee was guiding the metal when the edge caused a laceration to glove and hand.
03/04/2020 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None No injuries. 5 contractor employees were using the elevator when it by-passed it limit switch for the foor and stopped about 4 - 6 inches above the floor. We directed the contractors to slowly relea...
02/07/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Maintenance Technician was assigned the task of connecting hydraulic hoses to a cylinder underneath the coal grinding mill. Tech was in a squatting position underneath the mill connecting hose fitting...
11/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Employee was transferring gear oil from a 330 gallon tote to a 5 gallon container using a manual lever style hand pump. EE was stretching across the top of the tote operating the lever on the pump an...
07/18/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted Employee was drilling a hole through a newly installed CARDOX port in a dust cyclone when the drill bit caught and twisted the drill out of the employees hands.
07/11/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was removing dust from the Gas Conditioning Tower through the GCT discharge screw. The GCT had been clogged to the point of overloading the reversing and discharge screws. The employee rea...
06/26/2019 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was coming down from preheater tower. As EE approached the first platform where the stairs change direction, EE mis-stepped on the tread and twisted left ankle. The employee reported that EE...
03/28/2019 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was entering an emptied compartment of a cement ball grinding mill via a ladder and asked for additional portable lighting. A battery operated rated LED light was ""dropped"" down to them, st...
03/17/2019 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding. Face shield fogged. Stopped grinding. Lifted Face Shield. Accumulated dust on shield fell into eyes of employee.
07/14/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Loosen a back motor base nuts, employee did not brace it, when the motor moved forward and pinched employee's left index and hart fingers, causing an open wounds on both. It needs stitches.
06/06/2018 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee walked around the front of EE's mower to take a tool to get the trash at the other side. In order to prevent trip with the mower part, and not hit a road sign, the employee lower self to c...
05/17/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was cleaning the 2nd compartment of a ball mill, when it began to turn. The employee turned, and slipped and fell, while getting out of the mill.
11/04/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was driving a pin out of the cooler moving grate with an impact socket when hammer struck an adjacent piece of metal and glanced off and struck left hand
01/30/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 56d restricted Employee was inspecting a conveyor and stepped on uneven ground and felt knee twist
01/19/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing an air cannon when the safety cable pulled out of the clevis and the air cannon tank dropped hitting employee's right hand, cutting the palm and finger.
11/10/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted Employee was removing the door of a baghouse compartment; states that while on knees removing the hold downs nuts an keepers, injured back
11/01/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee lost footing while unloading tires from a box trailer. EE caught self with right hand injuring the palm and thumb.
10/17/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was walking on un-level ground and sprained right knee.
09/26/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 8d lost, 154d restricted Employee was climbing down from front end loader and on the last step of the ladder EE heard EE's knee pop.
06/06/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Lifting water pump in place, pump not secured properly on forklift. Operator of forklift stopped and pump rolled off pallet/forks striking employee on left shin.
05/31/2016 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Working gypsum hopper. Reported of sore back. Sent to clinic. Employee given muscle to take at bedtime. Came back to work placed on light duty.
05/24/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Angle iron was handed up to another employee, angle iron slipped out of one's hand striking right wrist of injured employee
05/04/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Sprained right ankle when working. Did not show up for work or report incident. Called employee at home twice and got employee out of bed. Sent employee to clinic for evaluation.
04/29/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reported to safety department on May 2, 2016 at 0830: Left hand swollen. X-ray showed fracture of 5th metacarpal. Employee did not lose time from work.
03/22/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 44d restricted Maintenance Tech was cleaning out all the built up material inside the spillage conveyor when a rock got dislodged, fell and hit ee below on the top left shoulder.
03/08/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was trying to put a cable onto back of loader, lifted up a pin to hook cable and dropped pin on first finger of left hand.
02/17/2016 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee just started work on finish mill first compartment partition, when a steel ball dislodged from above striking employee on the head and employee lost consciousness. Two fellow maintenance tech...
02/10/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Pallet broke with metal on it. EE got another pallet & placed metal back on pallet. EE called the next day said ee pulled something & ee was at the clinic. Incident was not reported the day of the inj...
07/28/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 82d lost, 28d restricted The constant rain around the state made the plant very slippery at the time of the incident. Employee walking across yard slipped on wet ground and hurt his ankle.
07/16/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee slipped on wet material causing him to fall on his back.
04/23/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None QC TECH GETTING SAMPLE FROM PORT THAT WAS COATED OVER WITH MATERIAL. HE THEN PUSHED A ROD THROUGH THE HARD MATERIAL CAUSING HIS HAND TO SLIP CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RING FINGER.
06/06/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None employee walking through grass tripped over shovel.